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Congratulations to Evan Doty for Being Awarded Outstanding Citizen Award

We are very proud of Evan Doty, one of our sales representatives at Boulder Lumber. Evan was recently awarded the Outstanding Citizen Award from the Boulder Police Department. He received this honor for his bravery and willingness to assist in the arrest of a suspect who was fleeing police officers...

Choosing the Best Christmas Tree

The Christmas tree is the centerpiece of holiday decorating for many families, but how do you choose the very best one for your home, family and celebration? Real or Artificial? One of the biggest arguments about choosing Christmas trees is about whether real or artificial trees are best. There are...

Are You Doing Enough to Build Your Brand?

Building a brand is as essential to a business as building character is to a person. As with character, the process involves balancing nature and nurture, reality and perception, planning and improvisation. It requires self-awareness, commitment to growth, and patience. Design/build remodelers have...

4 Must-Haves for Generating High-Quality Remodeling Leads

Let me guess. You need more remodeling leads.If you tried digital marketing in 2015, you likely employed a combination of: email marketing social media website re-design And let me guess: few of the “leads” you received from these marketing initiatives turned into revenue-generating jobs. You’re...

Do You Want to Be a Contractor or a Construction Business Owner?

Many remodelers launch a company without a business plan or any written goals. If that description fits, and if your business is close to the $1 million in sales threshold, or if you want to grow past that milestone, you’re at an important crossroads. You need to decide whether you will remain a...

How to get a General Contractor’s License

If you’re thinking of going into business as a contractor, it’s important to note that all states require contractors to be licensed. In addition, licensing laws are not universal across all 50 states. So, just because you’ve obtained a license in one state, doesn’t mean it would be legal to work...

Tips for Final Walk-Through Success

The final walk-through of a home remodeling project is an exciting time for both the client and the contractor. It’s the moment when you can demonstrate the fruits of your labor and marvel at the transformation. For contractors, it’s also a key time to emphasize customer service and make sure that...

Contractor Tips: Shopping for Your Remodel

Though remodeling a home is an expensive endeavor, smart shopping can be one of the best ways to ensure your customer can get the most features and best results possible, within their budget. A lot of factors come into play here. The general rule of thumb, which is that superior quality materials...

Home Maintenance Tips for the First-time Buyer

With first-time homebuyers, there is no shortage of one thing: excitement. That’s a good thing, because that excitement is fuel for all of the many things that come into play when buying a house. Many times though, this excitement can cause homebuyers to overlook such things as routine home...

Garage Makeover Projects

Every garage owner knows the luxury of their extra storage space— at least until it becomes full. They soon learn how quickly that luxury can become a burden. Garage clutter isn’t something that happens overnight. It builds slowly, right under your nose until before you know it, you begin to lose...

Which Home Improvements Pay Off?

To answer this question correctly, first you must decide what the “payoff” means. If a home improvement is meant to improve your life or that of your family, then you can’t discount the value there. By simply living in your home and enjoying what you’ve done, you’re essentially getting your...

Tips for Building a Stair Case

Building a stair case can be an intimidating endeavor, regardless of skill level. Most of the time though, only a simple staircases is needed. No need for elaborate spirals and exotic materials -- just the basics. Any staircase, regardless of design, has certain things in common. In its basic form,...

Tips for Building a Screened In Patio

If you’re tired of the bugs and a little too much nature while you’re out on your patio, then maybe it’s time to screen things in. Luckily, if your patio as an overhang attached to the house, then much of the framing is already done for you. The rest is as simple as attaching a top and bottom plate...

Coping Baseboard with a Miter Saw

Miter saws do an excellent job at cutting consistent, perfect angles. The problem is, in the real world most walls are not consistent or perfect. To deal with this, rather than using trial and error while trying to get the perfect angle, most carpenters use a technique known as coping. Coping is a...

Getting Your Kids Involved With Your Wood Projects

Kids are naturally creative. With them always learning, changing and doing new things, creativity is a natural byproduct. It’s who they are. However, the one thing that kids may value even more than making things is spending time with family. Woodworking is a hobby that can carry throughout a...

Contractor Tips: Top Home Remodeling Don'ts

There are a lot of challenges for today’s contractors. Keeping up-to-date with the latest tools and techniques, regulations and codes alone can keep them busy. The challenge of running a business has enough pitfalls on its own. When it comes to the contractor’s bread-and-butter, the remodeling job,...

What Every Contractor Should do Before Starting a Job

Okay, let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way. Before starting any job, make sure it is one that you have the knowledge, equipment, manpower and time, to finish safely for both you and the homeowner. Assuming all qualifications, licensing and insurance are in order, what’s left? For contractors,...

Snow Removal Safety Tips

For those who live in the colder climates, snow removal comes with the territory. Unlike mowing the lawn, it’s not the type of job that you can simply get to when it’s most convenient. Often, snow removal is needed at the most un-opportune of times. Usually, it’s when you need to be going to work...

Picking the Perfect Floor: Carpet, Tile, Hardwood

Deciding on the right flooring for your home can seem like an overwhelming decision to make. You’re likely drawing from your personal tastes, while at the same time tempering them with practical thinking. As you are probably already aware, flooring can become quite costly --depending on your choice...

Preparing For a New Year of DIY Projects

As most homeowners know, your “to do” list of projects never really gets completely crossed out. The bottom of the list just keeps getting longer. The rewarding part is, that the results of your work are around you every day. It’s what keeps you going. As the year draws to an end, it’s a good time...

How to Choose a Remodeling Contractor

At first glance, it would seem like the easiest way to find a remodeling contractor would be to just Google them. Of course if you did so, you’ll probably find more than enough candidates to choose from. And surely they must be the right ones for the job, because their website says so, right? Truth...

How to Build a Shower That Won’t Leak

If you are renovating your bathroom or just installing a shower in a new one, one way to ensure that it won’t leak is to buy a manufactured shower enclosure. If you’re looking for something a little bit more unique, then you can install a shower pan of your own that works with your bathroom’s shape...

Basement Finishing Tips

Generally, the forward thinking concept of building a home in which the owner may someday use the basement as a living space wasn’t widely practiced until the 1950s and 1960s. Older homes had basements which were primarily a place to keep the furnace and other utilities, as well as storing things...

How to Install a Pre-hung Exterior Door

Installing a new door to the exterior of your home will add safety, security, comfort and lasting curb appeal. It used to be a job that only the most skilled carpenters could tackle successfully. With the advent of pre-hung doors however, this once complex and intricate feat of carpentry can now be...

Lumber & Building Material Industry In 2015

Though the lumber and building material industry had suffered from a weakened demand during the years leading up to 2015 (because of the slowdown of building construction during the economic recession), the first half of 2015 has been part of a rapid rebound. Fewer housing starts meant an increase...