No. 01 — Ridgeland, South Carolina

Cabinetry
with a sense
of place.

Name: Marshlight Cabinet & Designs
Address: Ridgeland, SC, US
Telephone: (843) 305-0411
Rating: 5.0

Cabinets, floors, and trim built by hand for homes across Hilton Head, Bluffton, Okatie, and Beaufort.

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Reclaimed oak floating shelves and mantel around a marble-clad fireplace built by Marshlight

5.0★

24 reviews on Thumbtack

One crew

The people who quote it, build it

Fixed price

Written proposal before we start

48 hours

Typical reply to a new inquiry

Our approach

“We build the rooms that hold your daily life — with the patience of furniture makers, not the speed of a catalog.”

Marshlight Cabinet & Designs is a small team of cabinetmakers, finishers, and installers. Every project begins with a long conversation, a measured drawing, and a sample board — and ends with a home that feels inevitable.

Built around you.

What we make.

Three trades under one roof, so the cabinets, floors, and trim actually agree with each other.

Cabinetry

Custom inset and shaker cabinetry, hand-fit to your home and finished to last a lifetime by the marsh.

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Flooring

Wide-plank white oak, engineered hardwood, and natural stone selected for coastal living.

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Shiplap walls, ceiling detail, and crown molding we installed

Trim & Molding

Crown, casing, wainscot, and built-ins that bring architectural character to every room.

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Selected Work

The portfolio, room by room.

Every photograph below is our own crew, in a real lowcountry home — no stock, no staging. Look closely at the joints, the reveals, and the way the tile meets the trim. That is where the difference lives.

Great room with shiplap walls, reclaimed timber beams, and a custom mantel over a herringbone marble firebox — Featured Project

Beaufort, SC

A great room, rebuilt around the fire.

Shiplap to the ceiling, reclaimed timber beams pulled from a local barn, and a hand-fit herringbone firebox surround — milled, finished, and installed by the same three hands, start to finish.

Reclaimed oak mantel over a marble-clad fireplace

Reclaimed oak mantel blanks finished on the shop bench

Before & After

Before: worn grey carpet meeting dated ceramic tile at an entry door — Before

After: continuous warm wood-look plank flooring through the entry and living room — After

Entry & Living Floor

Bluffton, SC

Worn carpet and dated ceramic pulled out, subfloor leveled, then warm plank laid wall to wall with a single seamless threshold.

Before: bathroom subfloor mid-install with charcoal herringbone tile being laid — Before

After: finished charcoal herringbone porcelain bathroom floor with crisp white grout — After

Guest Bath Herringbone

Hilton Head, SC

Charcoal porcelain set in a true herringbone, every piece hand-cut tight to the tub, threshold, and toe kick.

The Archive

Floor-to-ceiling custom cabinetry with inlaid compass-star detail on the doors — Compass-star inlay doors

Built-in white media wall unit with open shelving and shaker base cabinets — Built-in media wall

Reclaimed barnwood vanity with a honed marble countertop and backsplash — Barnwood vanity, marble top

Custom reclaimed barnwood vanity cabinetry under construction — Vanity carcass in the shop

Custom built-in media cabinetry with crown molding, prepped for finish — Media built-in, pre-finish

Shop-built raised-panel poplar vanity cabinet ready for finishing — Raised-panel poplar vanity

New white shaker vanity with a solid-surface top and brushed nickel faucet in a guest bath — Guest bath refresh

Finished charcoal herringbone porcelain bathroom floor with crisp white grout — Herringbone bath floor

Finished open living and dining room with new plank flooring throughout — Open plan, wall to wall

Grey-oak luxury vinyl plank flooring installed in a bright living space — Grey-oak plank

Installer laying luxury vinyl plank flooring across a great room — Laying the field

Large-format stone-look tile being set with spacers over fresh thinset — Large-format stone

Close detail of grouted charcoal herringbone tile meeting a white tub surround — Herringbone detail

Reclaimed oak floating shelves and a matching mantel over a marble-clad fireplace — Marble hearth & oak mantel

Shiplap walls and ceiling with layered crown molding in a coastal breezeway — Shiplap breezeway

Paneled wainscot column wrap with layered base molding over dark hardwood flooring — Paneled column wrap

Custom raised-panel wainscot and pilaster trim work in a formal entry — Formal entry wainscot

Hand-hewn reclaimed oak floating shelf styled with coastal decor — Reclaimed oak shelf

Pair of reclaimed oak floating shelves holding framed photographs — Paired floating shelves

Reclaimed oak mantel and shelf blanks finished on the shop bench — Mantel blanks, finished

Reclaimed Wood

From barn beam to floating shelf.

