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Florianópolis · Santa Catarina
From the drawing to the finished piece, made in the studio
Bespoke joinery in Florianópolis. You see the drawing before the timber is cut, you know which panel and which finish you are paying for, and you follow a defined sequence from briefing to installation.
This is a speculative mockup. No photograph here is Wood Art’s work, no contact number could be found, and no price, lead time or years in business was invented to fill the page.
From briefing to studio
Send the reference. Get the drawing and the estimate.
You do not need to know anything about joinery to start. A photo, a Pinterest image, the architect’s detail drawing or simply the measurements of the wall are enough.
Get the drawing and the estimate
A drawing and a written estimate before anything is cut. Materials, labour and dates itemised.
We make it and install it
The piece is made in the studio and fitted in place. [CONFIRM whether installation is in-house or subcontracted]
A prior written estimate, free and without obligation. That is not a courtesy: art. 40 of the Brazilian Consumer Code requires the supplier to provide a prior estimate itemising labour, materials and start and finish dates. It binds the supplier for 10 days from receipt unless otherwise agreed, and nothing outside it can be charged without authorisation.
Payment. Pix, card, instalments, deposit and balance — none of it was given to us. [CONFIRM the payment structure] No payment method has been assumed on this page.
Start the estimate
Fill in what you already know. Nothing is required — the button builds the WhatsApp message from whatever you write.
This site publishes no price, no rate per metre and no lead time, and this form calculates none. None was given to us, and an invented figure in an estimate is the worst thing you can put in front of somebody about to commission a piece that will take months.
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Pieces
The portfolio is the credibility — and it is still empty
In joinery, people buy what has already been made. The nine images below show the typology of each block of the portfolio and are all stock photographs.
None of these pieces is Wood Art Marcenaria’s. They are stock photographs marked as placeholders, put here so the layout renders complete. Publishing any of them as the studio’s own work would be misrepresentation — and in joinery it is the most serious kind there is. Replacing them with real photography, captioned with typology, timber and finish, is a condition of publishing.
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Timber and finishes
What you are paying for, said before you sign
The species and the finish are the product. Each card below carries the category and one honest line about how that material ages, how it behaves near the sea and how it is repaired.
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Timber
Solid timber
It moves with humidity: it expands and contracts with the season, and the design has to let that movement happen. It can be sanded back and restored as many times as needed. [CONFIRM species and origin documentation]
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Timber
Natural veneer
Real grain over a stable substrate: the figure of timber without the movement of solid wood. Repair is more delicate, because the veneer is thin. [CONFIRM thickness and supplier]
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Timber
Faced MDF
Stable, flat and predictable — the base of most fitted joinery. Its weak point is the edge and contact with water: sealing and edging decide how long the piece lasts. [CONFIRM range and facing]
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Timber
Plywood
Cross-laminated plies: it holds a screw better than MDF and tolerates more moisture, with the exposed edge some pieces use deliberately. [CONFIRM type and glue class]
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Finish
Varnish
A film over the timber: it protects well and resists liquids, but when it is scratched the repair is to the whole film, not to the spot. [CONFIRM product and number of coats]
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Finish
Oil
It penetrates rather than covers: the timber keeps its feel and a repair stays local. In exchange it asks for periodic maintenance. [CONFIRM reapplication interval]
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Finish
Lacquer
A closed colour and an even surface, over panel rather than over visible grain. Touching it up means the piece goes back to the spray booth. [CONFIRM whether there is an in-house spray booth]
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Finish
Wax and stain
Wax gives a low sheen and a dry touch; stain changes the colour without hiding the grain. Both are the easiest finishes to touch up at home. [CONFIRM whether they are offered]
No timber species appears anywhere on this site, and that is deliberate. Native Brazilian timber requires legal-origin documentation — the DOF, Documento de Origem Florestal, under IBAMA, plus state controls. Publishing a species name without it is a factual and a regulatory risk at the same time. [CONFIRM species, supplier and origin documentation]
FSC or equivalent certification, if it exists, is a genuine differentiator and deserves a page of its own. [CONFIRM — never invent a certification]
Process
Five stages, and the drawing comes before the cut
A commissioned piece genuinely has five stages. Compressing them into three makes the most important one — the drawing being approved — invisible.
1
Briefing
Whatever reference you have, the measurements of the opening, and what the piece has to hold or take.
2
Drawing and detailing
The drawing: dimensions, materials, hardware and how each joint resolves. [CONFIRM whether drawing is in-house or comes from the architect]
3
Drawing approved
Nothing is cut before you approve it. This is where a change is cheap — after the cut, it is not.
