As the year kicks into high gear, after a busy spring and a strong start to the summer construction months, remodeling studies, surveying both professionals and homeowners, suggest optimism and continued growth for the industry for the remainder of 2015.The National Association of Remodelers (NARI) released its first quarter report which indicated NARI members were in a better position over the same period the year prior, and those members also felt very optimistic about business conditions.

Jordan Woodworking, Longmont, CO,  is expanding its services to include three new lines of cabinetry: a budget line, a semi-custom line, and a full custom line, all aimed at homebuilders and interior designers looking for more cabinetry options for their clients..

A customer asked, How do we get big boards from little cherry orchard trees? It isn't that type of cherry tree: It was an American Black Cherry, which grows tall in the forest, with tiny cherry clusters fit for the birds.

Doors & Drawers manufactures commercial cabinetry in Ann Arbor, MI, and recently purchased a $150,000 edge banding machine. It also added the new Festool CONTURO Edge Bander to edge band on a radius, and to take to job sites.