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  • How to Make a Simple Foot Stool

    Foot stools have many uses. Children use them when they sit in a normal chair and their feet don't reach the floor. Classical guitarists use them to elevate one leg, to position the instrument...

  • Futon Tips

    Futons are becoming increasingly popular in homes due to their ease in moving, many design styles, and their supreme functionality. Whether used as a bed, a couch, or both, futons of recent...

  • What Is a UL Fire Proof Safe?

    Fireproof safes come in many different varieties, shapes and sizes. Before purchasing your safe make sure you know what the label means.

  • How to Set a Clock Pendulum to Go Faster or Slower

    Clock pendulums are designed to regulate the spring in a grandfather or similar-style pendulum clock. When the spring is wound, and as it unwinds to power the clock, the gearing mechanism must...

  • Instructions for Building Wooden Benches

    Mention wooden benches and most people immediately think of a length of 2-by-12 with a couple of chunky legs underneath, or perhaps a church pew. But a wooden bench can also be a window seat, a...

  • Should You Put a Poly Finish on Painted Furniture?

    A good paint job can transform a tired, worn-out piece of furniture into something fantastic. This even works on furniture that you've just grown tired of, or that does not fit your new decor. One...

  • How to Make a Furniture Dolly

    If you need to move or just need to move heavy items, nothing can make the job easier than using a furniture dolly. While a fairly simple device, a furniture dolly is often fairly expensive to buy...

  • How to Remove Chipped Paint From Wood

    Let's say you have found a beautiful chest of drawers at a flea market. The only problem is it has an old paint job that is chipped and does not look good. But you like the piece itself and...

  • How to Restore an Old Trunk or Chest

    Trunks and chests are old traveling accompaniments. These are great for packing a lot of items, but they are also very heavy and difficult to move. Now, people use suitcases much more suited for...

  • DIY Plans for a Corner Storage Bench

    Do you have an unused corner where items just stack up? Perhaps under a poorly-placed window, precluding the placement of a standard cabinet or storage unit. And if it is near a high-traffic area...

  • How to choose furniture to match a house

    Whether you're moving to a new home or simply want to update your home's interior, choosing furniture that matches the home creates a professional, finished look. With the vast array of furniture...

  • How to Cedar Line a Trunk

    Storage trunks or foot lockers that sit at the base of your bed can be lined with thin cedar boards that are 1/2 to 1/4 inch thick. The advantage of adding cedar is the wood is naturally aromatic...

  • How to Refinish Furniture With Fabric

    While refinishing furniture often implies stripping away an old finish and adding a new coat of exactly the same finish, this doesn't necessarily have to be the case. Sometimes it is better to...

  • DIY Guide to Restoring Wood Finishes

    A number of factors affect the quality of the finish that can be attained on a piece of furniture which is being refinished. Some of these factors are attached to collecting the right information...

  • Tips on Refinishing Antique Wood Spindles

    Whether working with chair spindles or antique end tables, you want to make your furniture look its best. At the same time, if quality furniture needs refinishing or restoration, you will want to...

  • How to Make a Lap Tray

    Lap-trays are multi-functional in design. They serve as a portable desk or table. Eating, writing, drawing, or typing on a laptop comfortably are all possible with a lap tray. You can easily make...

  • Cabinets to Make a Home Bar

    Pre-made cabinets make great home bars and the choice and selection are varied. When you use cabinets for a home bar your choices include birch, maple, oak and cherry wood. You can buy these...

  • How to Know the Best Versatile Furniture

    Blanket chests have been making a come back as the furniture of choice in American households. This versatile furniture can be placed in all areas of your home with great results in adding that...

  • How to Move a Howard Miller Floor Clock

    Floor clocks, also known as case clocks or grandfather clocks, are elegant additions to the furnishings of any home. The workings of floor clocks have remained largely unchanged for decades,...

  • How to Build a Shoe Shelf

    Shoe shelves are essential wardrobe installments that help to minimize the consumption of closet space. A tiered shelf not only allows you to keep shoes neatly organized in pairs, and thus makes...

  • How To Remove Paint From Metal Furniture

    Restoring metal furniture properly requires that you remove the paint completely before repainting or refinishing. To remove paint from metal, you must use a different process than removing paint...

  • Mexican Furniture Characteristics

    Mexican furniture is generally rustic in style. Traditionally made by native craftsmen called "carpentieros," Mexican furniture's style is that of both native and Spanish influence, as well as...

  • How to Make a Bar for a Rec Room

    Even if mixing cocktails and pulling pints of brew is not your style, a bar is a handy thing to include in any recreational room design. Bars can do double-duty as laptop computer workstations,...

  • How to Remove Spots on Brass Lamps

    The centerpiece of your end table and the source of reading light in the late evenings, your brass lamp can play an important role in your home. As you gaze upon it contemplating all the reasons...

  • How to Use a Futon in the Sunroom

    A sun room can be a very versatile space and is a fabulous addition to any home. It is the ideal place to keep your indoor plants and gives the feeling of being outdoors with the comfort of...

