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Home design trends and tips to enhance your lifestyle.Come celebrate with us. We have been serving Dallas for 100 years!
Come celebrate 100 years of serving the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. Founded as Davis-Johnson Lumber Co. in 1923 by Wirt Davis, a lawyer and noteworthy banker who would later be Chairman of the...
Beautiful lattice designs cause a complex millwork challenge!
Davis-Hawn partners with their clients to help them solve problems. Learn how our craftsmen solved a custom millwork problem for Coats Homes.
A sign of the times!
Groundhog Day is tomorrow! Based on this storm, you'd think we are in for a long winter, but this is Texas - let's wait a few days! These last few years have weathered us all quite a bit -...
LUMBER MARKET UPDATE – MAY 2022
Lumber and panel markets stabilized for now after drop in April Transportation (truck and rail) challenges buoying up otherwise bearish markets Memorial Day may bring new clarity to demand and...
It’s Déjà vu All Over Again!
December in the lumber business used to be relaxed and subdued – with traders off for the holidays, snowflakes slowing jobsites, mills taking maintenance downtime, and dealers paring inventories to...
Davis-Hawn acquires ACM
ACM Acquisition - Iconic Architectural Supply Company Now Part of Davis-Hawn Family Though Davis-Hawn has been in business since 1923, we were basically starting over in 1999 as the “little guy” in...
The Urge to Hoard – Insecurity and Market Forces at Play
What a fascinating time to watch human nature in the face of unprecedented supply disruptions! Every which way we turn, it seems we are running out of this or lead times are long on that. It’s hard...
Relief in Sight for Lumber Prices?
EXPANDED LUMBER MARKET UPDATE - JUNE 2021 There is a lot of news and talk about these record lumber and panel prices! Being a commodities market, prices change continually and have been highly...
The Timeless Joy of Restoration
Harold kick-started that old Yamaha, and as it came to life with the turn of his throttle I was catapulted back to 1971 - the year my Dad bought it new. Inspired by Steve McQueen in the movie On...
Shelter from the Storm
“It will never happen to me”. So we try to convince ourselves. In my striving for comfort, security and control, I so easily fool myself into believing I’m as bullet-proof as a teenage boy thinks. ...
Amos Moses and the Plumb Line
You may remember Jerry Reed as Cledus Snow. The “Snowman” was truckin’ eastbound and down with Fred the basset hound, as Bandit was clearing his path from Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason’s...
Save Money on Lumber Now – Here’s How!
LUMBER MARKET - September, 2020 As demand remains strong, mills control this market with sold-out production well into October Very little quick shipping wood available from mills, with lumberyards...