Refinishing wood furniture is an easy way to give old pieces new life. This guide shows you how to refinish furniture like chairs, tables, and cabinets at home.

One of the best woodworking projects is to refinish a piece of wooden furniture. But is it a good idea to DIY this? Our expert woodworker gives us his thoughts.

To revive it, I had to go through all four steps of a complete furniture restoration: clean, repair, recolor and refinish. And there’s no getting around it: It took some time and patience.

“The finish on a brand-new or newly refinished piece of furniture is hard and not contaminated by cleaning products, so it should last 20 years, depending on use,” he explained.

Q: Our very old wood floors are in good shape and were refinished right before we bought our house 10 years ago. But now there is very noticeable wear in a few spots, chiefly in the entryway. How ...