Custom Carpentry in Shelby Township, MI

Built-ins and paneled walls that look like they came with the house.

Origjin is a father and son carpentry team in Shelby Township, Michigan. We build built-ins, wall paneling, mantels, stairs, and trim for homes in and around Shelby Township and Metro Detroit.

Get a quote Call (586) 242-1369

Wall-to-wall built-in before paint, all raw wood: open shelves on both sides of an arched center niche, shaker doors and two drawers along the bottom, crown with angled returns at the ceiling, and nested molding frames on the side wall. — Our media wall, before paint. Arched niche, shaker doors, frames on the side wall.

What we build in Shelby Township

Finish carpentry for the parts of a house you touch and look at every day.

Wall-to-wall built-in before paint, raw wood: open shelves on both sides of an arched center niche, shaker doors and drawers along the bottom, crown at the ceiling.

Custom built-ins

Bookcases, media walls, and mudroom benches, built in the room they're going in.

See our built-ins work

Finished stair hall, painted white: picture-frame molding up the wall along the stairs and across the sloped ceiling above them.

Wall paneling and picture-frame molding

Frames set one inside another, with the layout drawn right on the wall in pencil.

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Finished paneled ceiling painted white: octagons around the recessed lights, joined by rectangles.

Coffered and paneled ceilings

Molding laid out across the ceiling, around the lights that are already there.

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Raw wood mantel with fluted pilasters, carved corbels and a carved applique, a cabinet above it and bookcases on both sides.

Fireplace mantels

Surround, plinths, and a shelf with crown, built around the tile that's there.

See our mantels work

Staircase before finish: light wood treads and risers, a square newel post and handrail, and black iron balusters with rectangular loops, with the front door behind.

Stairs and railings

Treads, box newels, handrail, and iron balusters, from the first step to the loft.

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Painted door header with fluted pilasters, carved corbels, dentil crown and a carved applique across the top.

Trim, crown, and arched casing

Crown, casing, and curved trim over tall arched windows.

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Painted door header with fluted pilasters, carved corbels, dentil crown and a carved applique.

Cased openings and archways

Pilasters, columns, and paneled headers on the openings between rooms.

See our cased openings work

Finished basement bar in stained wood with a raised-panel front, pilasters, and a paneled soffit.

Basement bars

Raised-panel fronts, fluted pilasters, a lit soffit, and a wrapped column.

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Stained wine rack with diamond bins over bottle racks and an arched center column.

Custom wine racks

Diamond bins and bottle racks, built to fill the space.

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Our work, before and after paint

Most carpenters only show you the room after the painter leaves. Paint hides gaps. We show both: mid-job, so you can see how it's put together, and finished.

Bedroom wall before paint with three bays of molding, each bay three frames deep, pencil layout marks still visible on the drywall and crown at the ceiling. — Bedroom wallThree bays, three frames each. The pencil layout is still on the drywall.

Stairs, 23 second walkthroughTreads, newels, handrail and iron balusters, bottom step to the loft.

Built-in mudroom bench and locker unit before paint: crown molding across the top, a narrow ladder of shelves down the center, a bench seat on plinth feet, raw wood and MDF on a black tile floor. — Mudroom benchCrown on top, plinth feet on the tile, a narrow shelf column down the middle.

Finished paneled ceiling painted white: octagons around the recessed lights, joined by rectangles, across the whole room. — Paneled ceilingOctagons around the lights, rectangles between them. Finished.

Finished basement bar in stained wood: raised-panel front, fluted pilasters, a paneled soffit with lights over the wall cabinets, and a wrapped column. — Basement barRaised panels, fluted pilasters, a lit soffit, a wrapped column.

How a quote works

Send a photo of the room and a rough width and ceiling height.
Tell us what it needs to do: hold books, hide a TV's wires, give the boots somewhere to go.
We come back with questions or a quote. You're not signing anything by sending a photo.

Who builds it

Jozef owns Origjin. His father, Sander, has done custom carpentry for more than 25 years and is passing the trade on to him. Every photo on this site is their work.

More about Sander, Jozef, and the name

Areas we serve

We're based in Shelby Township and take jobs across Metro Detroit, including:

Get a quote

Tell us what you want built.

Send a photo of the wall or the room, and a rough width and ceiling height if you have them. The more we can see, the better the first answer.

Jozef reads every one of these himself. It doesn't go to a call center or a sales guy.

Rather talk it through? Call (586) 242-1369.