Refinishing the piece means taking off the old finish and creating a new one. It’s physically demanding, so be prepared to use some elbow grease for this messy and cumbersome job. For those do-it-yourselfers, it’s best to use a combination of chemical strippers and sanding to refinish a piece of furniture. Above all, be patient, …
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Book Shelf Ideas
Today’s post comes from Buzzfeed – where they give 25 quick Do it yourself ideas to create a book shelf. There are a lot of pretty neat ideas. Let us know which one you like best. 25 Awesome DIY Ideas For Bookshelves These easy and clever bookshelves look so much cooler than anything you can …
Eliminate Things that Don’t Matter
From the Master – Seth Godin – couldn’t say it any better myself – A recipe for personal and brand triage… We invest our time in hopes of a return, prioritizing the important, but sometimes, we waste it on the urgent instead. What’s worth focusing on improving? How about a combination of these three: The …
Guide to Wood
Types of Wood – A Furniture Guide There are countless types of wood available for furniture manufacturing, from the common to the exotic. However, some types of wood make more practical furnishings than other types. For this reason, you should take the specific type of wood for your furniture construction into heavy consideration. In addition …
Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Today’s post is a great article on what Mid-Century Modern is. If you are like I am – you hear that term thrown around quite a bit lately, but there is a whole lot more to it than just the period where furniture was built. If you’ve spent any time talking with other collectors, …
Recent Projects
Here are some recent projects that we have been working on at Wood Menders: Until Next Time – Dan @ Wood Menders Question or Comments? Leave them below.
Sticking Drawers?
One of the most frustrating things is trying to open open your dresser drawer (or any other drawer for that matter) and it sticks or is extremely hard to open. A quick fix to help allow those drawers to open more smoothly is to use a little bit of paraffin wax on the drawer slides. …