General Woodcraft Blog

General Woodcraft is proud to announce our new Woodworkers Blog. If you are a woodworking professional or woodworking hobbyist, we want to hear from you! We have been supplying hardwood lumber and fine veneers to the woodworking community for over sixty years. We meet all sorts of wonderful people who turn their skills and passion for fine woodworking into remarkable projects.

Whether you are a cabinet maker, wood carver, furniture maker, boatbuilder, clockmaker, finish carpenter or woodworker of any type, we want to hear from you! If the smell of freshly cut wood and the buzzing of power tools gets your heart racing just a little, you're in the right place. Send us pictures of your woodworking projects! Tell us stories about your woodworking projects! We would love to hear your woodworking success stories and any woodworking tips or techniques that you find useful.

General Woodcraft specializes in all sorts of native hardwood species such as; Ash,Basswood, Birch, Red Birch, Native Cherry, Red Oak, White Oak, Poplar, Maple, Walnut and lots more. Additionally we offer a variety of exotic hardwood and softwood species such as Teak, Bamboo, Phillipine Mahogany, Spanish Cedar, Honduran Mahogany, Purpleheart, Lacewood, Lyptus, Wenge, Cocobolo, Ebony, Leopardwood, Rosewood, Padauk, Zebrawood and lots more!

Wood is one of the only natural resources in the world that will regenerate itself in our lifetime. Whatever your woodworking project, whatever your favorite wood species are to work with, please, feel free to go ahead and make a little sawdust!

Learn more about native and common wood species here

Check out exotic and figured wood species here

So you’re thinking about custom cabinets for your new kitchen...what does the term “custom kitchen cabinets” really mean?  To professional kitchen designers it refers to the types and amount of modifications that can be done in a specific cabinet line. Custom cabinets can be built by “hand” in a small shop by master cabinet makers, ordered from a high end manufacturer that offers many modification options, or even bought  from a mid-line manufacturer that can change some of the specifications (height, width, depth…) but not as many as the more expensive lines. 

So, when you think “custom cabinets”, you are probably thinking “expensive”? Am I right?  While this can be true, instead you could design your new kitchen so that you utilize mostly stock size cabinets with little or no “box” modifications.  By ordering standard cabinets where they make sense, you can save yourself a fair amount of money. You can then “customize” specific cabinets in order to create a beautiful custom cabinet look without having to pay for an entire kitchen full of custom cabinetry. 

If you plan things right, you can save yourself enough money in your kitchen budget to splurge on items that will give you that custom cabinet look and stay on budget... wainscot on your island, glass doors on some upper cabinets, or even a hutch with furniture feet.  All these details will give you the look of custom cabinets without having to use a custom manufacturer.  All it takes is a little research, a good kitchen designer that understands your needs and the patience to work through the details. 

For additional information about kitchen design, kitchen planning, or replacing your existing kitchen cabinetry, please follow any of the links below:

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General Woodcraft, Inc. has an award winning team of kitchen designers in its state of the art newly remodeled Kitchen Design Studio in New London, CT. Click on the link below to contact them today to schedule a FREE one hour Kitchen Design Consultation.