Q. I bought some unfinished furniture to save money and now I am not sure how to finish it. I have no experience in finishing and would like something simple, if possible to give a wood-tone effect.

In addition to finding the right sandpaper grit for your project, and knowing when you can stop refining (and stop sanding!), proper wood sanding technique is also important. From the editors of Fine ...

It takes one bad decision to learn an important lesson about wood: The wrong stain can ruin it. For me, that lesson came with the deck my dad built on our house when I was in high school. After a ...