Origins of Spurtle The Spurtle is a wooden kitchen utensil that originated in Scotland. As kitchen utensils go, it is one of the simplest ones for everyday life customers to purchase and use, yet performs to serve a very specific purpose extremely well. While other wooden cooking pans and kitchen utensils can and often are … Read more
Lacquer VS Polyurethane, the new and updated guide of 2023, which one is better to use for different purposes. The natural beauty of wood can be mesmerizing, with the lines and swirls of the grain drawing us in. Anyone who has worked with wood has developed an appreciation for its natural beauty. That beauty can … Read more
Sliding cabinet doors aren’t used much in modern cabinetry, but they were a big part of mid-century modern furniture and cabinetry. With the resurgence of popularity in that style amongst the younger generation, knowing how to build cabinets with sliding doors is an advantage. But the advantages of sliding-door cabinets also don’t stop there. Sliding … Read more
The term “plywood” applies only to solid plywood – an engineered wood product made of wood veneers glued together with the wood in cross-grain texture, perpendicular to the adjacent layers of suitable material. That plywood still exists, but the term can be applied to any engineered wood product sold in sheets today. This includes such … Read more
Shadow boxes are a specialized form of frame, most commonly used for framing three dimensional objects so that they can be hung on the wall. Whether that’s the ribbons and medals won during military service, a signed team jersey from one’s favorite athlete, a flag presented at a military funeral or dollhouse or house miniatures … Read more