We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. How do you decide if refinishing a piece of furniture is worth the effort? As a professional woodworker, I get asked these questions regularly ...

Refinishing a previously painted dresser is simple with the proper tools and chemicals. Allow the beauty of natural woodgrain to shine through by following these simple steps to bring your favorite ...

The lacquer was chipping away from my midcentury modern dining chairs – one of which also had a wobbly leg – when I contacted two refinishers to inquire about a makeover. The estimates they gave were ...

All it took was an orbital sander, some elbow grease, and determination to see it through. I really needed another dresser, and I didn’t want to pay a couple hundred bucks for some piece of fast ...

Q: Attached is the image of an old dresser that’s been in our family for a long time. My husband has not let me refinish it because it might have some value. It still has original drawer pulls and ...

The lacquer was chipping away from my mid-century modern dining chairs — one of which also had a wobbly leg — when I contacted two refinishers to inquire about a makeover. The estimates they gave were ...

Learn how to start a furniture refinishing business. If you are looking to get started with a restoring furniture business, it requires little start-up investment and is a great way to work from home.

A heavy layer of CitriStrip sat on the piece for about 30 minutes before the work of scraping it off began. Tung oil was used to finish the piece to bring out its natural color. BETSY KORNELIS/SPECIAL ...

Everyone reading this remembers the three R's from elementary school, right? You know: reading, (w)riting and (a)rithmetic. Clearly, spelling had nothing to do with them. But working with old and/or ...

They started refinishing vintage dressers to help pay the bills, but some DIY dilettantes have found that sharing their projects on social media brings the real revenue. Kara Ward became a furniture ...