Q: Hi, We recently got a teak dining set and I'm concerned about how we're going to keep it safe. We have a 9 month old daughter, so I need to protect it in a way that's super durable but also safe. ...
What‘s the first thing you do when you see a beautiful piece of furniture? If you’re touchy-feely like me, you slowly run your fingers across its surface. Woodworkers employ a number of tools to...
I have to admit that I bugged out after first reading shellac's list of ingredients. You see, shellac isn’t your average furniture finish. It’s not made in a lab with a toxic concoction of unpr...
Q: Two days after closing on our first home, a 1936 Colonial Revival house, we exuberantly painted the interiors with the help of twelve gracious relatives. After three months in the house, we are l...
My mouth dropped open yesterday when I saw this gorgeous yellow room on design*sponge. It wasn't just the color that caught my eye but the beautiful wash effect (not to mention the David Lance Goine...
Q: We have a teak mid-century Danish modern dining table. The table has good bones but the surface is incredibly damaged. Keep it or dump it? If I keep it, how do I refinish it? Sent by Karin...
Do you like color but not sure you want a whole room painted? Or maybe you have a piece of furniture or a door that needs repainting you haven't yet figured out what color to paint it?...
After a monumental DIY fail with my stairs last week, I've had to regroup in order to move forward with the project. Today, I get down to business, and I'm about to show you how....
Cord covers remind me of the scrunchies that used to be popular as ponytail holders. Wasn't there a Sex In The City episode about the uncool-ness of scrunchies? Are cord covers equally uncool?...
Donald Kaufman's full spectrum paints have been mentioned time and again here by Apartment Therapy readers. For a closer look, here is a gallery of residences where his paints are used and their pal...
Q: I finally finished painting my entire apartment, and have been really pleased with all my other paint choices — navy, chocolate brown, turquoise, gray— until the last room, my kitchen...
IKEA's Frosta stool, a $12.99 version of an original Alvar Aalto design, is by now known to most as an affordable and versatile seating/side table option. It comes in a clear lacquered birch veneer ...
Today is a big day. After getting the thumbs-up from my landlord, I've started work on my staircase, which I asked for advice on in a previous post. Click through to see how it all goes down....
Q: Hi! I am wondering if anyone can tell me a safe and inexpensive way to strip a lamp like this of the color so that it is just clear glass? I have two — one in green and one in amber. I know t...
Young House Love is a website about "two young people falling in love with their first house." Sherry and John renovated their entire home, and they did an incredible job....
My color personality? In just twenty questions, House Beautiful's Color Personality Quiz claims to help you determine a fitting color direction for your home......
We can't think of color in our home without remembering the colors we unearthed from owners-gone-by. The oldest layer we uncovered during renovation of our home was the saturated green in the photo ...
Until recently, I had a rather elementary understanding of adhesives. (Elementary in the sense that, like a third grader, I was overly fond of peeling dried Elmer’s off my fingertips.) But woodwor...
Good question! Here’s one for the archives, and the answer depends on many things. Do you have children or animals — those twin enemies of beauty/essences of beauty, depending on the day? I...
Before Fall Colors starts, we just wanted to get this black wall out of our system. We're loving the idea of using black on bumpy, imperfect walls like the ones pictured here......
Normally on Apartment Therapy, readers send in their questions in search of advice. You all are such a great resource that I just can't resist sharing my own dilemma - the entrance stairway into my ...
WOW — check out this is beautifully crafted kitchen re-design in Brooklyn Heights! Stefanie Brechbuehler, LEED AP and Robert Highsmith of Workstead did this custom job with a budget of only $1...
We’ve all thought about it. Some of us have done it. Buying a quaint little home somewhere remote and checking out from society. I recently succumbed to the temptation while on vacation and went a...
Check out these hand painted walls from Devon’s in Provincetown. Artist Denny Camino used simple, child-like shapes and patterns to create one-of-a-kind wall art....
Q: I just bought a gorgeous wood mid century modern dining set on craigslist that was a real bargain, but the table has a formica top. I was wondering if people have suggestions about whether the fo...
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