05 / Fixtures / Displays / Remodels

Local Business Solutions

From a single custom fixture to finish work across an entire restaurant, the physical work has to fit how the business actually operates.

Commercial interiors, custom fixtures, storage, displays, and full rooms built around real daily use.

I have spent more than fifteen years building practical work for restaurants, bars, offices, studios, and other Central Texas businesses.

The scale can be one counter or a full commercial build-out. I work from how the space is used, what has to hold up, and what the larger schedule allows, then build the answer around those constraints.

Businesses and organizations I've built for.

Collaborators are noted where they were part of the job.

Chuy'sWith Alberto Apodaca; contracted by John King Construction
Bouldin AcresWith Alberto Apodaca
Driftwood LoungeWith Alberto Apodaca
Progress Coffee + BeerWith Alberto Apodaca
Rooster TeethWith David Bellarosa / LG Constructions
The Daily DotWith David Bellarosa / LG Constructions
TKO AdvertisingWith David Bellarosa / LG Constructions
HaymakerWith Alberto Apodaca
Augustine Lounge
Black Sheep Lodge
Cabana Club
Cheers Shot Bar
La Volta Pizza Club
Pour Choices

Several different businesses. Several different physical problems.

A closer look at selected restaurant, bar, and hospitality work.

Commercial finish work and custom-built elements across the bar and outdoor areas.

Interior fabrication, outdoor television housings, and new functional woodwork around the covered shuffleboard court.

With Alberto Apodaca.

01 / Bar and interior work

Bouldin Acres bar-front fabrication in progress
Bar-front fabrication
Completed overhead and bar elements at Bouldin Acres
Completed overhead work
Finished bar area at Bouldin Acres Menchaca
Finished bar
Custom outdoor television housings at Bouldin Acres
Outdoor television housings

02 / Outdoor shuffleboard structure

Deck framing beside the covered shuffleboard court at Bouldin Acres
Deck framing
Long custom drink rails spanning both sides of the covered shuffleboard court
Long-side drink rails
New deck with a custom drink rail beside the shuffleboard court
Deck and drink rail

Finish carpentry, custom woodwork, furniture assembly, and various fabrications.

Work by Beau Harris and Alberto Apodaca, contracted by John King Construction.

01 / Interior work and patio ceiling

Custom interior carpentry in progress at Chuy's
Interior carpentry
Finish carpentry in progress inside Chuy's
Finish carpentry
Completed wood-lined interior room at Chuy's
Custom woodwork
Wood patio ceiling installation at Chuy's
Patio ceiling

02 / Shed build and completion

Wall assembly for the custom Chuy's storage shed
Wall assembly
Custom Chuy's storage shed during exterior construction
Build in progress
Completed exterior of the custom Chuy's storage shed
Exterior completion
Completed shelving inside the custom Chuy's storage shed
Finished shelving

Deck repair and custom bench seating.

Deck repairs paired with custom-built bench seating for the outdoor space.

Rotted structural frame exposed at Cheers Shot Bar
Rotted frame
The damaged frame removed at Cheers Shot Bar
Frame removed
Construction sequence and finished stage at Cheers Shot Bar
Build sequence and finished stage

Medium- and large-scale sheds built from the ground up.

About a decade ago, I worked full-time for a Central Texas shed builder, constructing buildings from the ground up rather than arriving for one isolated phase.

Many of those structures were later finished as backyard studios, guest spaces, or small living suites. That experience gave me a foundation in thinking through an entire small building as one connected system, from the first structural work through the exterior finish.

The object is only successful if the space works better after it is installed.

A counter can also be storage. A display can also hide access. A wall can move. A piece that looks simple may be solving several awkward problems behind it.

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