From scraping to sanding to priming to painting, it’s delightful once you figure out how to avoid the pitfalls.

Q: Is it possible to paint over wood stained a dark walnut color? There is so much of it in our house – cabinets, trim and so forth. I don’t want to have to sand them. A: There is no need to sand ...

Paint and wood don’t play well together because wood has a propensity to expand and contract when it gets wet and then dries. Most paints can’t take this back-and-forth motion and eventually crack and ...

With a long history stretching back to medieval times, wood paneling has had just as many "eras" as Taylor Swift. From the elegant wainscoting in Victorian mansions, to the groovy synthetic panels of ...

Designer/ TV personality David Bromstad smiling while holding a microphone - Desiree Navarro/Getty Images The Craftsman-style house is one of the enduring home designs from the early 1900s that can be ...

Q: I'm building a small deck in the backyard and for cosmetic reasons, am painting it rather than finishing the wood. So, being cost-conscious, I am wondering whether using a Douglas fir 2-by-6 versus ...

The first apartment I rented as a poor twenty-something had crappy wood floors that were painted brown, a fact I never much thought about until years later, after I bought my first house and had to ...

An exhibit spotlighting Iowa’s most famous artist opens next week at the Des Moines Art Center featuring two versions of what’s arguably Grant Wood’s most controversial work called “Sultry Night.” The ...