Nate Cougill, Owner and wife Sara

Nate Cougill, Owner and wife Sara

What We Do Best

We specialize in complex interior woodwork. We primarily work in pre-1950’s homes, but can bring historic charm to newer homes as well.

Starting Cougill Trim & Cabinets

I started with company with the intention of changing the way people in the Denver market think of finish carpentry. Working nights and weekends for 3 years, I slowly built a client base, product offerings, systems, and took night classes in entrepreneurship at the Denver Small Business Development Center.

After years of trial and error, I’ve started narrowing the company’s service offerings and optimizing those sectors. Here are a few milestones I’m proud of:

  • We were one of the few firms in town to focus on installing real wood products in a market dominated by MDF, and bringing back profiled mouldings in a market dominated by flat, square trim. Rather that following the trends, we set them.

  • We’ve partnered with manufacturers across the region to expand our product offerings to include custom cabinetry in thousands of styles and finishes, sized to the 16th of an inch, and delivered to your job site.

  • 70-80% of our wood waste products are reprocessed into new products, donated to Habitat for Humanity, or burned for heat.

  • Our primary vendors are small local businesses under 100 employees. We are on a first name basis with the reps that sell the wood the lumber yard, the buyer who purchases the stock, the person who grinds the knives that cut the trim profiles, the workers who cut and process the trim, even the delivery drivers who bring it to our projects.

  • Our composite panels are all NAUF formaldehyde free and Carb2 compliant.

  • We’ve been added to Historic Denver’s list of preferred contractors after demonstrating a commitment to our clients and to preserving historic woodwork for the Denver community.

  • in May of 2024 we started carrying Primary Kitchen, a custom line of European-style laminate cabinetry.

Looking Forward

We’re expanding our cabinet offerings. We can currently offer thousands of door and drawer front options, top quality cabinet boxes, dovetailed drawers, solid surface and butcher block counter tops, and much more.

 

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