Estate Millwork Knowledge Base
Setting up a Raised Bed Garden
Published: May 29, 2020
Why a Raised Bed? Do you live in an area with less than ideal soil? Raised beds give you control over the soil in which you are growing your plants. The quality of the soil you start out with is one biggest differences in the outcome of your crops. Raised beds can put the plants at eye level or at a level that is less strenuous on your back. Having your crops at a higher elevation allows for better observation of pests issues and easier access to the crops. Raised garden beds look a lot nicer and provide a cleaner more aesthetic look to the exterior of your house. Planning your Garden...
Custom Wooden Shutters and Doors Crafted with 21st Century Technology
Published: May 27, 2020
At Estate Millwork, we pride ourselves on seamlessly blending traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional products. Our journey begins with our website, which serves as the gateway to our manufacturing process. Here, we harness state-of-the-art technology to swiftly provide you with quotes for exquisite custom-designed louvered doors or wood shutters. We've streamlined the process to ensure minimal effort is required from both you and us. Transparency is paramount in our approach to pricing. Unlike many of our competitors, we believe in upfront disc...
Exterior Shutters with Elegant 18th Centrury Craftsmanship
Published: May 22, 2020
"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne." Estate Millwork uses traditional joinery methods to manufacture elegant wooden shutters and louvered wooden doors , much of them unchanged since the heyday of woodcraft and furniture making, the 18th century. All of our products are hand assembled, and hand finished and our bench work is accomplished in such a way as the result is indistinguishable from the finest craftsmanship produced in the old ways. At our mill, we still employ the apprentice system to bring on our young and energetic woodworkers under the guidance and tutelage of st...
Wood Shutters and Doors Made from Premium Materials
Published: May 19, 2020
Estate Millwork uses the highest grades of premium hardwoods to manufacture our louvered doors and wooden shutters . We buy selectively from quality vendors and import premium exotic woods from all of the world including Africa, Asia and South America. Our domestic hardwoods are often grown in the forests that surround our plant in the Allegheny mountains of Pennsylvania, and we have long standing relationships with the premier timbering outfits in this part of the country that give us preferred access to their best stocks of material. Many of the employees in our plant started o...
Finish Them! Practical Tips for Finishing Your Doors and Shutters
Published: May 15, 2020
At the end of your woodworking project you will be dealing with the issue of how to protect and preserve the woodwork you've spent all this time on. This is no small matter. Now that you have invested time and money into your project, you quite naturally want it to last a long time and look good doing it. This final phase of a woodworking project, and the stuff you put on your woodwork, is called finishing. Now before we go too far, we should clarify the difference between painting and finishing. They are not the same. This might seem obvious, but it should be said. For doors and s...