Why Use Basswood For Interior Shutters?
Whenever you install fine interior shutters in a woodworker’s home, something we’ve done many times, you’re going to have a serious conversation. The first clues the conversation is coming are the television surrounds and crown molding. They’re perfect. Then you notice a set of matching custom bookshelves in the den; a hand carved mantle built seamlessly into the adjoining stonework in the living room; some furniture with more inlays than you could ever get stock; and a small turned bowl so elegant the thought of putting peanuts into it makes your stomach hurt. These visual cues though are merely a buildup to the garage. All of this without the garage is merely a pleasant exchange about interior shutters between aficionados of fine craftsmanship. But, if the garage has eight or more pieces of well oiled woodworking equipment; if there’s a lathe, a scroll saw, dado jigs, 10 to 15 assorted clamps, a set of mallets and cold chisels and the whole thing is as neat as a pin, you may as well
