Travis Terrell — Custom Woodwork & Architectural Millwork

A designer's eye,
a builder's hands.

Travis Terrell was born in Normal, Illinois, drawn first to the mechanics of engines and machines. He found his real calling in design at Heartland Community College, where his talent for the fine arts — ceramics and molding — set the foundation for everything he would go on to build in wood.

He learned the trade as an apprentice to Richard Randall of Randall Cabinet & Design, taking on serious work early: contributions to Frank Lloyd Wright's William Glasner House in Glencoe and commissions for the Catholic Diocese of Peoria. As shop foreman he led the design, layout, construction, finishing, and installation of every job that left the bench.

Today he carries that craft into a new chapter at Rivian in Normal, Illinois, leading a General Assembly team through the R2 vehicle launch — translating engineering specifications into the assembly line and sharpening it through lean, Kaizen-driven process design. Fifteen years at the workbench, now applied to the factory floor.

The Portfolio

Each project shown twice — the finished piece, and the shop drawings it was built from. Tap a thumbnail to move between drawn and built.

Plate 01

The Sky-Blue Bar

A basement bar tucked beneath the staircase — sky-blue painted maple cabinets, a white granite top, and a solid red-oak bar rail, with floating walnut shelves over a tiled back wall. Built-in wine and beverage centers make it a full entertaining station.

CabinetsMaple · Sky-Blue

TopWhite Granite

Bar RailRed Oak

Built-InsWine + Beverage Center

Plate 02

Quarter-Sawn Kitchen

A quarter-sawn white oak kitchen built around a curved sixteen-foot island and a copper hood vented to the roof. Art-glass upper cabinets, granite tops, and a beamed ceiling carry the Craftsman detailing through the whole room, with Wolf and Sub-Zero built in throughout.

SpeciesQuarter-Sawn White Oak

Island16' 3" Curved

HoodCopper · Roof-Vented

TopsGranite

Plate 03

Maple Manor Dining & Living

A matched suite of solid maple in a soft gray finish for a home near Bloomington — a trestle dining table with an X-braced apron, paired with coffee and end tables from the same Maple Manor Collection. Drawn as a concept, built at the bench, finished to match throughout.

SpeciesSolid Maple

FinishGray Stain

CollectionMaple Manor

PiecesDining · Coffee · End

Plate 04

Wine Display Cabinet

A wine display cabinet built to crown a matching buffet — angled bottle towers flanking a mirror-backed run of adjustable glass shelves, lit with LED. Fifty-four-bottle capacity, finished to match the rest of the Maple Manor suite.

Capacity54 Bottles

ShelvesAdj. Glass

BackBevel Mirror

LightingLED

Also from the bench Tri-legged live-edge trunk coffee tables, and a maple wine cellar with a barrel-vaulted ceiling — photographs to come.

Where the work has stood.

01Frank Lloyd Wright's William A. Glasner HouseCabinet & millwork contributions to a landmark residenceGlencoe, IL

02St. Mary's RectoryResidence of Bishop Daniel Jenky · Catholic Diocese of PeoriaPeoria, IL

03Wapella Catholic ChurchPre–Civil War · new vestibule doors, art-glass restoration, new cabinetsWapella, IL

04Wapella Christian ChurchComplete sanctuary restorationWapella, IL

05Heyworth Methodist ChurchMillwork & restorationHeyworth, IL

06Gold Coast & North Shore ResidencesEvanston · Wilmette · Winnetka · Kenilworth · Glencoe · Highland Park · Glenview · NorthbrookChicago, IL

07Waterfront & Luxury HomesCentral Illinois · Lake of the Ozarks · Homosassa, FloridaMulti-State

“A hard worker, a problem solver, and he sets a good standard.”

Richard P. RandallPresident · Randall Cabinets & Design Inc.