Dear Pat: I am planning to build some natural wood cabinets for my living room. I am trying to determine the most attractive method to finish the wood. Is it better to uses a stain or a dye on the ...

Materials to apply hair dye on a wooden surface - Ekaterina kkch/Shutterstock Imagine indulging in a DIY hair coloring session at home and feeling excited about how your new look will turn out.

Give new wood the look of age and character with this easy weathered wood tutorial. Using simple supplies and ...

Touch-up. When removing glue squeeze-out, sand with the grain using P220-grit sandpaper. Keep the block flat against the work to avoid rounding over an edge. Shield adjacent surfaces with a wide ...

It takes one bad decision to learn an important lesson about wood: The wrong stain can ruin it. For me, that lesson came with the deck my dad built on our house when I was in high school. After a ...

If you’ve got indoor wood to finish, you need to know about something generically called coloured finishing oils. A phone call from a contractor friend last month got me thinking about this approach ...

Refinishing orange-toned furniture can be a messy and time-consuming task for DIYers, but you can easily change the color of orange wood without stripping it.

Dear Pat: I am planning to build some natural wood cabinets for my living room. I am trying to determine the most attractive method to finish the wood. Is it better to uses a stain or a dye on the ...