4
Production in the studio
Cutting, machining, assembly and finishing. [CONFIRM typical lead time from drawing to delivery]
5
Delivery and installation
Transport, levelling and adjustment on site. [CONFIRM whether installation is in-house]
No lead time appears on this page. A joinery lead time depends on the piece, the studio’s queue and the finish, and none was given to us. [CONFIRM typical lead time from drawing to installation]
The studio
Who makes it, where, and what the studio does not do
A joinery studio describes itself by three things: where the workshop is, who is at the bench, and what the studio refuses to take on. None of the three could be verified for this text.
No years in operation, team size, machine list or project count appears here. None of it was captured. “More than X years” without a source is exactly the sentence that costs you the trust of somebody about to commission an expensive piece. [CONFIRM years in operation and team size]
No stock photograph stands in for a real person from this workshop. The studio images show other people’s workshops and hands, labelled as placeholders. A portrait of whoever is at the bench comes from the studio itself, with written permission.
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The studio in detail
Timber on the coast
What salt air does to your piece — and what changes in the specification
A house 200 metres from the sea in Florianópolis is not the same joinery job as a flat in the centre. None of this is opinion: it is specification.
Why this section exists. Every joinery workshop on this island sells “fitted furniture”. Not one answers the single variable that decides whether the piece reaches five years. Answering it is owning the specification conversation.
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Humidity that rises and falls every day
Near the sea, relative humidity swings far more than it does inland. Solid timber expands and contracts with it, and the design has to allow that movement: a groove instead of rigid glue, calculated clearances on doors and drawers, and the dimensional reference chosen for the worst case, not the average.
The edge is where the piece dies first
In panel work, water almost never gets in through the face. It gets in through the edge: the top of a door, a sink cut-out, a foot standing on a wet floor. Sealing the edge and applying the banding properly matter more than any colour choice.
Hardware is the component that corrodes
Hinges, runners and handles are metal in salt air. The corrosion class of the hardware is a line in the estimate, not a detail. [CONFIRM which hardware is specified near the sea]
Ventilation behind the unit
A unit pressed against a wall that breathes collects moisture at the back. A standoff and an air path change the working life of the piece more than any varnish does.
Direct sun ages the colour
The face turned to the sun shifts tone before the others. That is not a defect, it is how timber behaves — but it has to be said at the moment of choosing, not two years later.
Repair rather than replacement
A penetrating finish repairs locally; a film repairs as a whole. Anyone living near the sea should be choosing with the repair in mind, not only with how the piece leaves the workshop.
Any specific product recommendation — varnish, sealer, hardware class — comes after the studio confirms what it actually uses. [CONFIRM the coastal specification the workshop really follows]
For architects and interior designers
We work from your detail drawings
A professional who specifies joinery is worth many one-off commissions — and there is not, in this market, a single page written for them.
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From the DWG to the estimate
We take the file, read the detailing and return an itemised estimate without redrawing your design on our own initiative.
Prototype and sample
A finish sample and a joint prototype before any series production. [CONFIRM whether samples are charged]
Revision workflow
One version of the drawing at a time, with a record of what changed and who approved it. Without that, a revision turns into a scope argument.
Install-day coordination
Who goes in first, what has to be ready on site, and what the workshop brings. [CONFIRM whether there is a site visit beforehand]
[CONFIRM whether the studio takes trade work from architects and designers, and on what terms] No channel policy was given to us, and none has been assumed here.
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Guesthouses and holiday properties
Series work for guest rooms, and the wear of a short-let interior
A different buyer and a different cycle. A guesthouse room is used by strangers, every day, and its joinery is a durability problem before it is an aesthetic one.
[CONFIRM whether the workshop serves this segment] The lead sheet mentions “high-ticket pieces for regional properties”, which on this island usually means second homes and guesthouses — but that is our reading, not their statement.
Repetition with tolerance
Twelve identical rooms are twelve different openings. A series piece needs its adjustment clearance designed in, not improvised on the day.
Spare parts
A door, a drawer and hardware held as spares are worth more than a sophisticated finish. Break it in high season and you swap it rather than rebuild it.
Reception and common areas
The reception counter is the one piece every guest touches. It is treated as commercial furniture, not domestic furniture.
The works window
Guesthouses refit out of season. The production calendar has to fit the window, and that is agreed in advance. [CONFIRM schedule availability]
How we work with other trades
What a joinery workshop does not do
Saying this out loud prevents the most common scope argument in the trade, which is finding out on delivery day that the countertop was never included.
