Category: General

  • Craft Pride

    Our customer Gilbert Rose certainly takes pride in his craft. He was the master craftsman on site at Craft Pride, a new bar on Rainey Street in Austin that specializes in Texas microbreweries and draft beer. He re-floored the whole building and set a wood inlay in the floor under a chandelier- map of Texas…

  • James Hardie Sporting Clays Shoot

    On Friday, February 8, James Hardie Building Products sponsored a Sporting Clays Shoot at the Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club. Builders, remodelers, wholesalers, and lumber companies all got together to have fun, to get to know each other, and to compete for prizes. We all celebrated the event afterward with a BBQ lunch. Here…

  • Setting the Stage at Kealing Middle School

    Kealing Middle School’s Theatre teacher, Laurie Pena, approached Eastside Lumber and Decking for assistance on a project. The school-wide Spring Musical had big dreams for their staging and little budget. Eastside agreed to donate and deliver all the lumber needed to build out the performance space and complete a platform. After reviewing the drawings to…

  • Ranch Carpentry – Ipe Fence, Front Porch, and TV Cover

    We really enjoy our customers and hearing about their projects. John Jones of Ranch Carpentry works on a variety of projects from hip restaurants to home remodeling. Most of Johnny’s work is gained by word of mouth referrals from customers. So we are sharing a peek at his work here.  You can reach John at 512-743-2968.  …

  • Eastside Lumber & Decking Sponsors Art Installation by Ink Tank Labs

    “Armageddon Outta Here” : Ink Tank Labs created an End of the World/Winter Solstice/Galactic Convergence Party and Food Drive December 21st, 2012, 7pm Project Space, 613 Allen, Austin, Texas 78702 Invitation from the artists: On December 21st, 2012, Co-Lab will be fortified and buttressed, made a haven and a refuge; a new Arc. We will…

  • Helping Eagle Scouts Earn Their Badges

    Eastside Lumber & Decking supports Eagle Scouts through mentoring and supplying materials for their built projects. To receive an Eagle Scout Badge, the young men have to design a project that helps their community. They learn how to get the help they need to make it happen. The goal is to become competent and independent.…

  • Mobile Gardening Tool Shed

    A group of students at The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Architecture designed and built a mobile gardening tool shed to be used by the Holly Neighborhood. Eastside Lumber & Decking provided some of the lumber they needed. Eastside also delivered directly to the Architecture School materials that the classes needed for hands-on…

  • Art + Eastside Delivery Truck = “Gone Wrong”

      The guys at Eastside Lumber & Decking also have a creative streak, sponsoring Ink Tank Labs, East Austin artists, in supplying them with lumber to build art installations that include a post-apocolyptic survival bunker. In 2011, Ink Tank Labs created an installation on Rosewood Avenue for the East Austin Studio Tour. Eastside’s driver backed…