Adding Value to Your Home with Baseboards
We’ve recently discussed the difference between bead boarding and wainscotting and how both types of wood detailing can add character to your home. Another great way to add value to your home is through baseboards. Whether your live in an older home with baseboards that have seen better days or have...
Building a Better Birdhouse
The kids just went back to school which means fall is right around the corner. And with the warm weather ending, the handy supply of insects, seeds and worms on which our local songbirds dine, start to get scarce. Why not spend a couple of hours this weekend crafting...
Educators Promote Woodshop
After years of cutting back, some educators are placing a new emphasis on woodworking, the Boston Globe reported. These educators are being supported by studies showing clear benefits for youth. Retention rates. A study by Calfornia’s Little Hoover Commission found that woodshop and vocational programs help engage students with different learning styles. According to...
Tell Us About Your Woodworking Project!
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...
Wood of the Month: Wenge
If you have opened up a furniture catalog or design magazine lately, you have seen many wooden pieces in an espresso finish. The finish often covers wenge wood or is meant to emulate wenge. The image above, via Houzz, was designed by SLIC interiors with solid wenge panelling. Wenge is...
Wooden Furniture Rules High Point Market
The High Point Furniture Market attracts interior designers and furniture retailers from around the world. At the recent spring show, wooden pieces took the show by storm. Here is a re-cap of some of High Point’s finest wooden offerings. Mahogany. Baker Furniture had exquisite mahogany and mahogany veneer options by Thomas...
Whimsical Woodworking Projects to Make Summer More Fun for Kids!
In the summertime, the world becomes a child’s playground. But you can make your child’s playground even more special this summer with a whimsical new toy made just for them. Here are some wonderful wooden toys that could inspire woodworking projects with the best kind of ROI … lots...
Sunset Magazine's Favorite DIY Backyard Woodworking Projects
In a recent article, Sunset magazine editors’ assembled a list of their favorite DIY projects to enhance backyards this summer season. From adding a fun new way to enjoy your yard to enhance the look and feel of your landscape, these projects are sure to result in backyard project you...
A North Carolina Craftsman Combines Passions for Music & Woodworking
Recently published in the local North Carolina publication Hickory Daily Record, a Morganton woodworker shares his story of how he became an award winning player and craftsman of dulcimer instruments. Alan Darveaux was first introduced to the dulcimer while in a folk group at his Kentucky college, and it was love...
Cool Wooden Bunk Bed & Loft Design Ideas
Children will be more excited to start the 2012 school year if they have a brand new bunk bed or loft made just for them! A custom bunk bed or loft can transform a room into a special place for playing, reading and drifting off to dreamland. Whether it’s...