Q: My childhood dresser is beautiful but the wood stain looks faded. I’d love to update it with fresh paint and new hardware, but I’ve heard that you can’t get good results painting over stain. Is ...

Q: New doorway with new casing and new skimcoat on the wall. Should I stain casing (walnut) first or paint (light green) wall first? I'm thinking I can paint over stain on wall but can't stain ...

It was when I started to decorate my apartment that I first realized I had a problem: I had watched entirely too much HGTV growing up and spent way too much time perusing the pages of Martha Stewart ...

Q: We have a concrete patio around our pool that is about 30 years old, and I would like to stain it to give it some color and character. The area of the concrete is about 3,000 square feet. Is this ...

You can save about $800 by staining an average-sized 350-square-foot deck yourself, and about $4,000 if you're refinishing a typical 2,300-square-foot house. But think twice: "Never again!" was the ...

With summer in full swing, families are enjoying the outdoors more often and taking the opportunity to do exterior home improvements. Unsurprisingly, staining a wood deck is often at the top of the to ...

Q: New doorway with new casing and new skim coat on the wall. Should I stain casing (walnut) first or paint (light green) wall first? I’m thinking I can paint over stain on wall but can’t stain ...