Tips to Keep Your Project Organized in Your Workshop
When you have several projects going on at the same time, it can be a challenge to stay organized in your workshop. The following workshop-related tips and ideas will keep you on track, help you stay productive, and ensure you finish your projects by their deadlines. Create a calendar....
Tips for Prepping Crown Molding in Your Next Project
Crown molding is a beautiful addition to any home. It provides a tasteful way to add both value and visual interest to your home when installed correctly. Prepping the crown molding before installation begins is essential to ensuring you receive the look you desire. Helpful woodworking tips before you begin...
Building a Shed? Consider Adding These Features
Any homeowner will tell you that there are few structures more useful or versatile than a backyard shed. Still, many of these structures seem stuck in a time warp where that are all just a single damp and dark room where tools and materials are stored. Modern sheds have...
Tips for Fixing Rotted Wood
If any of the wood in your home has rotted, it’s important to remove and replace the afflicted sections of wood. It’s not a difficult job if you have the proper tools, but unless you’re a seasoned carpenter, be sure to follow all the woodworking tips you’ve ever heard....
Furniture Designer Makes Beautiful Pieces With a Charred Finish
Woodworking requires technical skills, proper tools and some creative imagination. When these elements are combined, the beauty of the craft clearly becomes an art form. One Ukrainian designer, Yaroslav Galant, has taken woodworking to new heights with his woodworking ideas. Yaroslav Galant has created a stunning furniture collection called...
Heavily Knotted Wood is Currently Trending in Design
When thinking about your next interior project, consider adding a wood element to enhance any space. Kansas City lumberyard Schutte Lumber Company is just the place to scout out the perfect pieces for that new look. In design, the use of knotted wood is making quite the comeback. Whether used as the main...
Fun Woodworking Projects to Improve Your Home in the New Year
If you’re interested in making your home express more of your personal style, consider employing some fun woodworking ideas to refurnish parts of your space with items you made yourself. Basic carpentry can be quick to learn, and the more experience you get, the closer you are to becoming...
Build Your Own Cocktail Bar at Home
Would you like to have your own cocktail bar right in your home, but think you don’t have the room? A vertical cocktail hutch takes up very little floor and wall space and is surprisingly easy to make. The frame of the hutch is fairly simple to create and assemble, and...
Use Your Woodworking Skills to Make Holiday Decor for Your Yard
One of the most enjoyable holiday woodworking ideas is to decorate your yard with something you have built yourself. The decorations you build can often last for years. Once you have gotten past the debate about fun versus tacky decor, you can make something awesome. Decide on Your Design...
Use Trim to Add Subtle Style to Your Home
Small changes in your trim can make a major difference in the look and feel of your home. Switching away from standard and traditional woods to something more exciting could be just what you need, especially since exotic hardwoods in Kansas City are an unusual visual treat. Here are...