Deciding between solid hardwood flooring and engineered hardwood flooring is a decision that should be made carefully. It’s important to understand what the difference is between solid hardwood flooring and engineered hardwood flooring. Solid…
Hardwood plywood is a great choice for furniture, cabinets, and many other projects due to its strength, stability, and convenience. What is Plywood? Plywood is an engineered wood product consisting of three to seven layers of thin sheets of…
When you’re constructing a deck or building Adirondack chairs for your backyard, you want to make sure you choose a wood that can stand up to the elements. While many people go straight to treated yellow pine for outdoor projects (it is the…
An important and sometimes misunderstood aspect of defining wood as either hard or soft is that it has absolutely nothing to do with how hard the wood is. Instead, it has to do with the characteristics of the tree. Although the terms hardwood…
Designing With Wood is Good! Designing with wood is often the preference of many homeowners, designers and architects. For those concerned about their environmental footprint, this desire can be stressful. Without knowing all of the facts, the…
Differences to Know When Designing With Quarter Sawn Hardwood Quarter sawn hardwoods are beautiful and distinctive. The unique look of quarter sawn hardwoods lend itself to an array of design styles, from traditional to modern. But, when…
When lumber is cut from logs, it is typically cut in one of three ways: quarter sawn, rift sawn or plain sawn. Each type of lumber is dependent on how the log is oriented and cut at the sawmill. The result is a particular orientation of the…
All woods absorb moisture when the air is humid, and lose moisture when it’s dry. You can manage the resulting expansion and contraction by understanding how the hardwoods behave, and by following a few simple guidelines for site preparation,…
It’s In the Biology The hardwood lumber that you buy began as a living tree (but don’t worry, we grow a lot more than we cut). As a living tree, the trunk of the tree provided a way to transport water from the roots to the leaves. When the tree…
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