URBAN EXTERIORS
High End woodworking for a moderate price
Ipè pergola on top of Newswalk...Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
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My profession is woodworking...it's
also my passion, and it shows in my work. I love details, and pay particular
attention to them.
I have been making sawdust for 40 years, with
experience in all phases of woodworking. The last 15 years, I have concentrated
on landscape woodworking, including decks, arbors, pergolas, planters, fences,
trash enclosures, and even a treehouse. I work mostly with Ipè, Mahogany,
Cedar, and pressure treated southern yellow pine, but am not limited to those
species. In the last few years, many of my clients have opted for hybrid
decks...an iron substructure covered by wood. If you're interested in
seeing the results, click here.
I'm not a typical
contractor...I have only one assistant, and I focus on one job at a time. We show
up on time, clean up. finish the project on schedule, and our finished
product will exceed your expectations.
Getting older,
I decided to partner up with Adam Seim, to infuse some young blood into Urban
Exteriors. Adam Is a very skilled woodworker, with knowledge of many other
trades. He shares my passion for woodworking and together, we have a synergy
that I never had with any of my assistants. If possible, he is more obsessive
compulsive about our projects than I am. He also has a passion for compassion,
as we met when I started volunteering for Blissful
Bedrooms, a local charity that renovates bedrooms for young people with
disabilities. Over the course of a weekend, we turn bland bedrooms into
exciting, themed rooms that become a great environment for the recipient.
You'll never see Blissful Bedrooms on a reality show, but we quietly
improve lives, one child at a time.
Adam is a
Brooklyn resident...10 years in
We are also cabinet makers, and can design/build
built-in bookcases, wall units, radiator covers, etc. We need some rainy
day projects. I have a woodshop.
We'll customize the project to your needs and budget, and will help you
with design, or work from your plans. I live in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, and
work mostly in Brownstone
To
contact me, send an E-mail, or call...
Steve
Rayboy
Urban Exteriors
347-526-8670
steve@urbanexteriors.biz
See a 10 minute video of some
completed projects on youtube
or visit my youtube
channel...urbanexteriors...and see all of my videos
IPE DECK AND CEDAR FENCE...COBBLE HILL, BROOKLYN
OCTOBER, 2011
See more photos
See a youtube video
IPE ROOF DECK, FENCE, AND BENCH...BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
See a video on youtube.com
IPE DECK...DUMBO, BROOKLYN
APRIL, 2010
See a
video on youtube.com
IPE ROOF
DECK, with removable skylight cover...PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
See a video on youtube.com
Click here to see more completed
deck projects,
Arbor &
Pergola projects
Hybrid
Iron & Wooden decks
Trash
Enclosures
Interior
woodwork...Built-in Bookcases, Cabinets,
Closets,
Radiator Covers
An unsolicited testimonial by a client...posted
on brownstoner.com
"We used Steve last year and could not be happier with his work. He
started when he said he would, he finished when
he said he would, he did what he said he would, and he took the time for
a confab with our wacky architect about modifying the design.
The work itself is terrific – all miscellaneous trades people who look at
it are very impressed. One example (my favorite): instead of just
boxing the drain pipe in one corner with straight cuts, Steve scribed in about
8 facets so the circular pipe is enclosed in a nearly circular cut.
(Not so easy to do in hard stuff like Ipe, I think.) He likes to do quality
work, and charges accordingly. (At his suggestion, he plugged all
the counter sunk screws, so the surface is beautiful and smooth; we paid for it
[and love it] but he suggested it.)
Bottom line: great work at a fair price. By no means “inexpensive”.
But fair. Feel free to email me if you want to know more."
Posted by: Sandy Mattingly
If
you want me to build your project, or consult...