CLC Featured in Western Living Magazine

Custom Ladder Company is featured on Western Living’s website! We’re so excited to join the ranks of talented Canadian designers, makers, and decorators on the magazine’s (digital) pages.

Here’s an excerpt of the piece:

There’s something undeniably romantic about a rolling library ladder.

Harkening back to an analogue era of rooms filled with books and candlelight, rolling ladders are evocative of slowness, quiet, and intentionality—feelings that can be hard to come by these days. In the modern home, a rolling ladder is the kind of unexpected detail that adds character and a sense of legacy to a space. And as it turns out, building something long-lasting is at the core of carpenter Phil Robinson’s vision for his business, Custom Ladder Company.

Robinson began his foray into custom furniture in 2021 in his garage workshop in Calgary. He started upcycling family heirlooms and beloved vintage furniture into pieces that were more functional for today’s homes, selling his wares through Etsy. As a kid, Robinson spent a lot of time in libraries, absorbing their charm and immersing himself in the worlds between the covers of his favourite books. In the midst of upcycling furniture, he decided to make himself the rolling library ladder of his dreams. After posting the ladder on Etsy, the requests for custom ladders poured in. “The ladders took over,” Robinson remembers.

Read the rest of the article here: One to Watch: This Calgarian Handcrafts Modern, Custom Rolling Ladders