Schutte Lumber's New Blog Design
Schutte Lumber has gotten a new blog design, and we want to explain some of the changes: Blog posts appear as excerpts on the home page so you can see up to six blog posts at one time rather than scrolling through entire posts to get to the next...
Tips for Building a Wooden Outdoor Storage Shed
If you can build a deck, you can build an outdoor storage shed, says building expert and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist Tim Carter. With so many uses, almost any home can benefit from extra storage space, no? While it may be tempting to try a kit, building your own...
5 I-Joist Builder Tips
The Engineered Wood Association recently updated 5 of its I-Joist builder tips, which discuss common applications of the prefabricated engineered wood product, and all are available for free download. Click on the links below to download the new tips, which include: “explanations and installation details for the two types...
How To Make Sure Home Remodeling Pays Off
Home remodeling can be a great investment, allowing homeowners to get more out of their current living space and increasing the value of the home. With the popularity of remodeling projects such as adding a backyard deck or porch, upgrading kitchen cabinets and countertops, etc., how can you be...
Dry Brush Painting for Distressed Furniture
You can make your own distressed-looking furniture with dry brush painting, an easy project you can do at home. Dry brushing is simply applying paint with a brush that has no water or other moisture on it. Barb from Design Sponge shows how to dry brush furniture using just...
Schutte Lumber Customer Builds Wooden Kayak
Check out this beautifully crafted strip-planked wooden kayak built by one of Schutte Lumber Company’s customers using some of our exotic and specialty hardwoods. For the customer’s first-ever woodworking project, they purchased a boatbuilding kit from Chesapeake Light Craft Boats, which also offers boatbuilding tips and boatbuilding classes. The...
Best of the Schutte Lumber Blog
Schutte Lumber is celebrating our 100th blog post today by taking a look back at some of our most popular content since we started the blog. Thanks to all our clients and readers for reading the Schutte Lumber blog, and stay tuned for more special offers, green products, project...
New Timber Surfacer at Schutte Lumber
Schutte Lumber Company recently installed a new timber surfacer at our mill that is used to smooth rough timbers and create decorative patterns. The timber surfacer is just one of the powerful machines that we use to finish lumber for our contractors, wholesalers, and on-site showroom and lumber yard....
Schutte Lumber in the Kansas City Star
TGIF! In honor of the upcoming weekend, we wanted to share an article with you from the Kansas City Star in which Editorial Page columnist Lewis Diuguid describes his 10-day quest to restore the oak woodwork in his 84-year-old Northeast Kansas City home during his “vacation”. On his blog,...
Happy Memorial Day from Schutte Lumber
Happy Memorial Day to our dear clients, friends and readers. As we take a moment today to remember those who have died in our nation’s service, we wanted to share a summer’s worth of delicious recipe courtesy of Bon Appetit. In their June issue, they supplied 30 recipes–appetizers, main...