Stone countertops belong to the marmoraria
Granite, marble, quartz and a carved basin are another trade and another measurement — taken after the joinery is installed and levelled.
Glass and mirror belong to the vidraceiro
A glass door, a closet mirror and a glass shelf come through a specific supplier, with the measurement taken on site.
Upholstery belongs to the tapeceiro
An upholstered bedhead, a bench with a seat pad and a window cushion combine a joinery structure with an upholsterer’s covering.
[CONFIRM the real partners — no third party’s name appears on this site without written permission]
Service area
The twelve areas from the brief — none of them confirmed
This list came from the brief, not from the workshop. No area has been confirmed as served, and the diagram beside it is a drawing rather than a map: with no workshop address there is no origin to draw a radius from.
- Campeche[CONFIRM]
- Rio Tavares[CONFIRM]
- Lagoa da Conceição[CONFIRM]
- Ingleses[CONFIRM]
- Santo Antônio de Lisboa[CONFIRM]
- Centro[CONFIRM]
- Jurerê[CONFIRM]
- Santinho[CONFIRM]
- Ribeirão da Ilha[CONFIRM]
- São José[CONFIRM]
- Palhoca[CONFIRM]
- Biguacu[CONFIRM]
[CONFIRM which of these areas the workshop actually serves, and whether it delivers beyond Grande Florianópolis] Five of them already have a page of their own as a local-search base; the other seven stay as a list until they are confirmed.
Cannot find your neighbourhood? Ask — the real coverage is still to be defined.
Schematic of the areas listed, no scale. Not a map, and not a representation of real coverage. [CONFIRM]
Testimonials
This section is empty on purpose
No review of this workshop could be found anywhere — not on the portal where the listing probably sits, and not on any other platform. No name, score, review count or testimonial has been written to fill this space. The block stays built and empty until a real testimonial exists, with permission from whoever gave it. [CONFIRM — real testimonial]
For scale: on that portal’s featured listings, almost every entry reads “Sem avaliações” — no reviews.
Frequently asked
What people ask before they commission
How long does a bespoke piece take?
It depends on the piece, the studio’s queue and the finish chosen — lacquer takes longer than oil, for instance. No lead time was given to the agency and none has been estimated here. [CONFIRM typical lead time from drawing to installation]
Do you do the design, or do I have to bring one?
This is the question that decides whether the business is a studio or a workshop, and the answer is still open. [CONFIRM whether design and 3D detailing are done in-house, or whether the workshop only builds from the architect’s drawing] The whole “atelier” positioning of this site depends on that answer.
How does payment work?
Deposit and balance, instalments, Pix, card — none of it was given to us, and nothing has been assumed. [CONFIRM the payment structure] When a price is published it has to say exactly what it covers: drawing? hardware? finish? installation? delivery? That is required by CDC art. 31 and Decree 5.903/2006.
Solid timber or MDF?
There is no single answer: solid timber moves with humidity and recovers with sanding; panel is stable and flat but lives or dies by its edge. Near the sea the decision changes weight — see the section on timber on the coast.
Does timber survive near the sea?
It does, if the specification is written for it: movement clearance, sealed edges, hardware with an adequate corrosion class and an air path behind the piece. Without that, salt air and the humidity swing collect in two or three years.
What is the warranty?
The statutory warranty is 90 days for durable goods and services, under CDC art. 26, II. Anything longer exists only if it is in writing (art. 50). The piece, the installation and the hardware are three separate warranties — the hardware’s is the manufacturer’s and carries its own conditions, which we have not read. [CONFIRM the studio’s warranty terms]
Do you install?
[CONFIRM whether installation is done by an in-house team or subcontracted] It matters in practice: it changes who answers for damage on site and who comes back if something goes out of alignment later.
Do you work with native species?
This site names no timber species at all, native or otherwise. Native Brazilian timber requires legal-origin documentation (DOF/IBAMA plus state controls), and a species name published without it is both a factual and a regulatory problem. [CONFIRM species, supplier and documentation]
Can I see your portfolio?
Not yet. Every image on this site is stock, marked as a placeholder. No piece photographed here is Wood Art Marcenaria’s, and presenting someone else’s photograph as the studio’s own work would be misrepresentation.
Is this Wood Art Marcenaria’s official site?
No. It is a speculative mockup built from public information — and in this workshop’s case almost none could be found. The address on our lead sheet, akilar.com.br, belongs to a third-party listings portal, not to them.
Send the reference on WhatsApp and get the drawing
A photo, a screenshot, a drawing or the wall measurements. The prior estimate is written, free and without obligation.