Finish carpentry & remodeling · Lincoln, Nebraska
Finish carpentry, built to the detail.
We design, mill, install and paint finish work for Lincoln homes. A single-room retrim, a designer's trim package, or every room in the house.
Sobo residence, primary suite. Wainscot and cap designed and milled in-house.
A carpenter and a painter, both owners, on every job.
Drawn in-house
Profiles and elevations checked against your room before anything is cut.
Milled in our shop
Custom profiles when a stock molding won't match.
Finished by the same crew
Trim built knowing exactly how it will be painted.
What we do best
Finish work, start to last coat
Trim and feature walls
Wainscot, paneling, feature walls, casing and built-ins, designed with you or built to your designer's spec.
Retrims and room refreshes
New base, casing and doors in one room or the whole house, with new floors in the same visit if the room needs them.
Decks and outdoor carpentry
Composite and wood decks, cedar pergolas and trellises, built with the same details as our interior trim.
Featured project
The Sobo residence
A primary suite and hall bath, ours from design to final coat: wainscot and caps milled in-house, casing with plinth blocks, built-ins, paint and wall finishes.
The wainscot height was set by the bed. We measured the headboard first, then ran the cap to land just above it.
How we work
Mock it up, then build it
01 · Walk the room
We measure what's really there: ceiling heights, out-of-plumb walls, existing casing.
02 · Draw and price it
Elevations and profiles for you to mark up, with a clear price.
03 · Mock it up
A run of the real profiles and painted samples, in your room and your light.
04 · Build, paint, walk it
Installed and finished by the same crew, then a punch walk with you.
Design and mockup time is part of our price.
A raw run of the milled cap, test-fitted before finishing.
Paint samples judged in the room's real light.
Who we work with
Three ways in
Designers
Hand us a finished spec or bring an idea. We detail it, mock it up and build it, and you keep the client relationship.
Homeowners
From one retrimmed room to a designed package for the whole house, with a clear price and a crew that cleans up daily.
Builders
Trim packages for new builds and finish work for remodels, run in the field by an owner.
Who you'll work with
A carpenter and a painter
Both of us have years of historic and high-end work behind us, and both of us are strong in paint and carpentry. Every piece of trim is built knowing how it will be finished.
Christian Gauthier
Co-owner · Field lead
A carpenter by background. Christian leads execution on every project and owns the quality we promise.
Jacob Den Beste
Co-owner · Office lead
A painter by background. Jacob handles drawings, samples, pricing and scheduling, and he's on site regularly.
Start a project
Send us the room, the spec, or just the idea.
Jacob · Office lead
(402) 613-4996 · jacob@cottonwood-construction.com
Christian · Field lead
(402) 805-3399 · christian@cottonwood-construction.com
Hours
Monday to Saturday, 8 to 6. We usually reply within one business day.