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Measure Twice, Cut Once: Oliver Apt. expands its areas of expertise In addition to building timeless furniture, the independent design studio and workshop is also building an impressive client list of local businesses WORDS BY ERIN SLOBODIAN
You might not expect to find a carpentry
creative director and the two hit it off.
shop in downtown Edmonton but there
Their paths crossed a number of times
most certainly is one and it’s not just
on several small projects, most notably,
any carpentry shop, it’s a unique design
when Provins was hired to design the
studio and workshop that partners with
brand and interior for Pip and Schedler
business and residential clients. Oliver
and the Oliver Apartment team worked
Apartment has been building and
on all the tables and millwork. That’s
finishing since 2011 but it wasn’t until
when Schedler connected the dots
two years ago that the company decided
and prompted Provins to join him
to break into design. That’s when Chris
at Oliver Apartment. The addition of
Provins joined Founder Landon Schedler
Provins means Oliver Apartment is
as Creative Director for Oliver Apartment.
able to broaden its service offerings
Together the business partners and their
from carpentry and millwork to design,
team design and build the plans for brick
carpentry and millwork. This means the
and mortar locations of businesses in
designer works in close proximity to
Edmonton. Schedler and Provins met six
the craftspeople who will be executing
years ago when Schedler was hired by
the project vision. “There are huge
Lift Interactive to widen some boardroom
efficiencies there for not only us but for
tables. Provins was working there as
the client as well,” said Provins.
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