Placing wood furniture outdoors and exposing it to the elements can seem a bit tricky, since things like moisture and sunlight can affect the finish. It can be helpful to locate some of the best ...

Stain blockers are special paint primers with unique ability. These primers don’t just improve adhesion of paint, as ordinary primers do, but can block out difficult surface stains that would ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 70th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

Q: The south-facing side of our screen porch gets intense sun. Two years ago, it was sanded, stained and varnished with what we thought was the best exterior marine varnish. Now it needs to be ...