Vitaliy Mogilevskiy

I spent twenty years building furniture as a serious hobby before retiring from a career in software engineering. This shop is what came next — the same standards, applied to garages instead of code.

I've called Sky Harbor home since 2014. When I'm not in the shop, you'll usually find me out at Joshua Tree, on a rope or a trail — and that background shows up in how I think about this work. Climbers care about rated hardware and margins of safety as a matter of habit. I build shelves the same way: nothing goes up that I wouldn't trust with my own gear.

Every shelf starts with FastCap's SpeedBrace hardware, rated to hold 1,000 lbs per pair. From there it's a ripped redwood frame, a glued Europly top, and 316 stainless fasteners throughout — built with Festool and JRK tools, the same standard of tooling I'd use on a piece of furniture for my own home.

This is intentionally a small operation — one person, no crew, no high-volume production line. I'd rather do right by a handful of Sky Harbor garages a month than rush through a hundred. If it opens the door to other work down the line — mudrooms, closets, built-ins — that's a welcome next step, though it's not where the shop starts.