  • Homemade Wood Shelving for a Garage Storage Area

    A garage can be a good place to store much more than just the car. Unfortunately many people fail to optimize the potential storage capabilities in their garage. Often when they do put storage...

  • How to Put a Pool Table on Carpet

    Pool tables provide ideal gathering spaces at parties, giving people a place to play competitive games with one another while catching up over refreshments. Although pool tables are ideally placed...

  • Proper Use of Moving Straps

    Moving straps are a handy addition to any mover's arsenal. If you have a household of furniture to move or just a few items, these straps will make your job easier by allowing you and a partner to...

  • How to Get Rid of Drywood Termites in Furniture

    Termites eat wood not only in walls but also in furniture, particularly drywood termites, which do not need a source of water. The damage can go unnoticed for a while since termite eat wood from...

  • What Type of Light is Best for Reading?

    Before you curl up in bed with a good book or sharpen your pencil to do the crossword puzzle in the Sunday newspaper, be sure you have enough light so that your eyes don't strain.

  • How to Build Solid Wood Cabinets

    Cabinets are one of the best ways to store items in your home. Often, they also have a decorative purpose in a kitchen or bathroom. Because of this, cabinets can be expensive. Luckily, cabinets...

  • Oak Veneer Refinishing

    Oak veneer refinishing is done much the same as any wood refinishing. Quality wood furniture and antique wood furniture often have a veneer finish. Old Chinese antique furniture often has a...

  • How to Remove Stripper Without damaging wood surface

    A lot of people, myself included, are attempting to refinish some of their wooden furniture. This takes time, and quite a bit of patience. If unsure of where to start, do yourself a favor, start...

  • Easy Homemade Storage Units

    Disorganization can impact all aspects of a home, including the attitudes of its occupants and the productivity of a home business or person who works from home. Oftentimes, disorganization within...

  • How to Use Straps to Lift Heavy Objects

    Moving can be a daunting task to do without professional help, and many people strain their muscles or injure their backs when attempting to lift furniture without substantial assistance. In...

  • How to Take Apart Sofas

    How a sofa comes apart is dependent on two things --- how it was put together in the first place and why it is being disassembled. Sofas that will be reassembled should be carefully taken apart....

  • How to Build a Towel Tree With PVC

    Towel trees provide attractive organization for towels. A large-scale model can be used poolside to keep fresh towels clean and dry, and to air-dry used towels. A smaller model can be used in the...

  • How to Stain Wicker Furniture

    Wicker and rattan furniture have classic lines that fit into most decorating schemes. Sometimes an older piece of wicker needs to be re-stained, or a new, unfinished piece of wicker furniture...

  • How to Reupholster a Bench

    Maybe you found a great deal on a bench at a flea market or thrift store. All that bench needs now is a little TLC and it will be as good as new. Reupholstering a bench is really not too...

  • French Furniture Styles

    The history of French furniture begins during the Medieval and Gothic times of the 1400s. Over the succeeding centuries the styles of furniture would evolve and be refined by the kings and queens...

  • How to Sell High End Used Furniture

    Selling used high-end furniture requires an understanding of the marketplace. Trends in decor, colors and styles can drop or raise the price of used furniture quickly. A high-dollar price tag on...

  • How to Practice Feng Shui

    There are many ways by which one can practice feng shui. The practice of this art form involves the creation and maintenance of the positive flow of chi or positive energy. This is done by...

  • How to Construct a Children's Wooden Step Stool

    Children are always growing, but sometimes they need a little help reaching things. A step stool can provide a small amount of height, but not enough to be dangerous. Your child will find it...

  • Way to Fold Futons

    Futons are decorative, versatile furnishings that appeal to the thrifty and minimalists. Some people buy them to serve as a replacement for the living room couch. Others need an inexpensive and...

  • How to Build a Japanese Screen With Shade Cloth

    Traditionally, Japanese screens are made using rice paper to soften the light. However, rice paper is not the sturdiest material. It is paper after all and having to take the entire screen apart...

  • How to Make Your Own Potted Plant Stand

    A plant stand is used to elevate or hold a potted plant above the ground. Plant stands can be used outside to raise sun-loving plants over other potted plants that may be blocking light, or to add...

  • What Is a Love Sack?

    Love Sack is a misspelling of LoveSac, a popular, amorphous style of cushioned furniture.

  • How to Remove Smoke Odor From Wood

    If you have ever been into a smoker's home or into a place that has had a fire, smoke is the first smell you will notice. Wood has pores and absorbs smells, and smoke is easily absorbed. If you...

  • How to Fix a Pendulum Clock

    A pendulum clock in need of repair does not require a trip to the clockmaker and an expensive repair bill. A clock running too fast or too slow, a clock that stops running or runs intermittently,...

  • Dry Wood Treatment

    Wood exposed to direct sunlight can dry out, crack, spot and yellow. Wood breathes and is, therefore, vulnerable to both moisture and extremely dry conditions. Too much moisture can cause warping,...

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