Hastings Park Childcare Centre, in Vancouver, is a fantastic 7,100 square foot facility that sits beautifully located on Renfrew Street on a sloped hill facing mountain views and opening out to a lovely view of the racetrack.  It has 44 licensed child care spaces for infants up to 5 years old. The program is operated [...]

Here is a beautiful home on the lake in Nelson, BC,  built by Purcell Timber Frames, who also hail from Nelson. CBR Products worked closely with Purcell and Co. to come up with a custom colour, in our Broda Pro-Tek-Tor SLT (Siding Log & Timber), for the trim on this building. The colour was coined [...]

The South Bonson Community Centre is the heart of the Pitt Meadow community of Bonson.  The setting is beautifully located on the banks of the Fraser River on the site of an old saw mill. There are clusters of townhouses, condos, and a small grouping of supporting retail shops with the Community Centre sitting proudly in [...]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and we’re all ready for a nice break to spend time with friends and family. And we know you’ve all been waiting for this too. It’s been an awesome year for us at CBR with new products being developed, old products being tweeked to perform even better, [...]

‘Mill Glaze’ is something a lot of people seem to forget about, most likely because they can’t ‘see’ it, however it is more than likely sitting there right underneath your nose silently waiting to hinder your staining attempts. ‘Mill Glaze’ is a fine oily residue left over on your freshly milled timbers from the blades [...]

Was the question I asked on a recent request for a colour match from one of our esteemed clients. “I want the wood to look like it has been pulled from a bonfire” he said to me as I stood there looking confused. Wow, I thought, now that sounds like a challenge if ever I [...]

As Whistler locals, you would have to say Travis and Alison Kayes are living the dream. During the spring, summer and fall, as Blackstone Painting, they work hard on coating and restoration projects throughout the valley. Then in the winter they take time off for their other passion – skiing and boarding at Whistler Blackcomb [...]

Students of Burnaby BC’s Chaffey Burke Elementary School are buzzing with excitement as they complete one of the largest murals in the lower mainland that illustrates an ecosystem through the flight of bees, one of our most vital species. In preparation for painting the 110ft. long wall, environmental artist Todd Polich has been working with [...]