Nia Okonkwo Studio

Selected works

Commissions built one room and one client at a time. Every piece here was measured on site before a board was milled.

Built-in oak library room with floor-to-ceiling shelving and a rolling brass ladder
1 Millwork & Interiors 2025 Humboldt Park Library & Reading Room 1,400-volume perimeter oak library with integrated radiator heat plenum and rolling brass ladder.
Ten-seat white oak dining table set for a meal in a narrow apartment dining room
2 Custom Furniture 2025 Ten-Seat White Oak Dining Table Solid rift-sawn white oak with knock-down mechanical joinery engineered for narrow walk-up stairwells.
Ash and blackened steel counter stools lined up along a cafe bar counter
3 Object Series 2024 Counter Stool Series for a Neighborhood Cafe Twenty-four ash and blackened steel counter stools built on a single jig with field-replaceable foot glides.
Loft storage wall in oiled walnut with tambour roll-front doors, one open to show shelving
4 Millwork & Interiors 2024 Pilsen Loft Storage Wall & Media Unit Eighteen-foot Baltic birch carcass system with oiled walnut tambour doors and concealed cable channels.
Oak and fluted glass mullion partition forming an entry vestibule airlock
5 Architectural Element 2023 Mullion Screen & Entry Vestibule Fluted glass and quarter-sawn oak partition creating an acoustic airlock for a historic brownstone.
Wall-hung torrefied ash credenza in a minimalist living space
6 Custom Furniture 2023 Floating Credenza in Torrefied Ash Wall-hung storage cabinet with knife-edge miters, concealed steel cleat system, and integrated induction charging.
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