Warm minimalist interior with Venetian plaster walls, oak joinery and a seamless micro-cement floor
Est. Whitsundays · Servicing Greater North QLD

Considered craft
in timber, stone & cement.

Residential and commercial fitouts, bars, clubs, restaurants and renovations — with specialist finishes in Venetian plaster, micro-cement and timber. Delivered with the patience of a tradesman and the eye of an architect.

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01 / Custom Carpentry & Coatings
A studio-scale trade

Small team. Serious finishes.

Custom Carpentry & Coatings is a Whitsundays-based workshop delivering high-end residential and commercial fitouts, renovations and specialist wall finishes across greater North Queensland. We build homes, bars, restaurants, clubs, cafés and retail spaces with the same considered eye — from private residences on Hamilton Island to full commercial fitouts like the open-air Lovers Cove cocktail bar.

We work directly with homeowners, architects and interior designers on projects where the detail matters — dead-flush joinery, hand-troweled Venetian plaster, seamless micro-cement floors and walls, and the kind of precision caulking that lets a room read as one continuous surface.

Every job is quoted, scheduled and finished by the same hands. No subcontracted shortcuts, no rushed edges.

Services

Where trade meets finish.

01

High-end Fitouts

Bespoke joinery, dead-flush cabinetry, integrated appliances and concealed hardware. Detailed for architects, executed on site.

Kitchens Wardrobes Built-ins
02

Renovations

Whole-home and single-room renovations — from Queenslander restorations to contemporary coastal builds. Careful sequencing, clean sites, honest timelines.

Full home Bathrooms Extensions Refresh & Restore
03

Venetian Plaster

Authentic lime-based Venetian plaster — Marmorino, Grassello and Stucco Veneziano — applied and burnished by hand for depth, sheen and a finish that only improves with age.

Marmorino Grassello Stucco
04

Micro-cement

Continuous cement-based coatings for floors, walls, benchtops and wet areas. Waterproof, seamless and considered — perfect for bathrooms, kitchens and living spaces.

Floors Wet areas Benchtops
05

Commercial Fitouts

Bars, clubs, restaurants, cafés and retail — designed for the hard yards of hospitality. Solid bar joinery, banquette seating, back-of-house that works, and shop-front detailing that lasts. Built to trade every night and still look sharp on year five.

Bars & Clubs Restaurants Cafés Retail
06

Home Bars & Entertainment

Home bars, cellars, media rooms and outdoor entertainment pavilions. Fluted joinery, backlit shelving, integrated appliances and cinematic lighting — built to host.

Home bars Cellars Media rooms
07

Timber Feature Walls

Battened, slatted and VJ feature walls and ceilings in oak, spotted gum or blackbutt. Rhythmic, warm, and quietly dramatic — a signature detail for any high-end space.

Battens VJ & Slats Ceilings
08

Decking & Outdoor Structures

Hardwood decks, pergolas, privacy screens and outdoor rooms built for the Queensland climate. Concealed fixings, honest timber and detailing that ages well.

Decks Pergolas Screens
09

Consult & Detailing

Working from architect drawings or a Pinterest board — we help translate a look into buildable, warranted detail: substrate, sequence, product and finish.

Design support Specification
Close detail of hand-troweled Venetian plaster with a soft burnished sheen
Venetian Plaster

A wall with depth — not just paint.

Applied in thin layers of lime and marble dust, burnished by hand until the surface catches light like polished stone. Breathable, mould- resistant and quietly luxurious.

  • Marmorino, Grassello & Stucco Veneziano
  • Warm neutrals, tonal colour matching to brief
  • Suitable for feature walls, ceilings & fireplaces
  • Sealed for wet areas on request
Dated 1990s bathroom with cream wall tiles, terracotta floor and laminate vanity, before renovation
Before
Same bathroom after renovation — seamless warm off-white micro-cement over the existing tiles, brass tapware, new vessel basin and framed mirror
After
Micro-cement

Renovate over what you have.

A 2–3mm cement-based coating that bonds to almost any substrate — tile, plasterboard, concrete, ply or old benchtops. The dated surface stays where it is; micro-cement goes over the top in one continuous, waterproof, joint-free finish.

  • No demolition — apply straight over existing tiles
  • Resurface benchtops without ripping out the kitchen
  • Weeks faster than a full strip-out renovation
  • Less waste, less disruption, no skip bin at the front
  • Sealed with high-durability polyurethane
Product line

We apply the Decora collection — lime-based microcement and Venetian plasters, crafted in Sicily, Italy since 2004. Proudly supplied by MVP Products, Caloundra — Queensland's exclusive Decora distributor.

