NicholsBuilding Co.
Physical & digital work · San Diego, California

I build thoughtful things for everyday life.

Kitchens, furniture, lighting, websites, and software—designed around how they’ll actually be used.

The approach
Selected work

Across scales
and materials.

The medium changes. The work still begins with paying attention: to people, place, materials, and the details that make something useful.

Completed oak busy board with switches, locks, lights, and controls01
Furniture & play · Recent work

Busy Board

An interactive oak panel that turns switches, locks, lights, and familiar hardware into open-ended play.

Green built-in window seat with oak top beneath a wide window02
Residential addition · Recent work

Menlo Addition

Custom oak surfaces and painted built-ins designed as useful, integrated parts of a new family space.

Tall white illuminated secretary cabinet installed between a fireplace and window03
Custom furniture · Archive

Illuminated Secretary

A compact writing cabinet combining display, concealed storage, integrated lighting, and a fold-down desk.

SwiftCalc iPhone interface calculating feet, inches, and fractions04
Application design · Digital work

SwiftCalc

A focused calculator for feet, inches, and fractions—built to make common field measurements quicker to work with.

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A way of working

Start with the real problem. Remove what isn’t helping. Work through the details. Make something clear, useful, and built to last.

  1. 01Understand
  2. 02Make
  3. 03Refine
Have something in mind?

Let’s make it
thoughtfully.

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