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Briefing
Whatever reference you have, the measurements of the opening, and what the piece has to hold or take.
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Process
Five genuine stages, and the most important is the third: nothing is cut before the drawing is approved.
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.
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Drawing and detailing
The drawing: dimensions, materials, hardware and how each joint resolves. [CONFIRM whether drawing is in-house or comes from the architect]
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Drawing approved
Nothing is cut before you approve it. This is where a change is cheap — after the cut, it is not.
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Production in the studio
Cutting, machining, assembly and finishing. [CONFIRM typical lead time from drawing to delivery]
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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]
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.
Send the reference
A photo of the room, a Pinterest screenshot, the architect’s plan, or the wall measurements written on paper. Any of them starts the conversation.
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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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]
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.