Kestrel Shutters & Doors – Blog
Interior / Exterior – Shutters and Doors
Kestrel Shutters & Doors – Blog
Interior / Exterior – Shutters and Doors
Kestrel Wood Doors
Recently many customers have asked us about the hardwood pegs found in our doors and shutters. These pegs and their mitered layout on a completed frame are a signature mark of Kestrel Shutters and Doors. The pegged mortise and tenon joint is a time honored cabinet makers joint with a use that extends very far …
A common misconception is that closet door hardware, especially hardware for sliding closet doors, requires a bottom track. The belief is that the bottom track helps support the weight of the doors as well as keep the doors aligned. The Johnson Hardware, that we supply with our closet doors, is actually designed the other way …
When it comes to closet doors, one of the most popular ways to mount them is as bifold doors. Basically this means that the doors are hinged together in pairs and will open and close in pairs. While there doesn’t seem like there would be much variation in the hardware for bifold doors there are …
Fabric prints and solids for both window shutters and interior doors are a really neat idea because it becomes so easy to change a room’s appearance with beautiful patterns and textures- Change the fabric panels throughout the seasons or by whim to update home decor without changing much of anything else. On display in our …
Soup & Nuts, Building a Shutter & Door Business. Kestrel was started entirely from scratch back in 1988 by my partner and me. We began developing some different wood products namely radius arbors, pergolas, for entrance ways and folding screens. We officially opened for business on May 4, 1989 under the name of Kestrel Manufacturing. …
Defining the Mortise and Tenon, Old and New The mortise and tenon joint is one of the oldest methods of joining two pieces of material together and certainly is still very much a mainstay in fine cabinetry work today. There are many references to mortise and tenon joinery throughout the ages. Historical monuments such as …