Furniture Care

Bed bugs are a household pest that can infest not only your house's beds, but also any other furniture or small spaces in your house. Bed bugs feed at night by biting sleeping humans and drawing...

If you own a dog, you know how frustrating it can be at times to keep stains off your furniture. Dog stains do not necessarily mean urine; dog slobber can get on your furniture and make it...

Getting the smell of smoke out of furniture fabric can be a challenging task. Oftentimes the smoke has settled into the fabric, causing the smell to linger indefinitely. Using air fresheners and...

Marble furniture can be found in every region of the earth. You can locate new-to-you pieces at auctions, estate sales and antique shops everywhere. It's durability and value make restoration a...

Pine is considered a soft wood by composition. When used in furniture, you want to give it a very hard protective finish so it will endure normal wear and use. By painting it or giving it a...

I live in Florida and my children brought crayons into the car and I didn't remember to get them out. The result was a colorful mess on the car upholstery. My challenge was to get it out before...

Stripping and waxing can be a challenging job, but with all the right tools can be very easy. It can be done by yourself, but to get right I would have at least four people to a team.

Removing any type of ink or dye from leather can be tricky so that you do not cause discoloration of the leather.

When my husband and I were just starting out, we discovered that wood furniture is cheaper when it has not been finished (or "nude"). Discouraged at first, we soon learned just how easy it is to...

Shipping furniture can be very costly, but if the piece is valuable to you, then shipping can be worthwhile. Perhaps you discovered a fantastic piece while traveling, or inherited a family...

How often have you wanted to update and refurbish an old piece of furniture? Stripping a not-so-beautiful chair or table in preparation for new paint or varnish can help you change the look of...

The shape of most fabric lampshades makes them shameless dust catchers, yet we often overlook them when cleaning. As dust accumulates on the fabric, it dulls the light, accentuates the dust and...

A French polish is an alcohol and shellac polish for wood - the finish is an exceptionally high gloss. This is hard work but is well worth the effort.