Category: Hull Forest
Hull Forest Products Partners with National Wood Flooring Association
Flooring installers attending a National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) University class at the NYC District Carpenters Union in July 2018 were treated to lunch and a presentation by Hull Forest Products, Connecticut’s largest hardwood sawmill and a great resource for contractors in the New York/New Jersey and Boston metro areas. Flooring sales consultant Belinda Culp…
Hull Forest Products Wood Floors Earn Best of Houzz Award
Hull Forest Products just earned the “Best Of Houzz 2018” customer service award – the company’s sixth award in a row from Houzz.com, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. “We work hard to make wood floors like no one else, and we are thrilled that our American-grown and manufactured wide plank floors have…
Five Reasons To Love Live Sawn White Oak Floors
Live sawn White Oak floors are a customer favorite, with good reason. This type of wide plank wood flooring has beautiful and unique grain, is extremely durable, and offers excellent value. Read on to learn more of what’s to love about the live sawn cut: 1. Live sawing is a traditional method of sawing wood…
Wide Plank Wood Flooring In The Kitchen
Wide plank wood flooring in the kitchen? Yes. Wood adds a warm and organic element to what is often the most modern room in the house. Wood also contrasts well with sleek or metal kitchen surfaces. On trend for 2018, more homeowners are choosing to add wide plank flooring as a way to put their…
Students Study Sustainability at Hull Forest Products
Each year hundreds of students from local elementary schools, high schools, and colleges tour the Hull Forest Products sawmill in Pomfret, CT to learn about forestry and wood products manufacturing. 2017 school groups included students from Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Burrillville High School in Rhode Island, and the advanced environmental studies…
Wood Flooring Sets the Tone for the Contemporary Renovation of an Old House
Clients came to architects David Burdett and Stefanie Werner of DAS Studio in NYC with a design dilemma: their lakefront house did not take advantage of the property’s views. And the building was divided into many small rooms, creating awkward spaces that were not functional for contemporary living. The clients wanted a clean, light, and modern aesthetic, but they also wanted…
Five Sustainable Forestry Events Fall 2017
Hull Forest Products, the largest sawmill in the metro NYC and metro Boston area, as well as New England’s biggest producer of White Oak products, is hosting a series of FREE and FUN events during the month of October that highlight the value of local working forests and the forest economy. Open to the public, these events are designed…
Warming Up a White Kitchen with Wood Flooring
Looking for a modern kitchen that’s also cozy ? Consider adding wood flooring. For a primer on how to warm up an industrial space with warm wood tones, check out this white kitchen in Boston’s South End. The cooler elements (white brick, white macaubus quartzite, white cabinets) juxtapose with the warm variegation of the Hickory…
Four Events that Highlight Sustainable Forestry this Fall in Northeastern Connecticut
This fall Hull Forest Products is offering four free and fun events for the whole family that celebrate Connecticut’s working forests and locally grown wood products. We hope you can join us for one of these guided woods walks or for the Hull Forest Products sawmill tour, where you can watch us turn locally grown…