3 Advantages of Using Custom Woodwork Accents in Your Home

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Homeowners often have a challenging time finding their style. Their house can have ornamental decorations and bold colors, but for some reason, everything still appears flat yet unflattering. If you want to add some texture and dimension to your home, elevating your interior, consider custom woodwork. There are at least three advantages of using woodwork…

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The Benefits Of Adding Custom Woodwork To Your Home

Giving your house a few unique touches that are special to you and your family makes it a welcome space to entertain and live in. Custom woodwork makes your living space versatile as well as beautiful. Here are a few ways that you can enhance your home with these details. Personalize Your Room Having custom…

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4 Reasons to Incorporate Custom Woodworking Into Your Home

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One of the major elements of your home that you must consider as you design each room is your woodwork. This includes cabinets, crown molding, shelves and other additions. Although pre-fabricated materials are often the cheapest option, there are many significant advantages to utilizing custom woodwork. 1. Personalization One of the major benefits of using…

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Woodworking is What We Do

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Years ago, there was a joke going around about woodworking. “A guy walks in to a library, and asks the librarian where he could find the book entitled, “How I Became A Millionaire With My Basement Woodworking Shop.” She replies, “Oh, yes; it’s right over there in the fiction section!” Well, it’s no longer such…

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How Custom Furniture Enhances Your Home

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At home, your living space should be comfortable. If your room is disorderly or cluttered, it can be difficult to relax or function day after day. The ability to keep your home clean and orderly depends on the type of furniture in your home. If your living space is regularly cluttered, you may want to…

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Finding the Perfect Furniture for Your Home

Furniture can be a significant investment, and there are few things more frustrating than buying a piece that you thought was perfect only to get it home and discover that it doesn’t really fit. Either it’s too big, too small or simply doesn’t match the rest of your decor. Custom wood furniture solves all these…

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Popular Types of Softwood for Furniture Making

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When considering which types of wood to use for furniture-making, you may be presented with the choice between hardwood and softwood. Hardwood is not necessarily harder or denser, it actually has to do with the plant’s reproduction process. Hardwood trees are angiosperms—plants that produce seeds with a covering, like an apple or an acorn. Softwood…

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Efficient Interior Design Strategies With Custom Furniture

There’s something about custom wood furniture that brings a room design to life. Whether you’re building a new home or taking another look at your interior room design, find out how quality furniture can offer you the right dimensions, the perfect look and the ideal investment for a timeless home. These pieces can turn a…

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Specialty Lumber is Our Legacy, Since 1922

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A loaf of bread cost 7¢ and a pound of steak would run you about 26¢. The gummy bear was just invented in Germany, and Babe Ruth was the most famous person in the country. It was 1922, and it was the year that Barney & Carey Company Inc. was founded on the banks of…

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Choosing Between Hardwood or Softwood for Your Projects

When you have a building project going on, you generally think of your budget first. It can be easier to accept a lower quality material in the interest of saving money, but this choice doesn’t always guarantee durability and longevity. There are several types of specialty lumber available for projects, but they are most commonly…

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