Whether you're furnishing your first home or just want to spruce up your decor, integrating antique and hand-me-downs can add a classic look infused with nostalgia to your home. Unfortunately, older ...

Stripping furniture is a messy, time-consuming process. And sometimes the results aren’t as great as you had hoped. Fortunately, you don’t always have to resort to stripping to restore your furniture ...

It looks straightforward. An upholstered piece of furniture is little more than fabric stapled or tacked to a padded frame, right? In fact, there’s far more to achieving the crisp perfection and deep ...

That’s it—enjoy your newly finished furniture. In 24 hours, you’ve refinished a piece of furniture, saved some cash, and possibly avoided tossing something in a landfill. Yes, You Can Refinish (Some) ...

Q: We acquired a Knabe baby grand piano from a neighbor whose grandfather purchased it in the 1920s. The wood is really dull, and we’d like to be able to polish or refinish it without damaging the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The home improvement trend is going strong, but there are some big obstacles to furnishing that spruced-up space. You could wait months for a new couch or dresser. An alternative?

While the craft of chair caning takes years to learn and perfect, Emily Uphill can’t help but think her skill at the trade might be a bit genetic, too. After all, she learned to weave cane and other ...

For anyone who grew up in the ‘90s or early 2000s, it was an experience—the animatronic animals, the indoor thunderstorms, the feeling that you’d stepped into another world for an hour or two. While ...

LANCASTER - Dan Werner has turned his love of bringing old items back to life into his new business. On July 3 he opened Werner's Handwerks Art & Restoration at 1300 A2 Collins Road. Werner restores a ...

Dear Helaine and Joe: I would like to have my chairs restored, but would first like to know if they are worth anything. I don’t want to spend too much restoring them. I purchased the pair at a thrift ...