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CREATIVE CARPENTRY
How an engineer turned his woodworking hobby into a thriving business
By ALISON BALLIN BATZ for AZRE Magazine

Certainly, many construction professionals get into the business because they like to work with their hands, but engineer and entrepreneur Jarod Huston is in a league of his own.

While the fourth-generation master carpenter owns several businesses in various construction fields, his passion for woodworking dates back to his early days — tinkering in his grandfather’s workshop. As he grew up, Huston became enamored with the vast range of exotic hardwoods. This fascination inspired him to scour the globe in search of the most beautiful species, accumulating a massive collection of hand-picked exotic wood.

In 2021, he merged his hobby and his business to open Indivisible Hardwoods + Creative Customs.

“For years, my spare time was spent building one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture, always on request by friends or family. But when I no longer had time to spare, I decided to turn my workshop into a small business of its own,” Huston says.

Small no more, due to overwhelming demand by designers and architects in the residential and commercial spaces as well as business owners and homeowners alike, in 2023 Huston invested in a 6,000-square-foot free-standing building in the Scottsdale Airpark to house the growing business, and proceeded to recruit talented, like-minded craftsmen to join his team.

As a result, today Indivisible Hardwoods and its ever-growing roster of experienced carpenters are creating and scaling projects of all sizes and for all budgets.

“Our clients commission a wide variety of furniture, from conference tables to gazebos. They come in with a picture in their mind or something from a magazine, and we walk them through the design process until our rendering matches their vision,” Huston says. “Lately we’ve seen a lot of customers wanting high security concealment furniture to stash valuables in unsuspecting places, which just goes to show, the store really can’t be classified as a purveyor of one thing, unless that one thing is creativity.”

Beyond custom fabrication, Indivisible Hardwoods is also a retail destination for professionals and hobbyists. It boasts more than 80 species of exotic hardwoods from around the world and a large selection of high-quality tools and materials.

“The brands we represent are the same ones we use in our shop. Every one of them has proven to be the best tool for the job, which is why customers trust our product endorsements,” Huston says.

They have the largest selection of Festool products in Arizona, and are at present the only Woodpecker dealer in the Southwest. Beyond that, Indivisible also carries SawStop, Hardcore Hammers, KNIPEX, Amana, Shaper, Sutherland Welles, Kutzall, NovalK, Anest Iwata, Apollo, Blue Spruce and a host of other premium brands.

“Indivisible is meant to be a place of inspiration for the creative builder, and we want every customer’s vision to become a reality, regardless of its composition,” Huston says.

With this in mind, Huston has been systematically researching a variety of other materials in recent months. As a result, Indivisible has joined forces with SureCrete, a manufacturer of cutting-edge artisan concretes used in a wide range of creative applications.

“This past spring, I toured their manufacturing facility in Florida, and was immediately impressed with their quality control measures, not to mention their continuous product innovation and evolution. It required a significant investment to bring it home with me, but there’s no other brand of artisan concrete I would rather offer my clients,” Huston notes.

The sky is the limit for Huston and Indivisible moving forward.

“Customers can have or build anything their heart desires, as long as they have the right tool — and team — for the job. That is us,” Huston concludes.