The Advocate

Hoping kids will cherish your old furniture? Try giving it an on-trend coat of paint.

Back in the 1950s, when my parents were newly married, they bought a mahogany bedroom set: a four-poster double bed, two nightstands, and a double dresser. Fifteen or so years later, when I was about ...
The Washington Post

Broken mid-century modern furniture? It’s worth repairing.

Q: I inherited my parents' mahogany bedroom set, made by the Rway Furniture Co. I have the brochure where my mother circled the pieces she wanted and noted how much they cost: $536 for a headboard, ...
Marin Independent Journal

Want the next generation to embrace old furniture? Try paint

At every talk I give on downsizing, the subject of handing furniture off to grown kids comes up. And every time I deliver the bad news: The kids don’t want your stuff. Invariably, parents moan and ...
Hartford Courant

Mark Twain House Reopens Mahogany Suite

Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford closed the elegant first-floor Mahogany Suite in 2005, and it stayed closed for 11 years. In that time, extensive research was done on the suite, house guests ...
Orlando Sentinel

Marni Jameson: Want the next generation to embrace old furniture? Try paint

At every talk I give on downsizing, the subject of handing furniture off to grown kids comes up. And every time I deliver the bad news: The kids don’t want your stuff. Invariably, parents moan and ...