Millwork

Today, millwork may encompass items that are made using alternatives to wood, including synthetics, plastics, and wood-adhesive composites.

Millwork products are used in both interior and exterior applications and can serve as either decorative or functional features of a building.

Woodworking skills originally formed around wood carving, carpentry, parquetry, and cabinet making in ancient China.

Many of the specific features in a space are created using different types of architectural millwork: doors, windows, transoms, sidelights, molding, trim, stair parts, and cabinetry to name just a few.

In one, referred to as "stock millwork", commodity fabricators mass-produce trims and building components—with the end product being low cost, interchangeable items for commercial or home builders.

Traditional interior millwork examples: note the wall covers, as well as the door and window trim, are all custom-styled to complement the central focus point of the room—the fireplace mantle.
Several examples of different types of external decorative millwork are evident at an Erie Railway train station in Orange County, NY