Close-up of a seamless micro-cement kitchen benchtop with hand-trowelled cloud texture and oak cabinetry below
Benchtops & joinery Resurface kitchen benchtops, splashbacks and vanities in one continuous piece — no seams, no silicone lines.
Sculptural micro-cement pedestal side table with hand-trowelled texture on a pale oak floor
Furniture & feature pieces Bespoke side tables, plinths, vanities and built-ins finished in the same seamless render as the room.
Ensuite bathroom finished in seamless micro-cement with an oak floating vanity
Wet areas Bathrooms, showers and wet rooms finished floor-to-ceiling in a single waterproof surface.
Featured Projects

A short list of trusted work.

Selected residential and commercial projects across the Whitsundays, Hamilton Island and Airlie Beach.

Element Hill private residence, Hamilton Island — exterior with pitched steel roof, timber-lined eaves, stone walling and elevated deck
Element Hill — Hamilton Island
Element Hill interior — open-plan living and kitchen with timber-framed sliding doors opening to an infinity pool over the Whitsundays
Element Hill — Interior & Infinity Pool
The Boat House, Hamilton Island — bespoke timber kitchen joinery with dark stone benchtops
The Boat House — Hamilton Island
Nalani Airlie Beach master bedroom with white vertical VJ feature wall panelling, brass wall sconce and coastal styling
Nalani — Airlie Beach (bedroom feature wall)
Lovers Cove open-air cocktail bar — timber servery bench and deck framed by a corrugated steel awning, opening out over turquoise Whitsundays water
Lovers Cove — secret location (cocktail bar fitout)

Project photography reproduced courtesy of the owners and operators. Custom Carpentry & Coatings delivered carpentry, joinery and finishing work on each of these projects.

Project Spotlight

Private residence — Hideaway Bay

A full internal fitout on the Whitsunday coast — raked and coffered timber ceilings, bespoke kitchen joinery and full bathroom renovations end to end.

Private Hideaway Bay residence living and dining — coffered timber ceiling above the staircase, feature stone wall and continuous oak flooring
Coffered timber ceiling Open-plan living beneath a full coffered ceiling detail, framed by the staircase and stone feature wall.
Private Hideaway Bay residence kitchen — raked timber-lined ceiling, stone-clad island and custom joinery
Raked ceiling & joinery Raked ceiling running the length of the kitchen, with bespoke cabinetry and a stone-clad island.
Private Hideaway Bay residence ensuite — walk-in shower, freestanding tub and stone feature wall
Ensuite renovation Walk-in shower, freestanding tub and stone feature wall built into a full ensuite renovation.
Private Hideaway Bay residence main bathroom — twin vanities and freestanding tub
Main bathroom Twin-vanity main bathroom with freestanding tub, walk-in shower and full custom joinery.

Photography courtesy of the owners and marketing agent. Custom Carpentry & Coatings delivered carpentry, timber ceilings, joinery and bathroom renovations on this project.

Process

Four quiet stages.

01

Site visit

We walk the space, understand your brief and take the measurements and photos we need to quote properly.

02

Detail & quote

A written scope with product selections, sequence, timeline and a fixed or transparent time-and-material quote.

03

Build

Clean site, careful protection, honest updates. We work in staged blocks so you always know what's happening next.

04

Hand-back

Full walk-through, care guide for your finishes, and a 12-month workmanship warranty on everything we've touched.

Kind words

What our clients say.

Master bedroom at Nalani Airlie Beach before renovation — dated pale-green feature wall behind a plain walnut headboard
Before
Master bedroom at Nalani Airlie Beach after renovation — white vertical VJ feature wall with brass wall sconce, styled bed linen and warm lamp light
After

Master bedroom feature wall — Nalani, Airlie Beach

We used Jason for carpentry work during the renovation of our apartment in Airlie Beach and were extremely happy with the finished result.

I had a very clear vision for what I wanted to achieve in the master bedroom and Jason understood it straight away, offering ideas and practical suggestions along the way before executing it exactly as I'd envisaged. The result completely transformed the room and was exactly the look I was hoping for.

I also really appreciated Jason's attention to detail across the renovation as a whole. As we don't live locally and couldn't always be onsite, he took the time to flag areas that still needed attention before the renovation was completed, making it much easier for our property manager to have everything followed up and finished properly.

We'd happily recommend Jason to anyone looking for quality carpentry and renovation work in the Whitsundays.

Carly Nalani, Airlie Beach
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Based Whitsundays, QLD
Servicing Airlie Beach · Whitsunday Islands · Bowen · Mackay · Townsville · Cairns
Phone 0466 897 338
Email [email protected]
Hours Mon–Fri · 6:30am – 4:30pm