Tips for Keeping Your Cedar Deck Clean
In the Midwest, we face harsh and sometimes unpredictable weather from snowy winters to humid summers. It’s important to take care of your cedar deck year round to ensure it stays in good shape. Cedar decks have a beautiful deep red color and even retain its natural smell. Though...
Composite Decking: The Real Deal
If you’re building a deck and looking at the materials in your favorite Kansas City lumberyard, you should seriously consider using composite decking. It’s beautiful and environmentally friendly. It will save you money and hundreds of hours of maintenance throughout your lifetime. Composite boards are perfect living surfaces for exterior...
How to Build a Wooden Garage Storage Wall
One of the most valuable aspects of a home is ample storage space, and installing wooden shelving in your garage is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to add extra storage space to your home. By adding wooden shelving in your garage, you will be amazed at...
Give Your Bedroom a New Look With a Wooden Headboard
Since the average person spends one third of his life asleep, it’s a good idea to put some attention to detail in the bedroom. One of the first things that people notice when they walk into a bedroom is the bed itself, so let’s start there. We recently discussed...
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Why Wood Finishes Are Good
Putting a finish on your wood is strictly optional. But putting a finish on your wood, you protect it’s surface and allows it to maintain its beauty for longer. It also protects it from harsh environment elements which can cause the wood to warp, dry out and crack or...
Using Pressure Treated Wood Indoors
Many people believe that using pressure treated wood indoors is harmful. So, we decided to clear up some of the confusion. The story goes that pressure treated wood once was treated with a harsh chemicals that could potentially release toxic fumes. But the government has since banned wood from being treated...
Tips for Best Practices in Drilling
Think of drilling like threading a needle; it’s sometimes a lot harder than you would think. Based off of a Start Woodworking article by Ernie Conover, here are the 7 best practices for safe and effective drilling. Identify and mark the center of the drill hole. Place a sacrificial scrap...
Wood Still Proven to be One of Greenest Building Materials
Lumber still leads the way in building materials, even in today’s greener building industry. According to a U.S. Forest Service study released at the end of last year, wood is still proven to be one of the greenest building materials. It has been scientifically proven to yield fewer greenhouse...
Enter to Win $250 in the Schutte Lumber Facebook Contest Giveaway!
For over 132 years, the Greater Kansas City area has allowed Schutte Lumber to remain the leading supplier of timbers, cedar, siding and pattern Profiles, engineered wood, domestic and specialty hardwoods, and custom interior and decorative trim mouldings. Now, the Schutte Lumber family wants to show their appreciation by giving something...