I've written a few times about wood joints, with a focus on those in traditional Japanese carpentry, which I admit I am fascinated by. Each time the comments appreciated those joins, but also recalled the skill of Romanian craftsmen who built houses and churches...
We are in September and those involved in the wood industry know that this is the month when we can meet at the BIFE SIM Furniture, Equipment and Accessories Fair, which will take place from September 13-17 at Romexpo Bucharest. Last year I told you that I have a long relationship with this fair. I...
It's amazing how people in other countries manage to keep all the old houses, refurbish and transform them with minimal changes, but adding maximum comfort. I've always wondered how they manage to save and make them habitable, with all that a dwelling now entails -...
I have written before about burned wood and the method of protecting and coloring wood called Shou Sugi Ban. This is wood burned by classical methods where everything is controlled so that it can be stopped at the desired moment. But there is another way of burning wood - burning...
Repairing, refurbishing or restoring wooden doors in a house is a real challenge. Especially if it's old and built on the model of a country or manor house, with tall, single, double, double, folding, sliding, folding doors. And if the doors have small windows and lots of...
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