Carpentry

The main reason I like to use floating shelves is that there are no visible brackets.  I get a lot of inquiries about how to install floating shelves. There are a various methods of installing a floating shelf, but ones that are available in your local hardware store are very straight forward to install, if ...

Who would have thought that salvaging old timber could provide such a great product that is eco-friendly and possess features more beautiful than new timber.  Some Savvy entrepreneurs certainly thought so and now the product has a rapidly growing fan club. So what is Recycled timber? Recycled timber is wood that has been taking from ...

Here are a few interesting features on a tape measure which you might find useful: End hook The end hook is a clever piece of engineering.  It is supposed to be loose; hopefully you haven’t thrown your tape measure out because you thought it was broken.  The end is designed to move so that when taking ...

Local hardware stores make the task of sourcing timber for your home projects easy with a huge range of timber selection, the most abundant of which for outdoor use is treated pine. As there is a number of different timber treatments available would you know which type to choose if you were building something for ...