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 ...