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 Keevin Geller | Dec 20, 2022 | Articles, Woodworking
We are certainly proud to be celebrating Barney and Carey’s 100th anniversary since opening on the banks of the Neponset River, Milton, in 1922. It was the former site of the old Neponset Coal Co. I found the original permit and plans for the deep water docks,...
by Dovi Hirsch | Dec 14, 2022 | Articles, Woodworking
If you’re a woodworker you know the value of a handmade gift. Everyone appreciates seeing that thought went into getting them something nice for Christmas and nothing says this more than a hand-crafted item. While, yes, the holidays may only be weeks away and you...
by Keevin Geller | Dec 15, 2021 | Woodworking
As a boy, I was introduced to woodworking by my uncle, who was an electrician, but knew his way around carpentry, as well. Better yet, I had two great uncles, from the “old country,” who had been expert carpenters, and one a stair builder. One of them was...
by Keevin Geller | Dec 27, 2020 | Woodworking
Wainscoting originated in England in the 1500’s. It was just a wall covering, and not the high-end treatment it can be today! Wainscoting can be applied in all sorts of forms, in any height, all the way from floor to ceiling. The name always brings up images to...
