Depending on your home’s age and style, you may have wood trim around your windows, doors, baseboards and ceiling. While contemporary-style homes are less likely to have extensive visible trim, some ...

A coat of paint won’t fill or hide cracks, chips and other surface defects in the wood, and it won’t smooth an existing rough surface. You have to fill and smooth the woodwork first. Wash the woodwork ...

To paint or not to paint original woodwork is a perennial question for homeowners, architects and designers who live in and renovate old homes. Often, the answer depends on the owner’s preference, the ...

As a homeowner you will have to address painting in your home at one time or another. One project that can totally transform a space is painting the woodwork. Out of date kitchen cabinets, doors and ...

Here are some tips on painting woodwork. Things we'll look at include brushes, buckets, rollers and preparing the woodwork. For quick touch-ups, use a small, inexpensive foam brush. Avoid the wide ...

Here are some tips on painting woodwork. Things we’ll look at here include brushes, buckets, rollers and preparing the woodwork. For quick touchups, use a small, inexpensive foam brush. Avoid the wide ...

Q.I’m embarrassed to say that I’ve never painted walls or woodwork. My dad always did it, and I had no interest in helping. I now need to know how to paint, as I just bought my first home. I tried ...

When Somia Mourad first walked into the Minneapolis home that she would buy, she saw dark-stained oak woodwork mixed with white woodwork on much of the main level. In the kitchen, three different wood ...

Many vintage homes today are seeing their wood staircases, wainscoting, baseboards and beams receive coat upon coat of paint. Yet even as the slathered millwork remains wet, emotions are running high ...