By Don on March 4, 2010
If your choice of windows is driven by cost savings, then stock windows may be satisfactory for your needs. On the other hand, if your home is likely to remain in your family for generations and/or you want to add resale value then custom windows may be best for you.
Posted in Windows | Tagged Custom millwork, New Orleans Windows
By admin on February 24, 2010
The opt-in for a FEMA-funded program that could reimburse New Orleans residents for storm shutters will end on March 10, 2010.
Posted in Storm Shutters | Tagged New Orleans shutters
By halrc on February 12, 2010
Having been inspired by “The Chamber of Secrets” and wanting to have a private space, our client’s son requested a room with a hidden entrance.
Posted in Completed, News | Tagged Harry Potter, New Orleans custom millwork
By dlglade on February 12, 2010
Please click the following link if you would like to read the full story on the custom built-in cabinets.
Posted in Completed | Tagged Built in
By dlglade on February 12, 2010
Please click the following link if you would like to read the full story behind the hidden door bookcase.
Posted in Completed | Tagged Harry Potter
By dharris on February 4, 2010
Recently, Central City Millworks was contracted to fabricate, finish, and install a first and second floor porch railing system for a new home in Old Metairie. The home was designed to be a replica of an existing St. Charles Avenue residence. Historic replications are our forte so when the customer toured our New Orleans millwork [...]
Posted in In Progress | Tagged balusters, New Orleans Millwork
By dlglade on January 8, 2010
Remember that incredible shipment of reclaimed heart pine that we received recently? Well, we have completed the process and have produced some beautiful heart pine flooring. Take a look! Central City Millworks is continually receiving new shipments of reclaimed heart pine at our New Orleans mill shop. Contact us for all of your wood flooring [...]
Posted in Flooring | Tagged Heart Pine, wood flooring
By Don on December 23, 2009
Much of New Orleans’ unique architecture is built on soggy soil, and that fact can present challenges to a New Orleans contractor during remodeling or renovation.
Homes and commercial buildings tend to sag and shift over the years, and few buildings of any age in New Orleans have square and plumb lines. The key to having [...]
Posted in Doors
By Don on December 23, 2009
With our soupy humidity and the kind of rain that falls in umbrella-makers’ dreams, New Orleans windows tend to rot sooner than we’d like.
Posted in Windows | Tagged New Orleans Millwork, Windows
By Don on December 23, 2009
Shutters not only add privacy and protection from storms coming out of the Gulf but also enhance the visual appeal of any home or business. Our mill shop creates custom interior and exterior shutters to fit any door or window.
CCM follows traditional New Orleans construction methods by using mortise and tenon joints as well as [...]
Posted in Storm Shutters | Tagged Shutters