A fun bit of serendipity - Arvid's Woods

In putting in the new flooring, I had to remove the old molding. I can re-use a lot of it but some sections are really beat up - deep dents and scratches as though some furniture was pushed up against it repeatedly.

I want to replace this but I cannot find anything that matches at any of the home builder places in town. Lots of people are willing to make it custom for me but it would come at a custom price. Not willing to spend that much for a simple piece of molding.

There was a maker's mark on the back of the molding: Arvid's Historic Woods and for the hell of it, I googled the name and they are still in business - now named D & D Millwork. From their about page:

About D & D Millwork
For more than 25 years D & D Millwork, formerly operating as Arvid's Historic Woods, has been the number one choice of contractors and homeowners when it comes to custom millwork materials. D & D Millwork carries a wide variety of hardwood and softwood lumber, moldings, and plywood materials.  Additionally, we supply our customers with options on standard and custom doors, stair systems, columns, mantles, moldings and millwork.  Our 9,000 square foot on-site shop located in Lynnwood, WA provides the space needed for any size job, large or small.

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Very cool - our house was built about 40 years ago - it will be fun to see if they still stock the same molding. Mailing off a sample to them for a quote on Tuesday.

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