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

One of the easiest ways to give an old piece of furniture a fresh new look is by painting it. But if you’re not a painting professional or are new to the challenging world of DIY, painting furniture ...

Knowing how to paint wooden furniture can help you out in a multitude of ways, especially if you want to inject colour into ...

Few do-it-yourself home improvement projects deliver as much satisfaction for the effort as painting a piece of furniture. Especially if you snagged the furniture at the ReStore or Thrifty Shop — or ...

Sanding is universally accepted as a standard step when painting laminate furniture, but it is also considered to be one of the most time-consuming and fiddly. The good news is that with careful ...

At every talk I give on downsizing, the subject of handing furniture off to grown kids comes up. And every time I deliver the bad news: The kids don’t want your stuff. Invariably, parents moan and ...

And why does the green family work? Greens instantly mesh with the wood, as both are so prominent in nature. The combo ...

This once mahogany dresser belonged to the author’s parents. Some years ago, the author’s daughter painted it white, and just recently transformed it again by painting it Deep Jungle Green. It’s now ...