We here at Schutte Lumber would love to hear about your woodworking project! Tell us in the comments section below about your favorite project and what inspired it. Feel free to include links. One of the great things about the lumber business, in Kansas City and beyond, is that...

Woodworking was one of the activities suggested by a recent USA Today article entitled “Parents can build in special time with kids this summer.” The hobby was suggested for the following reasons: One-on-one time. Woodworking has been a bonding experience throughout the generations because it is an activity between parent and...

    Hoover Treated Wood Products provides pressure-impregnated kiln-dried lumber and plywood materials, which are fire retardant. Here are some highlights from Hoover’s collections: Pyro-Guard®. Pyro-Guard is pressure-impregnated, fire-retardant treated wood and plywood for enclosed structural applications. It is proudly made in the U.S.A. Exterior Fire-X®. Exterior Fire-X® provides fire protected lumber...

Shakertown crafts deluxe Western Red Cedar shingles for residential and commercial siding applications. For more than fifty years, Shakertown has made shingles with 100% clear vertical grain heartwood cedar. Cedar shingles are attractive, adding texture, dimension, and character. Cedar is also practical, resisting hard rains, bright sun, and pests....

Kansas City’s climate lends itself to great decks, and national magazines have recognized this and published some of Kansas City’s best. Country Living magazine featured the deck of the Kansas City home of Tom Pryor. The homeowner placed a great deal of importance on authentic materials and historical inspiration. The modern...

Good news. “With home sales picking up and contractors seeing more positive business conditions in the future, remodeling activity (will grow) by the end of this year and into 2013,” Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies reports. In related news, railroad shipments of lumber have increased–a positive indicator for the new...

The Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City has great educational events, including Home Show-Fall Edition, which is returning to the Overland Park Convention Center. KCHBA’s mission is to serve the new-home industry of Greater Kansas City as a resource for HBA members and consumers. KCHBA also advocates the new-home industry...

High quality wood, when properly treated and installed, can last generations. Here are some Kansas homes that demonstrate the natural material’s durability. Constitution Hall. Built in 1857, Constitution Hall housed the legislative assembly. The clapboard structure is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark....

Kansas City’s understated design aesthetic lends itself to crown mouldings, as national magazines have demonstrated. Southern Living magazine featured crown mouldings in the Kansas City home of designer Barbara Cosgrove. House Beautiful showed how crown mouldings dress up this bedroom, by David Jimenez.   The same timeless look can be...

The 26th Annual Home Show-Fall Edition will inspire homeowners, with over 200 exhibitors expected at the Overland Park Convention Center.   The home show is September 14-16 and will include stage presentations, cooking demonstrations and ideas regarding home upgrades. This year’s Home Show Stage, sponsored by Spaces Magazine, will feature...