Salt-seasoned cedar slabs with mountain pickup.

Gregory Bottjen's working yard, not a showroom facade.

Cantankerous Conifers started with Gregory's years as a fisherman, logger, and conifer obsessive in Alaska. The slab side of the business grew from one belief: wood with a hard life often carries the best character.

These pieces are salvaged or harvested below mean high tide in coastal Southeast Alaska, then rough-cut, air dried, and stickered in Palmer. No live tree cutting for this inventory stream.