4 Reasons to Build Your Deck with Southern Yellow Pine

You need strong, beautiful wood when building a deck. Truthfully, the average person doesn’t know much about what types of wood they should even consider, let alone what type will work best for them. You have more things to think about than the…

Artisan Spotlight: D+P Design Build

Artisan Spotlight: D+P Design Build

WIR Contributor Michael Connolly Talent is easy to spot – and we love finding folks who are true artisans of wood. In our search, we found two young men in Jackson, Mississippi whose talents for turning timber into beautiful pieces of furniture…

Is Softwood Actually Soft?

Is Softwood Actually Soft?

There are thousands of different species of wood with varying colors and characteristics (talk to a forester, they’ll tell you all about it). Of those thousands of species, we usually divide wood into two types: hardwood and softwood. But are…