To complete our wine rack, we put two coats of a rich mahogany stain on all of the components before the final assembly. We discovered that a paint brush worked better than a cloth or foam brush for applying the stain, and it was painted on in smooth strokes going along the grain. Once the […]
Now that the outer box frame is complete, the next step in our birch plywood and RevolutionPly® wine rack project is to construct the inside shelving that will hold wine bottles. Each of the inside pieces are measured and notched halfway through the panels, so that they will fit together forming an “x” shape. Then […]
We have the pieces cut for the framing of our wine rack. After lightly sanding the edges, we used screws, a hammer and a steel bar to achieve our desired distressed look. This can be done by placing screws on a hard surface, in this case a cement floor, and set the cut pieces of […]
Patriot Timber Products will be exhibiting again this year at The International Surface Event (TISE) 2017. The show will be in Las Vegas, Nevada this year from January 18th – 20th at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. The International Surface Event (https://tisewest.com) consists of three world-class tradeshows – SURFACES / StonExpo/Marmomac / and Tile Expo. […]
A crafty idea for making place holders for your holiday party is to cut and paint star shapes out of RevBead® plywood beadboard. You will need a piece of RevBead® plywood beadboard, jigsaw, drill, star shape template, sand paper or block sander, craft paint, paint pen, and twine. Trace and cut the star shapes and […]
To complete the birch plywood table box, wood glue was applied to the edge of each piece and then finishing nails were used to assemble them into the shape of our finished box. We then filled our box with fresh fir tree trimmings, white lights and red balls and stars in celebration of a holiday […]
Our birch plywood table box is coming along nicely, as we have been working on our pieces to give them a distressed look. An easy way to do this is to use a hammer to tap the edges of the pieces and then place the pieces on top of some nails or screws on the […]
A great idea for decorating a table for the holidays is to construct a centerpiece box to hold your choice of festive items. Supplies needed to complete this project are a piece of birch plywood, a saw, measuring tape, block sander or sand paper, wood glue, finishing nails and wood stain. To build our box, […]
Halloween occurs each year on October 31st and is a time of celebration and superstition. It began as the eve of the Celtic New Year observed on November 1st. The night before was thought to be the time when the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred, so to ward off roaming ghosts, […]
Another fabulous use of Patriot Timber’s RevBead® Reversible Plywood Beadboard that you may not think about is a backsplash in the laundry room. This adds beauty and character to what may otherwise be a room that gets overlooked on style. RevBead® has two beaded sides; one primed and ready for paint, the other showing the […]