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Reference images — not our jobs

Materials & rooms.

What a sanctuary looks like when the wood is right and the seats are new. The images on this page are illustrations of the materials and rooms we work in, not photographs of our jobs. Photos from our own projects replace them as each one is completed.

Modern church sanctuary with light oak pews and gray upholstered seats
A modern meetinghouse. Straight rows, oak, contract fabric.
Oak pulpit and communion table at the front of a sanctuary
Pulpit and table. The furniture everyone looks at for an hour.
Oak pew seat meeting the pew end at a tight joint
Seat to end. The joint that carries the row.
Close view of quarter-sawn oak grain under a satin finish
Quarter-sawn white oak, satin. No gloss to show the ripples.
Carved solid oak pew end with a brass floor bracket
Solid oak end, brass anchor. Worth refinishing.
Wedged through-tenon in solid oak on a workbench
A wedged tenon. Reversible, and stronger than the wood around it.
Oak door panel half refinished, half weathered
A test patch. Same board, same day.
Arched oak church entry doors with iron strap hinges
Entry doors. Half outside, all year.
Oxblood woven upholstery on a church pew seat
Oxblood contract weave over high-resiliency foam.
Close view of heathered oxblood contract weave
A heathered weave hides a decade of Sundays.

Every image above is a reference illustration, not a Bethel Finish Works job. Photos of our own completed work are posted here with the church’s permission as each job finishes.

Want to see what yours could look like?

Send four photos and a pew count. You get a written range in two business days, and a free condition report if you want one.

Call (385) 207-6945 Free report