Novita Design

Novita Design is a one-person custom furniture and cabinetry business based in South Chatham, on Cape Cod, run by owner Don Apruzzese. Don describes himself as a corporate marketing professional who turned a longtime woodworking hobby into a full-time craft, building bespoke furniture and cabinetry for residential and commercial clients out of his own shop. Customers who have hired him consistently point to the design process and the finished work itself. In an April 2023 review, one client described ending up with a beautiful and unique table, bench and set of chairs all cut from the same tree, praising how Don translated vague ideas into distinct design options before building. Two homeowners, in 2020 reviews, singled out custom home-office cabinetry -- one calling a small, awkward bedroom turned into a workspace built around a stand-up/sit-down desk with waterfall-edge elm and curly birch-and-maple casework, delivered on time and on budget. A fourth 2020 review recommended him broadly for custom-made furniture and built-ins, praising his ability to turn a verbal description into sketched, measured designs. He holds an active Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license (HIC #200556), verified against the state registry under the entity name Novita Design LLC -- a clean match to this business. Houzz shows a 5.0-star average across all 4 reviews on file, plus 23 listed furniture and cabinetry projects, and the business is also listed in the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce directory. Worth asking about before booking: as a solo operation, capacity and lead times on larger commissions are worth confirming directly, and the written review record, while uniformly positive, is thin and mostly several years old, with the most recent dated review from 2023. For homeowners or businesses wanting a one-of-a-kind furniture piece or built-in cabinetry rather than a full room renovation, the documented work points to a careful, design-forward process worth a conversation.