The Cabinet Studio meet our talented kitchen designer and bath designer. Sacramento, Carmichael, California (CA)

Frank Weisman’s education in fine cabinet making began from the ground up. Thirty years ago, in the northern California woods, Frank began a love affair with wood.

The great variety of native Northern California hardwoods, from tanbark oak to black oak; the pink-brown of madrone, the deep richness of black walnut, the spalted alder, even burls of manzanita root; each of these called out to be fashioned according to its own unique tone and texture.

In Mendocino County, Frank and his partners constructed a classic old-world workshop with hand-built benches and a dazzling array of hand planes and chisels. After the fashion of those who inspired him, world- renowned furniture makers Sam Maloof and James Krenov, Frank learned to cut and fit dovetail joints and shape curvaceous cabriole legs by hand. Power tools soon followed.

In 1986 Frank relocated his custom furniture business to Sacramento, and was joined by two expert craftsmen. The fierce dedication of Frank and his fellow artisans to a beauty and quality of furniture-making rarely seen today culminated in his winning a national “Contractor of the Year” award in 2000.

The “tour-de-force” was a double-sided curved 18-foot tall wall of chequered Swiss pear wood

panels. A curved door opened into a niche for a TV on one side of the wall, and a fireplace on the other. This level of customized project, however, proved affordable for only a few.

Seeking to provide a wider range of clients with a superior product at a more affordable price, Frank decided to take on a line of cabinets. He searched and found a cabinet company he could feel compatible with as a fine craftsman. Crystal Cabinet Works, a 55-year-old company with a commitment to quality and exceptional customer service proved a perfect fit. Frank became the Sacramento area’s exclusive dealer.

Joyce Weisman, BA - Designer
Joyce’s background in art history was the foundation for her interest in historic and contemporary architecture and design. This became the inspiration for the design of a new showroom, opened in 2001 on Fair Oaks Blvd. in Carmichael, Ca. The idea was to create a showcase for our product lines while conjuring a space that would be easy to work in and inviting for our clients and their families.