Salt Lake City, Utah · Est. 2017

Finish carpentry as functional art.

Custom built-ins, dream closets, stairs, and mantels — the fine details that turn a house into a place that's yours. Built for homes within an hour of Salt Lake City.

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Licensed & insured Measure twice, cut once

Living room with custom built-in bookcases and fireplace by The Robbers Roost
Built-ins & fireplace

Professionalism

Respect for your home

Licensed and insured. You and your house get treated with care from the first walkthrough to the final sanding.

Quality

The detail is the job

Attention to the small things is the whole point. We work with people who care how a thing is made, not just that it's done.

Availability

A real reply, faster

Because the focus is craft over volume, we answer requests faster than the larger outfits — and you talk to the person doing the work.

The cut list

What we build

Finish work, top to bottom — the carpentry you see and run your hand across every day.

Selected work

Built and fit by hand

A few recent projects around the Salt Lake valley.

Custom built-in bookcases flanking a fireplace
Built-in bookcases & fireplace
Custom arched pantry door with green cabinetry
Arched pantry
Finished staircase with wood and iron railing
Staircase & railing
Custom fireplace mantel and surround
Fireplace mantel
Custom arched French doors with divided glass
Arched French doors
Custom cabinetry and millwork with leaded-glass doors
Cabinetry & millwork
Custom curved staircase
Curved staircase
Interior French doors and dining room millwork
French doors
Bay windows with custom trim and wainscoting
Bay windows & wainscot
Staircase with iron balusters and wood treads
Stair railing
Custom mudroom built-in with shiplap
Mudroom built-in
Custom cedar pergola
Cedar pergola

Is it a fit?

Honest about the work we take

Saying so up front saves everyone time. Here's where we do our best work — and where we'll happily point you to someone else.

Call us when

  • You bought a home and want to make it yours
  • You're ready to upgrade tired finishes
  • You want a rental that draws better tenants
  • You build homes and want detailed, custom finish work
  • You need more storage — or the closet of your dreams
  • Your doors stick, bind, or slam
  • You're finishing a basement

We're not your crew if

  • You need drywall or painting done
  • You're a builder looking for framers
  • Your project is more than an hour from Salt Lake City

No hard feelings — ask us and we'll usually know someone good.

The carpenter behind The Robbers Roost, on-site with a custom curved staircase
Owner & carpenter · since 2017

Who you're hiring

"I believe everyone deserves a space that feels like a sanctuary — in nature, or right at home."

I've been hooked on woodworking for as long as I can remember. In 2017 I left a job as a field director working with troubled youth to give carpentry all of my time.

I see finish carpentry as functional art — spaces that are beautiful and that actually work. That's why master closets, mudrooms, laundry rooms, and bookshelves are my favorite projects to design and build.

When I'm not in the shop, I'm outside. The West Desert and the mountains have my heart, and teaching primitive skills and bushcraft is my other love. Helping people build a space that's truly theirs is the best part of the job.

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Let's build something.

Tell us about your project and we'll get back to you. Serving homes within an hour of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Service area
Within an hour of Salt Lake City, UT

Prefer to talk? Call or text 801-895-2684 — we read every message.