Geraldine has over a decade of experience writing within the home improvement sector. Additionally, she has unique first-hand renovation experience as the previous owner of a house-flipping business.

This wobbly, old chair was made using mortise-and-tenon construction. There were nails in almost every joint. Always look for hidden nails if a joint doesn’t come apart easily, otherwise you’ll damage ...

Calling all handypeople with a home based workshop; the time has never been better than now to start an antique furniture refinishing and repair business, as consumer demand has skyrocketed for ...

Stripping furniture is a messy, time-consuming process. And sometimes the results aren’t as great as you had hoped. Fortunately, you don’t always have to resort to stripping to restore your furniture ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A set of basic wooden furniture is housed within a space full of distressed wood walls and floor planks. - Pakin Songmor/Getty ...

The baby high chair came in a box of pieces. It was unrecognizable. The seat was broken. The cross pieces were broken. But the customer’s mother-in-law’s mother had sat in it as a baby in the 1930s.

If you read Let’s Talk Antiques regularly, you probably have antique furniture in your home. Maybe you inherited it from your family or you’ve furnished your home with things you’ve bought in shops, ...

In 2021, Will Kirk helped restore an antique clock. Specifically, he helped restore an antique clock that belonged to King Charles (then the Prince of Wales). The clock was housed in a wooden cabinet ...