Partners · designers, architects & builders

Designed together, built in the shop.

Bring the shop in early. A Baltimore design and fabrication shop that works alongside you, from the first sketch through shop drawings to the install, for restaurants and houses alike.

Restaurant bar, acacia and walnut fronts, waterfall quartz
Angled light-wood shelf with wine glasses and a skate deck on the bottom
Café tabletops
Lit island, mural room

What the shop does for partners

Interior designers, architects, general contractors

Studio design

Design for specialty millwork, custom built-ins and one-off fixtures in hospitality, retail and commercial projects.

  • Concept and shop drawings for your review
  • Species, hardware and finish samples
  • A not-to-exceed price, through delivery

First consult free

$120 per hour · design consulting by videoBook

Designers, makers, builders

Shop fabrication

Your parts, panels and pieces built in the Baltimore shop, by hand or on the CNC, from your drawings or files.

  • Your files or drawings checked before work starts
  • Parts built, fitted and ready to finish or install
  • Material sourced or supplied

$150 per hourBook

When the client asks “can it be built?”

Site visit

One to two hours on site with the fabricator: concepts, planning and a price estimate before the drawings are final.

  • What will hold up
  • What it will cost to build
  • What to change before it is priced

Credited to the job

$175 site visit, 1–2 hours · + $0.75 per travel mileBook

Sole proprietors and small firms

Office data

Your files, drawings, mail and photos in one local structure, with AI that can find and summarize them. It runs on your own machines, so your data stays consistent and yours, not shaped by someone else’s agents.

  • A map of what you have and where it lives
  • Search and summaries that stay on your computer
  • A setup you own and can run yourself

$225 per hourBook

Partner terms for designers, architects and builders on request — ben@benballdesign.com.

From the shop

Bars and commercial casework

Explore hospitality →
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Restaurant bar
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Wine service bar
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Lit island, mural room
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Restaurant bar
Café tabletopsCafé tabletopsCafé tabletopsCafé tabletops
Café tabletops
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Lit island, mural room
Restaurant bar, acacia and walnut fronts, waterfall quartzRestaurant bar, looking down the runRestaurant bar, seating sideRestaurant bar
Restaurant bar
Café tabletopsCafé tabletopsCafé tabletopsCafé tabletops
Café tabletops

Send your drawings, or reach out by call or text.

(434) 409-9023

Form, email, text, or voicemail — a reply within two business days.