Q: My son knocked over one of our kitchen chairs and broke the top slat. It’s a Pottery Barn Isabella chair that we got in ...

This wobbly, old chair was made using mortise-and-tenon construction. There were nails in almost every joint. Always look for hidden nails if a joint doesn’t come apart easily, otherwise you’ll damage ...

Have you ever had a chair, or a barstool that the wood joints have gotten loose to the point where you are nervous about sitting on the chair? To fix it you would have to take it apart, and then glue ...