At Ceanesse, we are serious when we say we put service first.

As a proud Vancouver Island company with offices in Victoria and Nanaimo, we have been building and renovating kitchens and bathrooms and crafting hand-milled furnishings for customers all over Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands since 1992.

We are strong supporters of the local economy, choosing locally sourced materials whenever possible, working with local suppliers, and employing local craftspeople on job sites as well as in our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and office in Victoria and Nanaimo.

But for us, being local also means being good community members - and that is where our service philosophy comes in.

Our customers are members of the same communities we live in - neighbours, friends, and families who trust us to go the extra mile to do a top-quality job. It's just how we do business, and it's also why most of our work comes from referrals from satisfied customers, builders, and renovators.

Ceanesse service starts from the moment you call us or come into our showroom to talk about your project and carries on beyond our final site inspection with our product guarantee. We are proud of the quality of our work and the level of service we provide - and we want you to be proud, too. Our reputation in the community depends on it.

My name is Chris O'Brien and as the owner of O'Brien Woodworking I have been involved in the cabinet making, millwork trade in Victoria for the past 34 years. I am a journeyman cabinet maker and I have an experienced and well trained staff with over 50 years experience, we take pride in our profession.

My company has been providing custom cabinets and millwork to both commercial and residential clients in the Victoria area for the past twenty four years. We have extensive list of residential clients as well as commercial clients.

As a company we specialize, and find great joy in creating custom kitchen cabinets to match your house's style, look and design.

Please feel free to contact me, I will supply you with a phone number for any reference you may wish to contact, I'm sure you will find they speak highly of both our quality product and our ethical workmanship.

In a quaint, rustic retail store at 1302 Finlayson Street is The English Cabinet Maker, a haven of handmade wooden furniture. At the desk is Martha Fisher who manages the store, and in the workshop is Paul Fisher, the Cabinet Maker. Being a family run business, Alison and Natalie Fisher (daughters) help with sales in the store in their spare time. James Fisher (son) runs a small computer repair business in the back section of the store.

From glass-front cabinets, robust bookshelves or full kitchen production (cabinet, drawers, countertop frame and woodworking around the fridge), The English Cabinet Maker provides the originality for one-of-a-kind furniture creations with a European flair. Paul shows the creative character of an oldworld cabinet maker; no surprise, as he apprenticed in London, England as a teenager. Paul has welcomed country-style seekers at his store for over 20 years. However, Paul is quick to add that many buyers skillfully merge modern pieces with country-style treasures for a pleasing ambience in living room, dining room, entry-way, bedroom or kitchen. Full kitchen installations by The English Cabinet Maker include Paul's general contracting services to organize the countertop orders, electrical and plumbing. From start to finish the project takes about two months. The customer selects their wood preference, primarily pine or douglas fir, much of it from BCs Okanagan region. To get the best idea of what someone is looking for, Paul visits the customer's home and measure for a whole kitchen renovation.

When people have older pieces of furniture in need of repair, Paul is often who they go to with wood items; usually smaller pieces such as tables and chairs. Paul makes healthy furniture out of real wood. There is no off-gassing as occurs with chipboard-pressed and other manufactured pieces. Old-fashioned methods such as dove tailing are used in some pieces. Methods such as these ensure durability and enhance the quality of the pieces. Most pieces are custom ordered, allowing the customer to have exactly what they want. And if the finished product isn't quite what the customer had in mind, Paul will simply showcase that piece in the store and make a new piece at no extra charge.