From scraping to sanding to priming to painting, it’s delightful once you figure out how to avoid the pitfalls.

Most homes will have a piece of pine furniture – perhaps a bedside table or a whole chest of drawers. This orange pine – often varnished or waxed – can be particularly hard to paint over, especially ...

Depending what type of material you’re painting and how it will be used, a surface like Arborite or melamine on a counter or ...

Designers and brands are relying on decorative painted furniture to add a pop of personality to a space. Just as hand-painted family crests, monograms, and even tattoos are all tools for expression, ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. At a Christie’s sale in Paris late last year, a painted “Etruscan” armchair that once adorned Marie Antoinette’s ...

Most collectors crave certainty, the knowledge that a desirable object can be attributed to an individual of outstanding merit. And for the most part, that’s what dealers deliver—except when it comes ...