To paint or not to paint original woodwork is a perennial question for homeowners, architects and designers who live in and renovate old homes. Often, the answer depends on the owner’s preference, the ...

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 surface. Wood prep is 95 percent of a good painting job, and the first ...

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 ...

Painting wood floors is a good option if they're too damaged to be sanded or stained, but it's a permanent alteration you ...

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

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 ...

The first apartment I rented as a poor twenty-something had crappy wood floors that were painted brown, a fact I never much thought about until years later, after I bought my first house and had to ...

One real estate agent referred to the décor trend as ‘the great divider of people.’ By Eve M. Kahn This article is part of our latest Design special report, about creative people finding fresh ways to ...