A digital fabrication shop north of Denver that built decorations for local restaurants and furniture parts for camper trailers, among other woodwork, has shut down and gone bankrupt.<\/p>\n
Twig Custom Builders, which also went by Custom Cabinets by Twig, filed for Chapter 7 at the end of September. It has $4.3 million of debt, most of which is owed to its owners.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere at Twig, we specialize in solutions for alternative housing,\u201d Jim Oberlander, one of the two 50\/50 owners of the company, said in a 2018 video. \u201cWe do a lot of work with tiny homes, van conversions. We do teardrop trailers, camper trailers, things of that nature.\u201d<\/p>\n
Twig carved out a niche making ready-to-assemble cabinets, staircases and the like for those housing alternatives, saving van-life hobbyists and amateur builders some time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re a parts cutter. We make parts, ready-packed, for DIY builders,\u201d Oberlander said in the video.<\/p>\n
Twig\u2019s social media pages show that it also made a metal decoration resembling a thrown fishing net that hangs from the ceiling of ChoLon\u2019s downtown Denver restaurant.<\/p>\n
\u201cLiterally, if we can draw it, we can cut it,\u201d Oberlander said in 2018. \u201cWe had a very specific niche that we were intending to service and \u2026 we blew that niche wide open. We now have folks from a variety of different industries that are coming to us to cut their parts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oberlander, who is listed as Twig\u2019s manager but now lives in Nebraska, did not answer interview requests. Neither did co-owner Philip Maynard, an Erie resident.<\/p>\n
Oberlander, his wife, and Maynard hold $3.1 million of Twig\u2019s debt. The U.S. Small Business Administration is owed $475,000, the Internal Revenue Service $100,000 and Twig\u2019s former landlord at 6535 Franklin St. $236,000, according to bankruptcy filings.<\/p>\n