For a Cherrywood Kitchen

SHUYA IIDA, Hachi Collections; hachicollections.com; 646-907-8880 David Bench, principal of It’s Not Corporate Architecture, uses custom woodwork all the time in the projects he designs. His own Lower East Side apartment has shelving, closets, and cabinets from a number of different craftspeople, but the person he recommends most to friends is Shuya Iida of Hachi Collections, who did his lush cherrywood kitchen. Iida’s custom cabinetry and furniture are relatively affordable (dining-room tables start at $3,000 and custom cabinets at $5,000), and his projects tend toward the simple; he recently crafted a graceful set of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves for a West Village apartment and a kitchen, bathroom, and wardrobe all paneled in spare white oak. Hachi Collections also has its own line of Iida’s furniture, light fixtures, and small home goods, including a tall pill-shaped walnut cabinet with domed brass handles ($13,000) and wooden aroma diffusers ($140).