Unlike lacquer, shellac and varnish, which have been around for centuries, polyurethane is a product of 20th-century lab ...

Mixing textures is one way to alter the exterior of your home for a positive effect. Alternating visual patterns between wood, metal, concrete, and stucco requires some experimentation ... and any ...

With their ornate gingerbread trim, turrets and towers along the roofline, and eye-catching exterior paint ... dark wood ...

Heat stains won’t go away on their own, but these pesky blemishes aren’t difficult to remove from wood with the right techniques and tools. However, the fear of making heat stains worse can be ...

He and his colleagues were digging a trench in the Canadian province of Quebec, one that they planned to fill with 35 metric tons of wood, cover with clay soil, and let sit for nine years.

Just a note that before purchasing a wood stove: Pay special attention to how and where you’ll install it to ensure clearance from combustible materials in exterior walls or floors, and check ...

"The wood is nice and solid -- you could probably make a piece of furniture out of it," Zeng noted. Understanding the unique environmental factors that kept that ancient log in mint condition ...

In 2018, I decided to clean, then over-paint some of the exterior walls of our house as they were starting to look a bit dull and worn. There was no need to paint the entire house, so based upon ...

One of Scarsdale’s original farmhouses has recently sold. The house at 6 Donellan Road in Greenacres was built in 1899 and ...

“This accidental discovery really gave a critical data point,” said Ning Zeng, a University of Maryland climate scientist whose team unearthed the ancient chunk of wood. “It’s a single ...

Cathie Wood, chief of Ark Investment Management, frequently buys big-name technology stocks, especially the megacaps. That’s what she has done this week. The megacaps can provide ballast to Ark ...