Design flat pack furniture with manufacturing in mind
Flat pack furniture is popular with both DIY enthusiasts and professional installers. Customers expect furniture that is quick and intuitive to assemble, while manufacturers need designs that are efficient to produce, package…
Plywood furniture design: the trend reshaping custom cabinetry
Plywood furniture has seen a huge uptick in popularity. Once seen as mainly a construction material, it has now become a design feature in its own right. Its exposed edges and minimalist…
Design ideas for the cupboard under the stairs
Under the stairs might not be the obvious place to look when you need more floorspace but despite its limitations, there are many possibilities that you might not have thought of. If…
How to paint wooden cabinets for a professional finish
A fresh coat of paint will completely transform exhausted wooden cabinets, without the need for replacing perfectly good cabinetry. Painting your own wooden cabinets is an affordable way to update a kitchen,…
Kitted for comfort: pimping out your work van and site
Construction sites evolve constantly and rapidly. New technologies and practices see modern tradespeople no longer just invest in new tools, but also in better transport, organization, and site comfort equipment. This can…
Mastering rotary machining with VCarve Pro
Rotary machining creates new manufacturing possibilities for CNC operators by enabling designs that wrap around cylindrical materials. Using VCarve Pro CAM software, rotary machining projects can be prepared directly within the software…
Beyond the basics: the best common woodworking joints for your projects
Woodworking joints come in many different forms, including traditional wood joints and more modern engineered fixings. Still to this day, many manufacturers find that traditional joints are the best techniques for ensuring…
Wooden entertainment centre ideas: timeless style, modern storage
A television has become the focal point of most people’s living rooms and the trick is to combine the equipment with the rest of the furniture. The technological advances over the last…
How to hide wood filler when using wood stain
Everyone who has completed a woodworking project and had to fill in a scratch, crack or defect, knows that filler behaves differently to stain and so stands out and detracts from the…
Optimize kitchen storage with Kesseböhmer and PolyBoard
Renowned for innovative space optimization, Kesseböhmer continues to refine its kitchen storage solutions. The LeMans pull out larder is probably their most recognized contribution to the industry, maximising previously difficult to access…