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Prunus serotina, commonly called black cherry, wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a woody plant species belonging to the genus Prunus. This cherry is native to eastern North America: from eastern Canada through southern Quebec and Ontario; south through the eastern United States to Texas and central Florida; with disjunct p

Colonial architecture in America can actually be traced back to the early 1600's with the first English settlements at Jamestown and Plymouth. More commonly however, Colonial is considered to have spanned the time from the first colonies in the 1700s, through the Georgian period, and ending in the early part of the 19th century. While broadly appli

Have you ever put hours and hours of sanding into a gorgeous piece of Cherry, carefully tack clothed everything and meticulously applied your first coat of stain, only to be horrified by what looks like handprints on the wood? You are not alone. Cherry can be a nasty customer to stain. It has a very tight closed grain that absorbs stain somewhat un

We are happy to announce that we now are offering all 18 varieties of the popular Bartley Gel Stains. As you probably know, the Bartley Gel Stains have developed a reputation for their beauty and ease of use. The real beauty of Bartley’s Gel Stains is how easy they are to apply. Plus, they have very low odor.And because they are Gels, they can be u