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 ...

As I put a ladder up against the front-porch roof one day last month, my neighbor shouted from across the street, “Painting the house?” “Nope,” I said. “Painting the gutters.” She was perplexed, ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

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 ...

One of the easiest ways to give an old piece of furniture a fresh new look is by painting it. But if you’re not a painting professional or are new to the challenging world of DIY, painting furniture ...