Custom carpentry · Calgary & area
Custom carpentry, built to last.
Built-ins, cabinetry and millwork designed for your walls, built in our shop, and finished to a standard you will notice every day.
In-home consultations and detailed quotes are free and carry no obligation.
What we do
Carpentry that fits the house you actually have.
Almost no wall in a Calgary house is straight, square or plumb — including in new construction. On a typical ten-foot living-room wall we routinely find six to fifteen millimetres of variation end to end.
A modular unit covers that with trim. A properly built built-in is scribed to it, so the edges follow the wall and no light shows through the joint. That difference is visible from across the room, and it is most of what separates carpentry that looks made from carpentry that looks bought.
We design, build and install custom cabinetry, built-ins, feature walls, trim and millwork for homes and businesses across Calgary and the surrounding area — from a single accent wall to a whole-house millwork programme.
Services
What we build.
Twenty-seven services across six groups — from finish carpentry to full commercial millwork.
Custom Built-ins
Furniture-grade shelving, storage and display built into the architecture of the room.
Learn moreCustom Cabinets
Cabinetry built to your dimensions, in your material, for rooms stock sizes cannot serve.
Learn moreEntertainment Walls
Media walls with concealed cabling, real ventilation and a television that stops dominating the room.
Learn moreKitchen Carpentry
Islands, pantries, hood surrounds and the millwork details that lift a kitchen out of the catalogue.
Learn moreTrim Carpentry
Baseboards, casings, mouldings and the finish details that separate a finished house from a built one.
Learn moreBasement Finishing
Basement development carpentry — framing, trim, built-ins, bars and media walls, permitted properly.
Learn moreCloset Systems
Reach-in and whole-home closet builds that roughly double usable capacity in the same footprint.
Learn moreFeature Walls
Full-height statement millwork — fluted, slatted and panelled walls with integrated lighting.
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Built-ins & Cabinetry
Storage & Organisation
Trim & Finish Carpentry
Walls & Ceilings
Whole-Room Projects
Recent work
Three pieces from the interior work that makes up most of what we build.
Built-in entertainment wall in white oak, with the fireplace and services concealed behind the face. 
Shaker kitchen cabinetry with a waterfall island and an integrated wet bar. 
Open-riser white oak stair, rebuilt so every riser in the flight stays uniform.
Why homeowners choose us
Careful work, honestly quoted.
We would rather talk you out of the wrong project than sell you one. Everything below is something you can hold us to.
Fixed written quotes
You get a drawing and a fixed price before anything is built — not an hourly estimate that moves.
Built for this climate
Material and joinery chosen for Calgary’s dry winters, so joints stay closed when the humidity drops.
Shop-built, site-scribed
Components made in a controlled shop, then scribed to your actual walls rather than trimmed to hide gaps.
One point of contact
The person who measures your space is the person accountable for the finished work.
How it works
Five steps, no surprises.
Most projects run two to six weeks from the first visit. You will know which stage you are at throughout.
Consultation
We visit, measure, and talk through what the space actually needs to do. Free, and no obligation.
Design & drawing
You get elevation drawings and a fixed written price. Changing a drawing costs nothing; changing built cabinetry does not.
Shop build
Carcasses, doors and drawers built in the shop where tolerances, dust and finishing are controllable.
Installation
Levelled, fixed to structure and scribed to your walls. Usually one to three days on site.
Finish & walk-through
Filling, caulking and final coats. We walk it with you, list anything not right, and come back to correct it.
Portfolio
The work, by category.
What each type of project involves, and what to look at when you are judging quality.
Built-ins
Shelving walls, window seats and storage designed into the room.
See the categoryEntertainment Walls
Media walls with concealed cabling, ventilation and integrated lighting.
See the categoryCabinets
Kitchens, vanities, pantries and cabinetry built to the room.
See the categoryFireplaces
Mantels, surrounds and full-height fireplace walls.
See the categoryBasements
Bars, media rooms, storage and trim in developed basements.
See the categoryTrim & Panelling
Baseboards, casing, wainscoting, coffered ceilings and feature walls.
See the categoryCommercial
Reception desks, office casework, retail fixtures and hospitality millwork.
See the category
Resource Centre
Everything we know, written down.
Cost breakdowns, planning checklists and design guides — written to be useful whether or not you hire us.
- Guide
Custom Cabinet Cost Guide
The seven variables that actually move a cabinetry quote.
Learn more - Guide
Built-in Planning Checklist
Every decision to settle before fabrication starts.
Learn more - Guide
Kitchen Planning Guide
Layout, clearances and the sequence that keeps a kitchen on schedule.
Learn more - Guides
How to Choose a Carpenter
What actually distinguishes trades, beyond the portfolio photos.
Learn more - Guides
Signs of Poorly Built Cabinetry
Nine things to check in sixty seconds.
Learn more - Guides
Questions to Ask Before Hiring
Twelve questions that separate a real quote from a number.
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Where we work
Calgary Carpentry serves Calgary and the surrounding communities.
Common questions
Questions we are asked most
- What does custom carpentry cost in Calgary?
- It depends almost entirely on the number of doors and drawers, the finish method and the material — those three decide most of the price. Rather than quote a range that will be wrong for your space, we measure, produce a drawing and give you a fixed written price. Consultations and quotes are free.
- How long does a typical project take?
- Most residential built-ins run two to five weeks from the measure appointment to final touch-up, with only one to three days of that on site. Kitchens, basement developments and projects involving other trades run longer.
- Which areas do you serve?
- All four Calgary quadrants and downtown, plus Airdrie, Chestermere, Cochrane, Okotoks, High River, Strathmore, Bearspaw, Springbank and Rocky View County. Travel affects how we schedule installation days rather than whether we take the work.
- Do you handle permits?
- Carpentry alone rarely requires a permit. Permits become relevant for basement development, structural changes and new electrical or plumbing work. Where a project needs one we will say so clearly and coordinate with the appropriate licensed trades or a general contractor.
- Why do cabinets and trim crack in Calgary homes?
- Indoor humidity in a heated Calgary house regularly falls to 15–25% in deep winter, and wood shrinks as it dries. We design around it — MDF for painted components, floating panels, coped inside corners and material acclimatised indoors before fitting. Running a humidifier at around 35% through winter helps considerably.
- Do you provide free estimates?
- Yes. In-home consultations and written estimates are free and carry no obligation. We measure, discuss what the space needs to do, and provide a fixed written quote.
Tell us what you want to build.
Send a few details and we will come and measure. No cost, no obligation, and a fixed written price.
We reply to every estimate request — usually within one business day.