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Kim's Spalted Maple Kitchen Table
Customer project from Kim, a long time customer at Windsor Plywood Langley Spalted Maple 40" x 108" kitchen table with custom-made heavy-duty steel table legs. It was treated with only a natural oil finish and clear water-based floor finish for...
Brett's Live Edge Maple Table Project
A project shared from Windsor Plywood head office. It was created by an employees husband, Brett, and given to their daughter as a Christmas present. It was Brett's first live edge table and definitely won't be his last. Excellent work!...
Mappa Entertainment Cabinet by Kimwood
The customer project was shared from the Windsor Plywood Langley store. The following pictures is from the first cut of the slab, to the finished product. The materials used for this project were poplar lumber and plywood, paint and the...
Jonnys Handcrafted Live Edge Aspen Table
A customer project shared from the Windsor Plywood Edmonton West Facebook page. Jonny handcrafted the table from a large slab of Aspen live edge. Aspen is a light-weight wood that features a sought after straight grain. Aspen is also a...
Harry's Table Made from Bush Woods
The following project was shared by a fan of the Windsor Plywood Blog. Send in your projects to share today! This is my first real wood project. Been a metal guy all my life, so after retiring, I thought I...
Bring Out the Shine! Parota Mantel with Clear Finish
A project shared from the Windsor Plywood Calgary South Facebook page. Parota mantel with a semi-gloss clear coat. What is Parota? Click this link to learn more.
Marc's Edgy Drawer Project
The following was a submission from Marc D to the projects@windsorplywood.com Marc's wife wanted a small table with drawers for the front entrance to put keys, gloves, etc. He scoured the internet for an idea and came up with this...
Adam's Walnut Live Edge Coffee Table
Adam is a customer of Windsor Plywood Leduc. He sent in some pics of a coffee table he built from a couple of pieces of Live Edge Walnut. Finished with a clear epoxy, the end result is gorgeous!! Very well...
New Custom Countertops for Windsor Plywood Store
The manager from Windsor Plywood Bellingham, decided it was time to take out the old countertops and make more room for their customers. His hard-working staff put in some extra hours and tore out the old counter. It was quite...
Maple Table Top with Cherry Inlays
The Windsor Plywood Cranbrook store was working on another project in the wood shop. This time it maple plank table with cherry inlays. The table is 38" wide by 96" long. It's crafted from 2" thick by 4" to 6"...
Custom Rocking Chair by Alistair
Hi my name is Alistair, I live in Calgary AB. Below is a rocking chair I built from a variety of wood. It is made from walnut, cherry, ash, poplar and spruce most of which were purchased from the south...
Bob and the Wooden Dragon
Bob is a customer of Windsor Plywood Kamloops. Bob loves to make unusual and intricate wood projects like this incredible intarsia dragon he made as a surprise for his son. All the wood is the natural colour of wood with...
Custom-Made Storage Cedar Shed | Employee Project
Windsor Plywood Calgary employee Brian, built a custom-made cedar storage shed. This style of shed sits on the side of a house. The shed was created to fit specific landscaping tools and his trusty lawn cutting equipment. The doors open...
Folded Berlinia Table by Gellhaus Woodworks
The ever talented Gellhaus Woodworks bought a beauty piece of Berlinia from Windsor Plywood Sherwood Park and wrapped it with a Wenge edge. Below was the picture gallery and information from the owner, Bart. For more fantastic pictures of furniture,...
Tamarindo Wooden Bench with "Creepy Eyes"
The picture was courtesy of Sherwood Park Windsor Plywood. For more projects, be sure to follow their Instagram account at: #windsorsherwoodpark or Facebook page. A slab of Tamarindo made into a bench with some "creepy eyes" in it. Bench oiled...
Wagons Ho!
These chuck wagons were made for the Sam Steele Parade. The Windsor Plywood store in Cranbrook donated 6000 feet of veneer to make the wheels for the wagons. They were used for chuck wagon races. The races were composed of...
Windsor Plywood Gingerbread House Wins Contest and Donates Funds Back to Charity
Windsor Plywood Cranbrook has claimed first prize in the Gingerbread House contest for the local Boys and Girls Club. Owner Steve has donated the entire $500 prize back to the Boys and Girls Club charity. An additional $140 was also...
Rustic Barn Door Table Project
The crew at the Windsor Plywood Cranbrook store were at it again. This time it was repurposing a rustic barn door and using all the parts to make a table. Additional pieces of wood were cut for the legs and...
How to Age Wood Using Vinegar, Steel Wool and Tea
It's easy to get that rustic, aged look of wood with a few simple steps and common household materials. When this process applied to a new piece of wood, it can help match the new piece, to a naturally aged...
Graham's Kitchen Project
The Windsor Plywood store in Coquitlam shared these pictures of a customer kitchen project. All the wood in the kitchen was purchased from the local store and built by a customer. The wood used for this project were domestic maple...
Windsor Plywood Donates Materials to UBC SailBot Project
Every year more than 60 students from the University of British Columbia come together to design and build a fully autonomous sailboat, a Sailbot. This summer, a team of engineering students from the University of British Columbia is hoping its...