Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paint can fade, chip, and peel over time, which will probably motivate you to plan a new painting project, stat. But before you ...

Some wood, especially wood trim, may appear worn or rotted to the point that stripping will leave little left to paint. Before setting up to strip old paint from rotting wood, try a few tests to ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 57th 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 ...