Learn how to paint old furniture like a pro with Chalk Paint in four easy steps. The hardest part is choosing which beautiful color to use! I am a sloppy painter and an impatient one, too. What I love ...

From scraping to sanding to priming to painting, it’s delightful once you figure out how to avoid the pitfalls. Painting an old chair: harder than it looks. Credit... Supported by By Tim Heffernan ...

America’s long-standing love affair with dark wood furniture, while far from finished, may at least be waning as more consumers express a willingness to embrace pieces with painted, rather than ...

Now it's grown into a full-time operation, but Saved by Design started when Jen Beck and her mom decided to paint and sell a ...

Q-I have an old painted chest that I want to put in a spare room. I know you can paint old furniture to give it a wood-grain finish without having to strip down to the raw wood. Can you tell me how? A ...

"It depends on the quality of the piece and of the painting," says Sophie Williamson. Practically speaking, this may be most significant if you're thinking you might offload the piece down the line.

When I deliver the bad news, I get the same reaction at every talk I give on downsizing: The kids don’t want your stuff. Invariably, parents moan, and adult children cheer. “Don’t believe me?” I ask. ...

Children's rooms tend to take on a new look more often than adult bedrooms purely because they – and their tastes – change so quickly and intensely over a short period of time. 'This is where kids' ...

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