What It Means if Cabinets To Go and LL Flooring Merge

The cabinet retailer Cabinets To Go has put in an offer to buy the former Lumber Liquidators. They have one thing in common…besides wood. They are two of the biggest retailers of wood and wood-related products in the country and if things go according to plans – at least one person’s plans – they could […]

Krautzberger Introduces New Air Valve Technology

New Rapid Trigger Valve Technology from Krautzberger, which will be exhibiting at IWF 2024, allows for faster on/off switching performance and more efficient spray patterns. The latest additions to Krautzberger’s line of spray guns use its new Rapid Trigger Air Valve Technology which allows for reduced needle diameter and faster on/off switching performance while reducing […]

Cabinet Sales Up 8.5% for April Over 2022 Numbers

Even as the overall housing market remains soft, it appears that the remodeling side of the business is driving sales of kitchen and bathroom cabinets over last year’s numbers. New data from the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association shows that its members reported an increase in overall cabinet sales, by dollar revenue, of 8.6% for the […]

Leverage the Power of Strategic Hardwood Sourcing

If your small business specializes in hardwoods, then you know sourcing lumber is the success factor in your operations. How you acquire hardwood—including domestic lumber, exotic woods, alternative materials like hemp wood, and reclaimed barn wood—sets your design, production, sales, and profit margin futures in motion. One option for sourcing hardwood is through domestic lumber […]

Mass Timber: Are Wood Buildings the Next Frontier for Sustainability?

A new University of Washington campus building that uses Mass Timber construction could represent the future of new carbon offset practices. A pilot program at the University of Washington that uses Mass Timber construction could represent the future of new carbon offset practices.  The program sold offsets against the carbon stored in the structure of a […]

All About Design at IWF 2024

IWF Design Emphasis is celebrated as a premier furniture design competition for U.S. college students. To explore the best of the 2022 awards—including Design Emphasis winners and judges—go here.

New York City’s High Line Getting a Massive Timber Bridge

New York City’s High Line Park has become one of the most visited places in the city and now it’s about to get a signature new feature: a timber bridge nearly 300 feet long, The High Line Park on Manhattan’s West Side was a controversial idea when it was first proposed in the early 2000s […]