Trademark Custom Cabinets grows into new location

Jeff (left) and Missy Larson, owners of Trademark Custom Cabinets, say they are glad to be able to grow the business into a larger space, adding a CNC machine. The machine cuts out many of the cabinet pieces, which saves time over making the cuts by hand. Photo by Julia Wolf

By Julia Wolf

When a larger workspace was needed, owners Jeff and Missy Larson decided to expand Trademark Custom Cabinets into the former Cornell Corp. buildings, along State Hwy. 27 in Cornell.

“It’s nice to get away from the house and get a bigger area,” said Missy.

Trademark’s previous location was south of Cornell, near the Larsons’ house.

“This is kind of an ideal building for us,” said Jeff. Jeff has been in the cabinetry business for about 22 years. “We’re getting into the commercial end a little bit,” said Jeff, of Trademark’s expanding services, allowed by the extra space.

The business also recently got a CNC machine, which Jeff says has been useful when building commercial cabinetry, as they use it to cut out many of the pieces.

“The CNC is like a cabinet printer,” said Jeff.

Jeff is able to use a program to design the pieces, right from the office, and send the drawings to the CNC machine to cut them out.

“It saves a lot of time,” said Missy.

“We used to cut them out by hand,” said Jeff.

After the pieces are cut, Jeff says they edgeband the frameless cabinets.

Their son, Landon, helped get the CNC machine set up and running for the business, and even used it to make a farmhouse sign for his sister. Missy compared the machine to a large, and expensive, Cricut.

Trademark Custom Cabinets employees about five people, some of whom were added since the new location.

The business has been in the old Cornell Corp. buildings since around the first of the year, with the moving process beginning in December 2021.

“It took us a couple of weeks to get everything moved in,” said Jeff.

They still have more projects planned, like redoing the office area and painting outside. Missy says they are also working at getting the display room built and set up the way they want it.

“It’s in the works,” said Missy. The extra space afforded by the expansion also allowed other business opportunities to come up. Other buildings on the site are used for storage of large items, such as boats and campers, as part of the Larsons’ other business, J& M Larson Rentals.

The former office building was also remodeled into an apartment, which is rented out.

“We figured we might as well get all the buildings usable,” said Jeff.

Missy says it was nice to expand into the larger buildings and get the new machines in. “It’s a nice community to do it in,” said Jeff.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="154"] Landon Larson helped set up the new CNC machine at Trademark Custom Cabinets, as the machine is right up his alley. He was also able to use the machine for more than just cabinets, making a farmhouse sign for his sister. Submitted Photo[/caption]   [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="366"] Trademark Custom Cabinets builds cabinetry for kitchens and bathrooms, as well as creating fireplace units, entertainment centers and bookcases. Recently, the business began to do commercial jobs. Photo by Julia Wolf[/caption]