HomeAdvisor scored a partnership with Google for finding cabinet makers, closet designers and other home improvement and services firms. HomeAdvisor's Instant Booking for homeowners searching for local service pros online is the latest entry in a heated competition that includes Facebook-Pro.com, Lowe's-Porch.com,Home Depot-Red Beacon, along with freestanding entries including Amazon Home Services, Angie's List, and Houzz.

For the woodworker, it's going to be tools, lumber and veneer. And more tools. Developing the 2015 shopping list for someone who works with wood all day, the editors at Woodworking Network tried to think out of the dovetail box. Besides exotic hardwood that can inspire a project, or a specialized tool or jig that's so cool it doesn't matter if its useful, we added some good works suggestions this time around: it's better to give than to receive.

Technology supplier Biesse sponsored a factory tour for the Architectural Woodworking Institute Carolinas Chapter, taking the group on tour of Caldwell Cabinets and its Caseworx line of custom cabinetry launched earlier this year.

Advantage Trim & Lumber Co.'s online sales channel, AdvantageLumber.com, has acquired one of the largest hardwood lumber mills in Northern Brazil, Companhia Madeireira. Terms of the acquisition were not released.

Cabinetry manufacturers will find value in news from BellHawk Systems, which has issued a new white paper on "Real-Time Work-in-Process Tracking Methods for Make-to-Order Organizations" by Dr. Peter Green.

What’s the best method for getting dowel hole locations on the cabinet fronts to line up with the end panels? Woodworking experts put their know-how to the test, providing solutions to October's Shop Smart challenge, presented by Woodworking Network. In a randomly selected drawing, the detailed answer provided by Larry Lee, owner of Pearl River Cabinet Co. in Carriere, MS, proved to be a winner.

Dorel can thank its Home Furnishings business for adding significant support to its bottom line, as ecommerce growth drove the segment's operating profit up 85% for the third quarter just reported. It was a welcome boost that came at a good time - the Canadian-based conglomerate's total sales were relatively flat while overall profits actually declined.

A catalyzed finish gets unsightly cracks at the joint on a cabinet. Whenever two pieces of wood are joined with the grain of one piece running at 90 degrees to the other, we have the potential for some serious misbehaving. It's probably moisture content.