For the past two years Mountain View Mouldings has offered its moulding and cabinetry services, right on Lane 10 1/2, where it can be spotted thanks to its large shop and ample lumber parked out front. 

Mountain View Mouldings offers a small business feel and is able to be competitive, owner John Hershberger said.

After customers have been there once, they tell their friends. “I like that,” Hershberger added.

The rural Park County business, which offers knotty and blue pine shiplap, nickel gap, tongue and groove, doors and trim as well as knotty alder doors and trim and cabinetry, has a couple projects in the works. This includes cabinets made for Powell resident Levi Kary and his family who are renovating their home. They plan to source the wood for the revamp of their entertainment area from Mountain View Mouldings as well. 

The cabinets are simple but with wood that has a strong character, and as a coincidence they match the dining room table the Karys had purchased ahead of time. 

They’re great people, Kary said, with reasonable prices and good craftsmanship. With Mountain View Mouldings the Karys were able to get a “custom touch” on their rustic hickory cabinetry, which was built by one of Hershberger’s sons who has carpentry experience. 

Hershberger wanted a home business, he said, and tried a few different things before settling on offering products like shiplap, tongue and groove, nickel gap and doors. He first started woodworking at age 16 and now three of his sons pitch in. They offer cabinetry and prestaining, along with making coffee and end tables from live edge lumber.

They’ve been selling the tables for several years and offer a variety of tables from plain to more luxurious; some have cast iron bases while others are driftwood. Oftentimes the tables, which are just set out in the workshop for customers to see, are noticed and purchased by customers who are there for one of the company’s main products.

“[The wood ranges] from maple to walnut, whatever we can get our hands on,” Hershberger said. 

For ship lap, tongue and groove, nickel gap and the like, Mountain View Mouldings uses knotty pine and its variant blue pine — knotty pine that has either gone through  a burn or beetle kill; the blue color comes from the release of minerals, Hershberger said. 

Mountain View Mouldings also sells circle sawn shiplap, doors and flooring. The wood on this particular product is cut in a way that leaves circular grooves on the wood offering a unique and rustic cut.

The knotty and blue pine is used by a lot of people instead of drywall, Hershberger said, with pre-finishing done before installation. Mountain View Mouldings uses a water based finish made by Renner; it’s a good finish and is supposed to be healthier.

They can also mill 2x6 and 2x8 tongue and groove.

The ability to produce 2x6 and 2x8 tongue and groove sets them apart from some larger businesses, because it cannot be made as easily in mass production, Hershberger said.

Mountain View Mouldings can be contacted for appointments at 307-219-1488.