by Barney & Carey Co. | May 17, 2025 | Live Edge Lumber, Specialty Lumber, Woodworking
When our website manager asked me to write about this topic, I was very happy to do it! The question of which type of store is better is not an easy one to answer, nor is one type the clear-cut winner. Over the years, I have had plenty of experience with both...
by Barney & Carey Co. | Apr 23, 2025 | CNC Machine, Custom Cabinets, Custom Moulding, Woodworking
About a year and a half ago, I did a blog on our CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine and promised another blog on the services we can provide you—which will save you time and money. Sorry, I’m a bit late. One of the best ways to explain this is by reviewing...
by Barney & Carey Co. | Jan 28, 2025 | furniture restoration, Specialty Lumber
While our experts do a lot of furniture restoration, we rarely get to work on a piece that is almost 150 years old! We were recently entrusted by the Archives Coordinator of the City of Quincy’s Thomas Crane Library to restore a table that was built at the same...
by Barney & Carey Co. | Dec 16, 2024 | Custom Moulding, Specialty Lumber
Over the decades, I have found the one major thing that distinguishes exceptional houses from the plain and ordinary: the moldings. When I first started remodeling and building in the early 1970’s, door and window casings were either clamshell (ranch) or...
by Barney & Carey Co. | Jul 22, 2024 | Specialty Lumber
A “boule” (I thought you’d never ask!) is a whole butt – or base – log that has been sawn into boards or slabs, and stacked sequentially in the sequence they were cut. A few mills will sell them like this, rather than sawing the logs in...
