Trim Specialties Inc

Ends n odds

   I know what you’re thinking,  “what am I going to do with all this extra lumber”. Well here I am going to add some, do it yourself projects, for around the home.

   When I am done with the interior trim in a house I always end up with a significant amount of leftover hardwood. Most times if it is a piece of wood that has been cut down from a standard size and the lumberyard won’t take it back. The builder will only save a small amount for future homes or they will just get overburdened with extra lumber. Usually the smaller pieces will just get thrown in the dumpster. It seems a quite a waste of natural resources but it’s a fact of life. I will bring home a lot of lumber to save it from the landfill. After a while it tends to build up in my shop and I will use it up for small projects for around the house. Unfortunately, due to a lack of foresight, I have made dozens of these kinds of projects over the years without documenting them. I will try to rectify this and add them here as the project happens.

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A cutting boar is a great way to use extra lumber

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A trivit made with scrap wood and wine corks