Tag: Schutte Lumber Company

If you are creating custom cabinetry for a home or office, Schutte Lumber offers a variety of woods from which to choose. Determining the best wood for building cabinets depends on your budget and whether you want to paint or stain the product. Maple, birch, and oak are all...

Caring for your oak wood products is simple with a few simple tips in mind. Daily Dusting Use a silicone based product for dusting and adding cosmetic shine to many types of oak cabinets and furniture. Most silicon products do the double duty of repelling detergents and dust. It...

Hardwood floors are valued for their aesthetic value as well as their tendency to add resale value to homes. Schutte Lumber carries a selection of durable, versatile Walnut hardwoods. Hearty History Walnut trees are rather competitive plants! They are one of the few plants whose roots expel a toxic...

Schutte’s Mill Services includes Heat Forming to create beautiful arches, ellipses and circles out of a single piece of wood. These are great for entry ways and exterior detailing. DIY enthusiasts can also try these steam wood bending techniques at home. Steam Bending is a tried and true technique...

Brackets are more than a support for your structures. Brackets accentuate the details throughout the rest of the home and are a reflection of the style and tone that you would like to set. Peruse the available bracket types at Schutte Lumber Company to see which works best for...

Memorial Day is an excellent opportunity to proudly display your American flag. Show support for our nation and our men and women in uniform by install a wall-mount flagpole. Not only it is great for Memorial Day and the 4th of July, the flagpole can display decorative flags for...

Organization is one of those things that you’re naturally good at, or you aren’t. Organization is, oddly, one of the keys to success when it comes to dovetailing. Begin by laying out all of the drawer pieces, face down. Label the inside along the bottom edge, using helpful abbreviations...

As a natural product, wood does not always behave as we’d like. At times, grain patterns on a choice piece of wood do not run in tidy vertical and horizontal directions. Get the cuts you want from the same piece of lumber without making another purchase! Just take the...

Tear out leaves wood looking mangled and can make your project seem like an amateur catastrophe. When cutting or drilling your stock, take a few precautions to ensure a clean finish. Tear out is when a blade or bit splinters and fractures wood instead of creating a clean line...

In honor of National Remodel Month, we have found a few rules that will help your shop run smoothly and effectively during heightened operations. Though humorous, these commandments are certainly helpful and worth heeding. 1) “Thou Shalt Keep Thy Shop Spotless And Pure” – Put tools back in their...