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Casket Furniture is a manufacturing company that creates custom caskets for people and their pets.

11/02/2026

Poker night at the coffin shop ♠️🃏

Every seat at this table was handmade, one board at a time. When you build caskets for a living, the furniture starts getting… creative. Pull up a chair (or a coffin) and deal us in. Just don't bet the farm. 😉

Who are you bringing to the table? 👇

10/31/2026

It was a dish… a candy dish. 🎵🎃

Even a coffinbuilder needs a Halloween project. I made this little coffin candy bowl out of a plain cardboard box, cut to the classic six-sided shape, painted it, and finished it off for trick-or-treaters tonight.

It's the same shape I've been building in wood for years, just a lot smaller and a lot sweeter. 🍬

Want to build the real thing? Full-size casket plans, I can help.

Happy Halloween from our shop to yours. 🕯️

10/28/2026

From blueprint to movie night 🖤💜 This client wanted to finish and assemble their coffin shelf entertainment center themselves, so I cut and shipped every piece. Look what they did with it! Black stain, hand-taped purple trim, stencilled details, and a fireplace right in the middle. I couldn't be prouder of how it came together.

10/28/2026

10/27/2026

Good morning... or good mourning?

A guy asked me the other day, "What's so good about mourning?" And honestly, I had to stop and think. Because he's right. Nobody wakes up hoping to mourn. Nobody puts it on the calendar.

But here's what I've learned after a lot of years as a coffinbuilder, standing in a lot of rooms with a lot of families.

Mourning is love with nowhere to go.

It hurts because they mattered. That ache is just the size of the love, showing up all at once.

Good mourning isn't the absence of pain. It's letting yourself feel it. You gather. You tell the stories, even the embarrassing ones. You cry. Maybe you laugh a little, and then feel bad for laughing, and then laugh again. That's the good part. That's how we carry people forward instead of just losing them.

So if you're mourning someone this morning, I hope it's a good one. Gentle. Honest. Full of stories.

And if you're not, call someone you love today. Just because.

What's helped you mourn well? 👇

10/26/2026

Let's talk about rental caskets.
Yes, that's a real thing. A family wants a full viewing, everyone gathered, a proper goodbye... but the budget just isn't there for a fancy casket that's only going to be cremated anyway. So the funeral home offers a rental. Beautiful wood on the outside, and inside there's a removable insert, so your loved one rests in a fresh liner and container that goes with them. The casket shell itself goes back on the shelf for the next family.
And the next. And the next.
Some of these have hosted dozens of viewings. Maybe more. Is that okay? Is that comforting, or does it feel a little off? Does it matter if nobody in the room knows? Is it any different than a rented tux at a wedding?
I've been a coffinbuilder since 1997, and I'll be honest, I have opinions. But I'd really like to hear yours first.
No judgment here. Grief and money are both hard, and every family is just trying to do right by the person they love.
So what do you think? Would you rent a casket? Have you? 👇

10/18/2026

Rack ‘em Up!

After decades of building caskets, I couldn't resist bringing the classic coffin shape somewhere a little more lively: the games room.

This 4x8, six-pocket coffin pool table is now available as a full set of plans, so you can build your own. You get dimensioned top, front and end views, a perspective drawing, and build notes, all drawn up by a coffinbuilder.

It's a conversation piece like no other, and a seriously fun weekend-to-weekend project for any woodworker.

10/17/2026

Got a workshop? Your community needs a coffinbuilder. Honourable work, built by hand. Find your purpose. Caskets 101

10/14/2026

Assembly of casket base showcasing dovetail joinery.

Address

Castlegar, BC

Telephone

12507771777

Website

http://www.coffinbuilder.com/

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