FDMC December 2024

What are the top U.S. states for the various woodworking industry segments and how much can you earn? View the infographic.

What are the top Canadian provinces for wood products industries and how much can you earn? View the infographic.

What are the top Mexican states for woodworking and how much can you earn? View the infographic.

View the infographic with trends, statistics and projections for the cabinet and countertop industries. The category includes kitchen cabinetry, bath cabinetry/vanities, countertops and islands.

View the infographic with trends, statistics and projections for the contract furniture industry. Contract furniture includes: business/office furniture, government furniture, home office, school/education furniture, healthcare furnishings, institutional furniture, and hospitality furniture.

View the infographic with trends, statistics and projections for the residential furniture industry. The category includes wood & upholstered furniture, casegoods, RTA, bedroom & youth furniture, and entertainment units.

View the infographic with trends, statistics and projections for the retail fixtures industry. Category includes: display cabinets & cashwraps, POP & full store interiors, kiosks, endcaps, slatwall & systems.

View the infographic with trends, statistics and projections for the architectural woodwork/millwork and related custom woodworking industries.

View the infographic with trends, statistics and projections for the closets and home organization industry. The category includes: walk-in and reach-in closets, garages, mudrooms, pantries, laundry rooms, home offices and related products.

View the infographic with trends, statistics and projections for the windows and doors industries.

View the infographic with trends, statistics and projections for the wood and laminate flooring industries. The category includes hardwood flooring, laminate/engineered flooring, plank, and parquet.

View the infographic with trends, statistics and projections for the wood components and industrial products industries. Wood components include: cabinet doors & drawers, furniture parts, mouldings & trim, turnings, dimension stock, stair parts & specialty items. Industrial products include: pallets, reels, household utensils, crates, plus crossties and pellets.

Influential participants share what they learned about European materials and design on joint tour sponsored by NKBA and SICAM.

We ask five industry executives their forecasts for 2025. Predictions indicate upward trends, return of housing, but questions for political transition.

From Jan. 1 to Nov. 18, when FDMC magazine went to press, visitors to the Woodworking Network website viewed news, features, best practices, and other informative posts to the tune of nearly 4.1 million times. Provided is a retrospective on the top news stories the past year.

Create a dashboard that keeps you in control of your whole operation.

Gene Wengert, the "Wood Doctor," also answers questions about the value of flooded lumber and dealing with brittle pine.

In addition to being a popular species for furniture, American cherry is a good domestic cabinet wood due to its warm red tone and dramatic grain cathedrals.

Tech tools take some new learning skills.

Each month in FDMC Magazine we feature the 'Notable Nine Online', nine stories that were the most viewed and engaged with from WoodworkingNetwork.com over the past month. The following stories were chosen by our readers by what they were most interested in from October 12, 2024, to November 13, 2024.