Choosing solid wood furniture
Four checks that separate a table you keep from one you replace — and the two words on a spec sheet that should worry you.
Read more →From the workshop
The Journal
Buying guides, care notes and the occasional dispatch from the drying shed.
How to style a linen sofa
Why the rumpled look is the point, how many cushions is too many, and what to do about the cat.
Read more →Caring for walnut
Walnut lightens with age instead of darkening. Here is how to keep the color even and fix a ring mark in an afternoon.
Read more →Small-space dining ideas
The clearance numbers that actually matter, and why a round table seats more people than you think.
Read more →Layered lighting 101
Three light sources per room, none of them on the ceiling. A simple system for rooms that feel warm after dark.
Read more →Our kiln-drying process
Six weeks, one degree at a time. Why we dry our own lumber instead of buying it ready to cut.
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