Residential
Custom Wall Units & Built-Insin Toronto & the GTA
A wall unit is the piece a room is organised around. We build entertainment walls, fireplace surrounds and display joinery with integrated LED, hidden wire management and stone or cast-mantel detailing that reads as part of the house, not furniture set against it.
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The short answer
Panda Reno builds custom wall units and built-ins for Toronto and GTA homes: TV and entertainment units, media walls with fireplaces, bookcases, home offices and architectural millwork. Each piece is designed to the wall, built in our own shop and installed with wiring concealed and lighting integrated. As a broad 2026 guide, a typical TV wall unit runs about $5,000–$12,000 and full-wall built-ins with a fireplace surround or stone $12,000–$25,000 or more, with most projects taking 4–8 weeks from approved drawings.
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- Typical investment
- About $5,000–$12,000; full walls $12,000–$25,000+
- Timeline
- 4–8 weeks from approved drawings
- Includes
- TV walls, media walls, bookcases, offices, millwork
- Made
- Designed and built in our own GTA shop, installed by our team
- Consultation
- Free, in-home, no obligation
Why homeowners choose Panda Reno
- Made in our own shopCabinetry designed, milled & finished in-house
- 6+ years in businessBuilding cabinetry across the GTA
- One-team buildThe makers install what they build
- 15+ projects deliveredSee the portfolio proof →
What we build
Feature walls with quiet drama.
A wall unit is the piece a room is organised around, so it has to feel like architecture. We build media walls, fireplace surrounds and library joinery with concealed wiring, integrated lighting and stone or cast-mantel detailing — finished to disappear into the house rather than sit in front of it.
Discuss your project- Media walls with fully concealed wire management
- Linear fireplace and cast-stone mantel surrounds
- Back-lit display niches and floating shelving
- Push-to-open or hardware-pull lower storage
- Library, office and display built-ins
- Integrated speaker and component bays
The gallery
Every wall units photo, in one place.
The approach
A closer look at wall units & millwork.
A wall unit is the piece a living room, family room or office organises itself around, so it has to do more than store things — it has to anchor the space and, at the same time, disappear into the architecture of the house.
Designed for the whole wall
We design media walls, fireplace surrounds and library joinery to the full dimensions of the room — floor to ceiling, wall to wall — so the proportions feel deliberate and genuinely built-in. We work around your existing fireplace, television and components, concealing wiring, venting and speakers so the technology serves the room without cluttering it. The result is a focal wall that looks designed rather than assembled.
Light and depth
The difference between a flat bank of shelving and a wall that feels alive is usually lighting. Back-lit niches, warm LED along the shelves and concealed strip lighting give a wall unit depth and drama, especially after dark. Mixed materials — a stone or cast mantel, fluted or slatted panels, glass-front display cabinets — add texture and give the eye somewhere to land.
Built to read as architecture
Because everything is milled and finished in our shop and scribed on site, the finished unit reads as part of the house, not furniture pushed against a wall. Push-to-open lowers hide media clutter, while adjustable display shelving keeps the piece flexible as your collection and your needs change over time. Every wall unit is drawn in 3D before we build, so you can see exactly how the proportions, materials and lighting work together in your room and change anything before a panel is cut. On site, we scribe to the floor, walls and ceiling so the finished piece sits tight and true, with no filler strips to give the game away. The result is a feature wall that looks like it was designed with the house — because, in effect, it was — and one that quietly does the practical work of hiding wires, housing components and showing off the things you actually want on display. From a single fireplace surround to a wall of library shelving that spans an entire room, the approach is the same: design to the architecture, build to the millimetre, and finish so the result still looks intentional years later.
Buyer’s guide
Custom Wall Units & Built-Ins in Toronto: what to know.
Entertainment units and TV walls
A custom entertainment unit is designed around the screen, the seating and the equipment, not the other way round. We plan the television size and mounting height from where you sit, hide cables in conduit inside the wall or cabinetry, and give receivers, consoles and routers ventilated cabinets with push-to-open or slatted fronts so nothing overheats. Open niches can be back-lit with warm LED to float the shelving, as on our Illuminated Wall Unit & Fireplace in Toronto.
If the wall includes a fireplace, the cabinetry follows the fireplace manufacturer's clearances, and gas fireplaces are installed by a licensed gas contractor. If the TV will sit above a fireplace, check the television maker's temperature limits first. Our guide to TV wall unit and media wall ideas covers layouts and costs.
Custom built-ins throughout the house
Built-ins solve awkward spaces that furniture cannot: alcoves beside a chimney breast, the wall under a staircase, a window that wants a seat, or a spare room that needs to become an office. Custom built-ins in Toronto homes often include library bookcases with adjustable shelving, home offices with cable management and closed storage, window seats with drawers, and mudroom benches with cubbies.
Architectural millwork, such as panelled feature walls, mantels and display joinery, ties a room together and makes built-ins read as part of the house rather than added later. As a broad 2026 guide, a typical TV wall unit runs about $5,000–$12,000 and full-wall built-ins with a fireplace surround or stone $12,000–$25,000 or more, with most projects taking four to eight weeks from approved drawings.
Questions
Good to know.
Can you build around an existing fireplace or TV?
Yes — we design the unit around your fireplace, television and components, hiding wiring and venting where needed.
Do you include lighting?
Most of our wall units feature warm, dimmable LED in niches and shelves — discreet and built in.
Will it look built-in?
That's the point. We scribe to the wall and ceiling so the unit reads as part of the room.
Do you build home-office and library built-ins?
Yes — media walls, fireplace surrounds, library shelving, display walls and home-office built-ins, all made and installed in-house to the same standard.
Can you conceal wiring and components?
Yes — we build in full cable management, concealed component bays and, where needed, venting, so the technology disappears into the wall.
How long does a built-in wall unit take?
Most wall units run around 4–8 weeks from approved drawings to installation, depending on size, materials and complexity.
Areas we serve
Wall Units & Millwork across the Greater Toronto Area.
Elsewhere in the GTA? Book a free consultation — we serve the whole region.
Helpful guides
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