One salvaged oak beam, photographed at every stage. Nothing about this is bought off a shelf — it is milled, sanded, stained, and hung by the same hands.

Rough reclaimed oak beam on sawhorses, still showing checks, nail holes, and saw marks — Step 01

The salvage

A century-old oak beam, pulled from a barn and brought back to the shop with every nail hole and check still in it.

Reclaimed oak beam squared up on sawhorses with rough-sawn face and natural cracks — Step 02

Squared & sized

Cut to length and squared on all four faces, keeping the hand-hewn character intact rather than milling it away.

Close view of freshly planed white oak grain along the length of a reclaimed beam — Step 03

Grain revealed

A light pass brings the grain back to the surface — the moment you find out what the board has been hiding.

Sanded reclaimed oak mantel blank resting on sawhorses in the shop — Step 04

Sanded smooth

Edges eased by hand and the whole blank sanded through the grits until it's smooth enough to run a palm across.

Reclaimed oak shelf blanks after staining, showing deep warm brown tone — Step 05

Stain & finish

Hand-rubbed stain and a protective topcoat, matched to the room it's headed for.

Hands measuring and marking a finished oak shelf with steel mounting rods installed on the back edge — Step 06

Hidden hardware

Steel rods set into the back edge and laid out to the stud spacing, so the finished shelf appears to float.

Finished reclaimed oak floating shelf mounted on a white wall, styled with coastal decor — Installed & floating

The Finish

Hung on hidden steel, dead level, and ready to hold a hundred years of family photographs.

Finished custom interior by Marshlight Cabinet & Designs

Signature work

Made here. Made to stay.

Every board is chosen, milled, and finished by the same small crew — in Ridgeland, for the lowcountry. No flat-pack. No middlemen. No shortcuts.

Plan your project

Why Marshlight

Promises we put in writing.

01
Built in our own shop
Your cabinetry is milled, assembled, and finished by our hands — not ordered from a catalog and dropped at the curb.
02
One lead, start to finish
The same carpenter who measures your room is the one standing in it on install day.
03
A price that holds
A fixed written proposal with allowances spelled out. Changes only happen when you sign for them.
04
We leave it cleaner
Floors protected, dust contained, site swept daily, and a walkthrough before we hand back the key.

Four steps, no surprises.

Step 1
Discovery
We visit, measure, listen, and sketch the brief together.
Step 2
Design
Drawings, finish samples, and a fixed-price proposal.
Step 3
Build
Cabinets made in our shop; floor and trim work coordinated.
Step 4
Install
One lead carpenter on-site, daily cleanup, final walkthrough.

Great room with shiplap walls, reclaimed timber beams, and custom mantel

Where we work

Up and down the lowcountry.

01Hilton Head
02Bluffton
03Okatie
04Beaufort

Also serving Palmetto Bluff, Sun City, Daufuskie, Spring Island, and Callawassie. Farther out? Ask — we make exceptions for the right project.

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Begin

Tell us about your home.

Built around you.

Share a few details and we'll reach out within two business days to schedule a no-obligation on-site consultation.

Location: Ridgeland, South Carolina
Telephone: (843) 305–0411
Email: info@marshlightcabinetdesigns.com

What Clients Say

Five stars, two dozen times over.

5.0

Exceptional · 24 verified reviews

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“Max was very punctual and professional. He was careful to make sure we were satisfied with the plan and was resourceful in working around some of the challenges. Price was fair and quality of work was very good.”

“Max went the extra mile to ensure my home renovation project was executed flawlessly! Within 15 minutes of my inquiry, Max responded and arranged to meet with me on a Sunday to assess the scope of the project. Max was on time and professional. The price quoted was fair, and the craftsmanship far exceeded my expectations! I am a customer for life! 10 out of 10 — would highly recommend!”

“Max was easy to work with. The entertainment center was excellent quality! All from a picture from Pinterest. Max was always on time. Would highly recommend Max for cabinetry work. We want to bring him back to add beams to our ceiling and some other work.”

“Built by Max was a great experience. All the work was top notch. He was easy to work with if we wanted to add or change something to the original agreement. His prices are some of the best I've seen here on HHI. I had floors done as well as cabinet work. Even an outdoor service yard storage was done to precision. I will only use him from now on. I trust his work completely.”

Marshlight replied: Thank you so much for the glowing review! It's been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to your next project.

“Thank you Max for your professional work. Your precision work in hanging an old refurbished craftsman front door and also installing all the heavy bronze hardware was everything we dreamed. Max is a perfectionist, clean, courteous, fantastic communication, caring, and stands by his work. We will definitely be using you again.”

Marshlight replied: Thank you for the great review, Darrin!

Cabinetrywith a senseof place.