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Cedar lumber is one popular option due to its unique and delicate fragrance. It is a highly aromatic wood and is a natural repellent to moths, mildew, and mustiness. Cedar lumber is popularly used for furniture, such as chests and closets, because it keeps your clothes moth hole free! It is also used for cabinet …
Butternut Lumber is one domestic hardwood that we offer here at AdvantageLumber.com Butternut Lumber has a Janka hardness of 490, which deems it a soft wood. This makes it a great wood for carving because it shows its beautiful color and grain pattern. Butternut heartwood is chestnut brown with darker areas, while its sapwood is …
Maybe it’s because I’m still infused with the holiday spirit, but I really feel that woodworking is a one-of-a-kind tradition that will never go away. Just look through our Hardwood Lumber 101 series and you’ll see that from religious manuscripts to stone age doors, hardwoods have been a critical part of the building of our …
Advantage Trim & Lumber Co. offers such superior domestic hardwood lumber. One great hardwood is American Black Walnut. Woodworkers have used American Black Walnut for centuries. Check out this sunken Great Lakes Treasure Ship that was found with over $100,000 worth of Black Walnut lumber aboard. American Black Walnut is often referred to as ‘gunwood’ …
Birch wood is one of the great commercial hardwoods we offer here at Advantage Trim & Lumber. Two species that our customers request are birch and red birch. Both have distinct coloring that set them apart from each other. Birch has light yellow or light brown sapwood and light brown to light reddish-brown heartwood. The …
When it comes to domestic hardwood lumber, you want the best in terms of beauty and quality. Advantage Trim and Lumber Co. supplies just that. One option for domestic hardwood is Beech Wood. Beech heartwood is dark to light reddish-brown, and its sapwood is white with a reddish shade. It is uniform in texture, with straight grains …
Finding the right wood to use for your next project can be difficult. Advantage Lumber makes it simple because we have such great options in hard and soft domestic lumber. One common soft wood is Basswood Lumber. Basswood’s beautiful lumber is taken from the American basswood tree. It has white sapwood and its heartwood is creamy …