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 ...

My mother and I have a running decor battle going on in our shared home. I want to paint over all the 1980s pine with fresh, white paint. She says she’ll burn the dang place down before she lets that ...

Q: I live in a condo development. The association is requiring owners to paint their patio fences. The fences were made of pretreated wood and were painted gray. The paint has never stayed on very ...

Q. My windows are double-hung wood sash and I seem to have a problem when painting them on the inside. Is there a recommended sequence I should follow that will enable me to paint the two sash units ...

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Knowing how to paint wooden furniture can help you out in a multitude of ways, especially if you want to inject colour into your home or breathe new life into old furniture. But there’s a technique ...