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Revamp your posh personal space with exquisite, one-of-a-kind custom cabinetry

Design-build, furniture grade cabinet shop. Interior Exterior Designs, Inc. serves all Orange and LA Counties.

Your home is your sanctuary. Having the ability to customize your personal space to reflect your unique sense of style is absolutely something to be thankful for.

Since 1984, the skilled team at Interior Exterior Designs, Inc. has provided clients across Orange County and Los Angeles with high-end home remodeling services.

According to owner/designer Leon Williams, who runs the show alongside his beloved wife, Dhasti Williams, their dedicated craftsmanship sets them apart from the competition.  

“We are a design-build custom cabinet shop. We specialize in being creative and being able to fabricate, finish, and install at the highest level in our industry. We complete every job one at a time here in our 8,000-square-foot facility in La Habra,” he says.

Leon and Dhasti make personalized customer service a priority. Rather than directing clients to outside sales reps, Leon, who has an art background, works directly with each customer through every phase of the design process.  

“We have built our reputation in being precision-driven, integrity-minded, and extremely creative. We give our clients a ‘white glove’ experience because when you work with us, we are the factory.”

Impeccable attention to detail is just one of the reasons that Interior Exterior Designs, Inc. is recognized as a “Top 10 Cabinet Shop” in Orange County.

“Eighty percent of our work comes from repeat clients,” says Leon. “Whether they’re working on their newest home, another room in the house, or their now grown-up children’s homes!”

Leon has always been an ‘out of the box’ thinker. As a young man, he could usually be found doing something creative—cartooning, painting cars, diamond cutting—anything he could fabricate or restore was appealing to him.   

His passion for crafting cabinetry was ignited when a next-door neighbor took him under his wing and patiently taught him the trade over a four-year period.

“Precision was everything,” he recalls of his apprenticeship. “If it wasn’t tight, it wasn’t right.”

“It was extremely tough sometimes when, as a trainee, every other thing you did was wrong! Luckily, I loved and appreciated it, so I never quit.”

In terms of competition, there may be an abundance, but Leon and Dhasti are confident that what Interior Exterior Designs has to offer puts them in a league of their own.

“Our motto is ‘For Those Who Know the Difference,’” he says.

“There are thousands of cabinet shops in the LA and OC areas, and each operates differently. Some order cabinets and assemble them in the shop, some do simple, construction-style cabinets, and some order the cabinets and have installers do the installation,” he explains.

“We, on the other hand, specialize in design and do every phase ourselves—drafting, shop drawings, engineering, milling, fabrication, finish, and installation—all under one roof.”

As with most things in life, you get what you pay for—and when you work with Interior Exterior Designs, Inc., you get the best of the best.

“A lot of clients accept the lower level of craftsmanship that comes with lower bids,” says Leon.

“Our clients that ‘Know the Difference’ hire us to get the project done on a furniture-grade level, with premium joinery that is built to last longer than our clients will even be in their homes.”

Leon and Dhasti are committed to continuing to serve their treasured community with exemplary service.

“Throughout the years, we have done hundreds of projects in Yorba Linda and surrounding cities. Our shop is in La Habra and we reside in Brea, so you will be working with a local, family-run company,” he says.

“Check us out at https://www.interior-exteriordesignsinc.com/. We’ve been at it for going on 40 years, and we’ve never received a negative review! Are we perfect? No, but we do sincerely commit to giving 100% to every customer!”

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