Explaining Various Types of Kitchen Countertops - Plastic Laminate, Solid Surfacing, Wood and Stainless Steel Countertops
It's fair to say that the countertop is like the carpenter's workbench. It's where we lay out supplies, peel and chop, roll and knead, mix and serve. It needs to be tough, level, smooth, and large enough for the work we do.
Various Types of Open Shelves – Standard Guidelines for Shelf Sizing, Installation and Finishing
While cabinets are a kitchen backbone, providing invaluable closed storage space, open shelving is a useful and visually appealing alternative worth incorporating into any kitchen design. Open shelves are perfect for showing off kitchen treasures and dishware, and they can make retrieving and putting things away fast and simple. On the downside, open shelves allow contents to get dirty or dusty faster, and neatness or the lack of it, is always on display.
Explaining Kitchen Styles and Cabinet Making
Today, a kitchen must be carefully planned to meet the demands of a busy household, and to accommodate a battery of labor saving devices. We focus on the work of today's kitchen, especially by providing the best quality wood for cabinetry, and assistance in choosing the right wood that will help you create a kitchen that meets your needs.
Tips and Tricks for Buying the Right Quality Wood
Buying wood is a continuous process. Most of the times, it is a part of the challenge and fun of woodworking. There are many sources for your material, and it is beneficial to investigate them all.
Controlling Wood Movement – Essential Facts to Consider in Furniture Making
It is important to consider two simple and essential facts while making furniture successfully. The first is that wood moves. This means that it takes in and releases moisture, resultantly it swells or shrinks. This swelling and shrinking may sometimes be hardly noticeable or it may be quite significant, depending on the type of wood and the amount of humidity in the air. The second fact is that nothing can stop this movement.
Wood Finishing – Why is it Important?
The process of applying finish and coats to the wood is a long and backbreaking labor that most people will prefer to avoid. It is also hard to predict what will happen when you are busy trying to protect your wood. Some individuals also believe that a piece of wooden furniture looks good the way it is without any form of coating or finishing applied to it.
Solid Wood Flooring and Engineered Wood Flooring - A Brief Introduction
With wood species and products in every price range, more wood flooring options are available than ever before. Today’s finishes are more durable and the adhesives are stronger. In addition to traditional solid hardwood, we now have prefinished engineered wood floors, which combine the stability of plywood with the durability of hardwood.
The Art and Science of Wood Identification
Woodworkers should know as much as possible about wood. It’s very valuable to know how to spot different species of living trees, how our wood is cut from the tree, the various working characteristics of different woods, and some of the techniques for identifying specific types of wood. All this information helps in selecting the right wood for various projects.