Most homes will have a piece of pine furniture – perhaps a bedside table or a whole chest of drawers. This orange pine – often varnished or waxed – can be particularly hard to paint over, especially ...

From scraping to sanding to priming to painting, it’s delightful once you figure out how to avoid the pitfalls. Painting an old chair: harder than it looks. Credit... Supported by By Tim Heffernan ...

The lavish use of deep raspberry and red evokes a passionate mood. Dear Debbie: We have a bedroom with a burgundy/pink carpet and dark-pine furniture. I'd like to paint the walls a color other than ...