Q: My wife and I live in an older, rustic home, and we’d like to freshen it up with some paint. What’s the best paint for wood surfaces in our home, indoors and out? Is oil-based or water-based the ...

Painting your tired, old kitchen cabinets can be a messy and frustrating endeavor. To give them a new lease on life, try out this DIY project instead.

A coat of paint won’t fill or hide cracks, chips and other surface defects in the wood, and it won’t smooth an existing rough ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether it's a dresser you've had for years or a unique chair you found in an antique shop, there are a handful of creative ways ...

MINNEAPOLIS - When Somia Mourad first walked into the Kenwood home that she would buy, she saw dark-stained oak woodwork mixed with white woodwork on much of the main level. In the kitchen, three ...

When Somia Mourad first walked into the Minneapolis home that she would buy, she saw dark-stained oak woodwork mixed with white woodwork on much of the main level. In the kitchen, three different wood ...

Here are some tips on painting woodwork. Things we’ll look at include brushes, buckets, rollers and preparing the woodwork. For quick touchups, use a small, inexpensive foam brush. Avoid the wide foam ...

A quick search on our own Brownstoner Forum, or in any old house/restoration magazine or website, will soon come up with someone asking about painting and woodwork. The following is a timeline of what ...

Unless you're moving into a brand new home, most of the woodwork will already have been painted or treated at some time in the past. Some will be in good condition, and just need a new coat of paint ...