Alix Soubiran Armoire

A built-in armoire developed from an artist's pencil sketch into a 3D model, then built in white oak and trimmed out in her home.

White oak armoire with stepped moulded panel doors, open shelves and five drawers, in a bedroom — Installed, January 2026

Close detail of a stepped moulded panel corner in white oak — Stepped panel moulding

The armoire's plinth base and moulding meeting a hardwood floor — Plinth and base moulding

Client: Alix Soubiran, artist and designer
Location: Private residence, Los Feliz
Year: Sketched Aug 2025; installed Jan 2026
Project value: Approx. $12,000
Scope: Design development, 3D model and renderings, fabrication, finishing, delivery, installation and trim-out
Materials: White oak plywood and solid white oak; white oak panel, crown and bead mouldings; full-inset doors; five soft-close drawers

The brief

Alix Soubiran is a French artist in Los Angeles whose lamps, murals and wallpapers draw on 17th- and 18th-century French decorative style. She came to us with a pencil sketch of an armoire for an upstairs room. It set out the look and the basic layout, but not how the piece would be built.

What we did

We turned the sketch into buildable plans and kept her layout: hanging space behind both doors, with open shelves and five drawers in the center. We modeled it in 3D so Alix could approve the proportions and stepped panel mouldings before we cut anything.

We sourced the white oak and chose mouldings to match her sketch, then built the case, doors and drawers in our shop. On site, we carried it to the second floor, set it in place and trimmed it out with crown and base so it reads as part of the room.

Sketch to finish

Alix's pencil sketch of the armoire front with panel doors and drawers — Alix's sketch

Our 3D model of the armoire, open, with parts exploded — Our 3D model

3D rendering of the white oak armoire, closed and open — Rendering for approval

Built and installed

White oak doors and panels laid out in the shop — Doors and panels in the shop

Close-up of a white oak door frame corner, rail meeting stile around a flat panel, before finishing — Door joinery, before finishing

The armoire with both doors open, showing hanging space and drawers — Doors open

Interior shelves and drawers beside a panel door with iron pull — Shelves and drawers

Team: Ryan Warner, Ari Graham · Photos by Yarrow Studios · Alix Soubiran

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