If you’ve shopped in retail clothing stores with beautiful, wooden display tables, you might be browsing items that are sitting on top of customized pieces from Carved Creations in Goshen. And if you’re in an Abercrombie & Fitch, you’re guaranteed to see a piece that Myron Schlabach and his brother, Dean, helped customize.
“I’m pretty sure Abercrombie doesn’t have any idea who we are or that part of their display tables come together from a little shop in Goshen,” Myron Schlabach says. “But that’s what we do. We manufacture specific pieces of wood, maybe a nice arched piece or a beautiful wooden frame, and send it off to another manufacturing company who will assemble the final product that eventually ends up in Abercrombie, among other stores.”
Though this is an impressive fact on its own, the fact that Schlabach and his brother have nearly doubled the Carved Creations client base in just over a year might be even more impressive. The brothers bought the company in the fall of 2023 while Myron was still working in the RV industry, and they have built a fast-growing company that relies mainly on word-of-mouth advertising and carrying a reputation of outstanding quality and great service.
“For our company motto, I always say, ‘We will do our best and let God do the rest,’” Schlabach says. “We always want to offer great service, quality and products, making sure that each manufacturer is very pleased.”
Carved Creations also works with pontoon manufacturing companies and buggy shops, providing both with pieces routed via computer numerical control (CNC) that the manufacturer may not be able to produce on their own – mainly because some manufacturers don’t have the room or budget for CNC machines. Schlabach notes that by outsourcing to Carved Creations, the manufacturers are ensuring they’ll receive quality pieces while saving on time and labor.
The brothers have expanded their already close relationship into a successful business model. Myron oversees engineering and production while Dean manages sales and accounting. Dean has been self-employed for several years, and knew Myron would be interested in investing in a company to be able to work for himself as well.
“I was ready to move on from the RV industry and ready to get out on my own,” Schlabach says. “I was all ears right from the get-go when Dean approached me. Two months or so after we had possession of the company, I was ready to leave the industry for good and join Dean full time at our new company. It was the right move for me at the time and we’re where we are today because of working together.”
Schlabach explained that Carved Creations isn’t a retail shop, and they’re a working shop that’s open from 5 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. And yes, if you stop by their shop in the early morning hours to discuss a project or have a meeting, they’ll have some coffee going for you.
“This has been a great experience,” Schlabach says. “I love what I’m doing and building here in Goshen.”
Carved Creations is located at 13752 County Road 34 in Goshen. For sales and accounting questions, you can reach Dean at 260-593-2135. For production and engineering inquiries, you can reach Myron at 260-463-1559.
