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A major part of Pamela Whitney’s interior design business has  expanded to include the design and fabrication of a vast majority of her clients' furniture, and built-ins, both wood and iron, in Soft Contemporary, and transitional styles such as Spanish Colonial and Tuscany (see our custom-made hand-benched furniture pictures in the gallery below).

"Designing and customizing furniture to fit exact interior spaces -- and be the correct scale -- with our volume ceilings here in the Desert, is a big plus for my clients,” says Pamela Whitney of Whitney Designs, LLC.  “Just as important is designing and fabricating patio furniture cushions and trim, to the scale of the outdoor space, that can also withstand our intense sun and occasional 40 to 50 mph winds.”

Whitney Designs’ furniture is all hand-benched, custom made of quality, aged hardwoods and veneers.  Our upholstered pieces are eight-way, hand-tied, hardwoods stapled and dowelled, with down and feather envelopes.  Whitney Designs' case goods and upholstery are equal to that of well-known, high-end designers such as: J. Robert Scott, Donghia, Brown Jordon, or Nancy Corzine.  But Whitney Designs' price points are much less: equal to mass produced, “middle of the road” to higher priced pieces featured in big furniture stores.

“I love each and every piece we make.  It’s exciting when a client brings a photograph or magazine tear sheet of a piece of furniture for us to make, or 'tweaked' a bit to fit their personal needs or space.  My fabricators are some of the best in the business.  One of my favorite things to do is to find an old antique piece, like a hand carved chair, and copy it exactly for a client who wanted a special desk chair,” says Pamela Whitney.

Each and every one of our pieces is hand-made, custom benched.  Truly tomorrow’s heirlooms!  As the economies of third world countries improve,  these true artisans will become a thing of the past.  As a client recently told her, “Pamela, why would anyone buy a piece from the furniture store, that everyone else can buy, when they can get a custom piece, hand-made, from you for roughly the same price?”

“Its  so exciting to be able to contribute to these true artisans and their families, while offering our clients hand made, custom, high-end furniture at mass produced prices!” concludes Pamela Whitney.

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