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How to Avoid Common Wood Project Finishing Errors

There are a number of wood preparation and finishing errors on the project below. At some point, I’ve made them all and learned my lessons the hard way. I can tell you that prior to staining, boards always felt smooth and looked ready to turn a beautiful shade of whatever stain I was going to apply. Problem #01: Improper edge treatment and not enough glue. For your glue project, having straight and crisp edges will make your joins look flawless....

Bold Front Door Colors to Make Your Exterior Pop

We repainted our house recently, and I was on the hunt for some inspiring, bold color choices for our front door. We live in a builder-boxed house neighborhood with an active HOA, so by “bold” I mean we wanted to avoid brick red, white or ivory. A friend had painted her front doors a plum shade of purple, kind of like this. While I love purple, I chickened out of going that route. We decided to go with a bold...

How you can make perfect edge lines when painting

Perfect edge lines are possible with a little extra work. If you don’t have a steady hand like a pro, blue or green tape has let you down, and you like straight edge lines, here are a few tricks we’ve learned along the way. Option 1: Paint the Tape Run your blue tape to set your edge line. Now paint a very thin coat of the paint the tape is covering. This will seal your blue tape and you won’t...