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K International Woodworking is a custom cabinetry and millwork shop in Norwood that Houzz credits with more than 35 years in business. The name that keeps coming up in its written record is Franjo — the woodworker clients describe as the one doing the actual design and build work, whether that's a kitchen's worth of cabinets or a single custom piece. The three Houzz reviews on file, from 2017 to 2019, describe a range that goes well beyond stock cabinetry. In a 2019 review, a Newton homeowner detailed a full kitchen cabinet refacing — new cabinet and pantry doors, drawer fronts, and pullouts — and called the result "beautiful, like a new kitchen." A 2017 review recounts a basement bar built from scratch, with the client singling out the timeliness, fair pricing, and material quality. A third, from a professional interior designer who says she used the shop for eight years, describes an ongoing run of custom furniture — a mid-century modern chair, a lighted built-in bar — built from her own rough sketches. Its cabinetry has also turned up in home-design press: Boston Magazine credited a refurbished hallway cabinet as an inspiration piece for a 2019 feature, and New Hampshire Home ran a custom coffee table the same year. Houzz backs this up with a 4.9 rating from 10 reviews and has given the shop 4 Houzz Awards and 2 Houzz Badges. The one thing worth noting: nothing in the written record is more recent than 2019, so there's no way to confirm from here whether the same quality and pricing hold up today — worth asking about current lead times and pricing directly. This looks like the right call for custom cabinetry, built-ins, and one-off furniture pieces rather than a full room gut; bring a sketch or a reference photo and confirm the project timeline before signing on.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from K International Woodworking. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
A typical single-level deck is 12×16 — about 200 sq ft.
Estimated range
$7,750 – $14,500
Typical carpentry project around $11,100
“The custom coffee table is by K International Woodworking.”
“Birkerts says this hallway cabinet, refurbished by Norwood-based K International Woodworking, served as an inspiration piece for the entire project.”
“Birkerts says this hallway cabinet, refurbished by Norwood-based K International Woodworking, served as an inspiration piece for the entire project.”
Franjo and K International Woodworking did an outstanding job remodeling kitchen cabinets in our Newton home. I hired the company after reading excellent reviews on Houzz and meeting with Franjo to quote the job. The project was kitchen cabinet refacing - replacing cabinet and pantry doors, drawer fronts, and drawers, and installing new pullouts. The workmanship was outstanding and our kitchen looks beautiful, like a new kitchen. Franjo is a highly skilled and talented woodworker with an excellent sense of design. He is professional, reliable, and easy to work with. I highly recommend this company and would use them again for future projects.
I hardly ever post reviews like this online, but this experience I had with Franjo Katic from K International Woodworking has been one I must share. When I began thinking about building a new bar in my basement, I had not even considered the possibility of it ever looking the way it does today. Beyond its beauty, I was wildly impressed with the timeliness of its completion, fairness of pricing and most importantly the high quality of materials used throughout the project. During the construction, one thing Franjo said that truly stuck out the me was that if I chose him to build my bar, it would become the focal point of my entire home. Let me just say, I have had the opportunity to host many guests in the few months since the bar's completion, and I must say Franjo was one-hundred percent correct! Not only is it the focal point, I would go even further and say it becomes a distraction (in a positive way)... with conversations revolving around its details. Overall, a WONDERFUL experience, and HIGHLY RECOMENDED!
As a professional interior designer I need many custom furniture pieces. For the past 8 years Franjo at K. International had been my go to guy. Skill, creativity and professionalism all rolled into one. From a custom sized mid-century modern chair to a lighted built in bar to refacing a kitchen Franjo can do it all. No project is too detailed and no client too finicky for Franjo and his team. Franjo takes my basic sketches and adds his experience and creativity to them to help me create unique and exciting pieces for my clients.
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