Chalk paint creates a soft, chalky patina that gives furniture an antique look and it makes refinishing furniture and cabinets easier because it requires little prep work. Although it is a useful and ...

Salvaging antique furniture can be an ordeal in and of itself. Solid wood furniture may need to be cleaned, dried, reglued, or upgraded with new parts, while veneers could come loose and allow water ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When was the last time you did a watercolor painting? For many of us, it's probably been decades since we picked up the paint ...

Exterior paint prep can be a daunting task to tackle. Depending on the size of the project and your experience level, you might not even know where to begin. Like everything, the best way to start is ...

A popular look at Halloween—for obvious reasons!—is Sally from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, one of the best Halloween movies for kids. While some of the Sallys you’ll find on Instagram ...

Traditionally, when many of us think of graffiti, we think of artists spraying away with simple paint cans. However, there’s often a lot of tech and art that goes into the field these days. [Vitaly ...

Graphene may be versatile, but there’s one thing it’s not all that good at – dispersing in water. Now, researchers at Umeå University have found a relatively simple way to do it. Graphene oxide is a ...

Back when the 64 crayons in your big box of Crayolas tickled your budding creative soul, you were probably undaunted by gutsy color choices. (Cornflower-blue trees next to a carnation-pink house? OK!) ...