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Month: September 2010

Explore Deck Railing Options

Deck railing options at Schutte Lumber include wood, composite, and pressure-treated wood railing. Wood Railing Western red cedar and exotic woods such as ipe are popular wood railing options Composite Railing Composite railing such as DuraLife (formerly CorrectDeck CX) is made of polypropylene and recovered hardwood fiber. Pressure-Treated Wood...

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...

Schutte Lumber on Facebook Places

Schutte Lumber Company has created a page on Facebook Places, allowing customers to “check in” here via their mobile phones and/or computers and find friends nearby. iPhone users will need to download the “Facebook for iPhone” app or go to www.touch.facebook.com to log in to Facebook on the device....

Mill Production of a Custom Cut Timber

Putting a decorative end detail on a beam to customize your project is a specialty at Schutte Lumber Company. Our craftsman at our on-site mill can take your template and cut the timber to your specifications. To see how the process works you can view our  video (above) of...

Kansas City Build Expo Next Week

On Sept. 22-23 the Kansas City Build Expo will be held at the Kansas City Convention Center’s Bartle Hall, offering builders, suppliers, manufacturers, and other industry professionals the chance to network and receive information about new products, best practices, and upcoming construction projects in Kansas City. Admission is free,...

Cherry Bedroom Furniture Trend Emerges

Once relegated to kitchens and dining rooms, cherry furniture is making its way into the bedroom this season, delivering a richer look consumers want these days, according to Linda Duell of Heavenly Bedrooms in Quakertown, Penn. The move is away from black finishes and toward “cherry, merlot and reddish-brown...

Lumber Terminology – A Few Basics

Have you ever gone to buy lumber and realized you couldn’t speak the language?  Here are a few basic terms to get you started: Is it a hardwood or a softwood?  You may think this would refer to the hardness of the wood, but it is not so.  After...

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...

Pergola Material Donated for Garden Soiree Benefit

Schutte Lumber Company partnered with Kansas City Homes & Gardens to support this year’s STEMS: A Garden Soiree, a popular annual benefit hosted by the Overland Park Arts & Recreation Foundation. To help KCH&G create the ultimate outdoor living space for the event, Schutte Lumber donated the material for...

Make a Bandsaw Box

A great beginner’s woodworking project is a bandsaw box. In just 20 easy steps you can make these fun storage containers. You can look up design templates online or sketch your own idea. Here are a few ideas we like: And check out the incredible 11-foot “Big Wheel” bandsaw,...