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 ...

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 ...

Going Rustic: A Guide to Painting Old Wooden Furniture Old furniture comes in two categories: a shabby old piece you fell in love with at a second hand store that just needs a little bit of love, or, ...

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Several years later, they decided, without consulting me, that mahogany was out and that a fruitwood finish would look better. Piece by piece, the furniture disappeared into the garage along with my ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...