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. | 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...
by Barney & Carey Co. | Jun 12, 2024 | Specialty Lumber, Woodworking
Ever since I started in construction in the mid 1960’s, there have been many trends in the use of various woods for interior finish. When I was converting a Back Bay townhouse into condos in 1973, all the existing doors and trim had long been painted white. Some...
by Barney & Carey Co. | Mar 5, 2024 | Specialty Lumber, Woodworking
A “slab” is generally described as one piece of wood, the width of the tree from which it was sawn, with or without “live edges” (the natural shape of the tree sides), and usually quite thick. Barney and Carey has been selling slabs for years,...
