SERVICES

CDS specializes in strategic planning, design, manufacturing and installation of signage, décor and cabinetry for retail environments. We design environments that are comfortable for shoppers, distinctive to each retailer and showcase the product in the best light. The result is stores that sell more by design.

We are flexible and will work with you to provide full, turn-key services or just one part of the process.

Design
Whether your idea is sketched on a napkin or a comprehensive design brief, our team of experienced designers can develop concepts that reflect your store's personality and the specific neighborhood it serves. Learn how we designed Ray's Food Place for two different markets.

Full services include design consulting, conceptual designs and renderings, décor layouts, floor plans and elevations, fixture plans, finish material and schedule specification.

Manufacturing
Our 45,000 square foot facility is equipped with a full wood shop, metal shop, paint booth capable of producing the most intricate of faux finishes with ease, and a full graphics / vinyl department. CDS has one of the only CNC routers in the Northwest as well as a laser imager for etching and engraving. Each section of our shop is comprised of team members with a strong work ethic who produce quality work in a timely fashion that meets your vision and your budget.

Take a tour of the facility to learn more about our capabilities and experience.

Installation
Our customers say it's tough to find a harder working crew. Whether it's setting tile or building a façade, the multi-talented install team works until the final detail is complete.

Behind the Scenes: Inside CDS

CDS's manufacturing capacity and capabilities have grown from the days when CEO and Co-Owner Rick Graap worked out of his garage. We have grown a lot, however, we have not compromised our values of strong customer service and quality. In fact, many of our employees have been with us from the early days. The crew even includes three generations of the Enger family: Grandfather Arden as lead carpenter; Son Jeff as a project manager and Grandson Nick as installation foreman.

Today, every square inch of the 45,000 square foot facility is utilized for creating durable, lightweight and cost effective visual elements for retail environments.

Woodworking
CDS has one of the only CNC routers in the Northwest. Complex three-dimensional designs that once took a week to manufacture can be produced in a day. Once a pattern is entered into the router's computer, the design can be perfectly replicated in laminate, wood, foam, acrylic and other substrates. On this day, the router is finely etching the lettering of "Devine Color" into Panolam^TM. The recessed lettering will then be painted black to offset it against the wood-grain facing. Read about how we developed an upscale but cost-effective display that is helping to take Devine Color international.

Warehouse shelving holds a variety of building materials, including a wide selection of sustainable products. The shop also includes a panel saw, edge bander and the original router, still used for smaller jobs. Today, the crew is working on assembling a triangular, wood-paneled sign that will hang about a coffe kiosk.

Metal Fabrication
Unlike a typical metal shop, Dan Marsteller's shop is tightly run, clean and well organized. Here, steel, aluminum, copper and a variety of alloys are bent, welded and polished into fixtures, shelf brackets and frames. Today, the finishing touches are being applied to a hanging sign for the newest GI Joe's store in Seattle, WA. Cooling on the racks is flamed sheet metal signage that hangs above the Asian Express section of a Whole Foods Market.

Graphics/Paint
The graphics and paint department includes a temperature controlled paint booth in which non-toxic finishes are applied to foam, wood, metal and a variety of materials. Close by in a dust controlled room, the laser imager is cutting letters that will be applied to recycled barn wood for organic produce signs. Around the corner is a graphic imager capable of outputting the most complex of images beautifully.

The finishing touches that graphics and paint make are very important. CDS and Hollywood set designers know the best illusions can be created simply and economically with graphics and paint. Today in finished assembly, styrofoam that has been carved to look like a brick wall is being painted to look like it has an aging mural on it. Once in the store, few will be able to tell that it is not a real brick wall and that the mural is not really old. However, even those who notice will probably admire the economics of this lightweight, durable and cost effective décor solution.

Recent photos of a newly installed interior are on display near the exit, showing the progress of jobs from concept to completion of another successful job. Click here to see how our projects take shape.

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