Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Instead of painting old wood furniture, easily refresh the stained finish with a new coat of stain and a dark wax without sanding or stripping the original stain. The goal for this cedar chest was to ...

Mauro paints wood paneling; Lee shears shrubs; Nathan builds a daycare mud kitchen. Mauro Henrique discusses how he sees color, and shares some of his favorite colors to use for projects; Then, he ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Before you toss out an old piece of wood furniture, consider giving it new life with a fresh coat of paint; but it might be time to put down ...

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 ...

After browsing reclaimed hardwoods and engineered alternatives with the couple, Billy came up with a vastly more cost-effective solution: Lay inexpensive strip oak floors for about $2 per square foot ...

Living in a 1920s-era house and, for years, periodically scraping peeling paint from its wood siding before repainting, we’ve decided that this is the summer to do a more comprehensive job and remove ...