Close-up of a red front door with a high-gloss finish - Artography/Shutterstock Since it's one of the first things that people see, finding the perfect paint finish for your front door is a must. If ...

A. A lacquered piece can be a lustrous focal point in any room, whether it is an 18th-century antique, a Chinese chest, an Art Deco desk, or the dining table you got at the used-furniture store down ...

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Environmentally unfriendly, volatile and a total sod to work with... But enough about Jeremy Clarkson - what's all the fuss about nitrocellulose? And why do guitar players still want to have their ...

Beauty really is skin-deep at Atelier Midavaine, a Parisian workshop that creates bespoke lacquer finishes for high-end furniture and paneling. The workshop, in Paris’s 17th Arrondissement and a short ...

In a day 'n' age when automotive painters have the technology to refine finishes with deeper gloss than ever, somehow patina is all the rage. Should painters be concerned? Not so much the clever ones.

Q: I had painters in my house a few weeks ago and just noticed paint left on the sideboard in my dining room. This is beautiful cherry furniture and is part of a custom set made for me by John Landis.

As we enter the start of a new year and a new street rodding season it is fun to look back on the "good ol' days" through those rose-colored glasses. While new technology can sometimes be challenging, ...

Can you turn driftwood into something breathtaking? In this video, I transform a piece of natural driftwood into “Ocean’s ...

The Focal Scala Utopia Evo is the smallest floorstanding loudspeaker in company’s flagship Utopia line. All models with lacquer finish are now $13,000 less. Very few consumers can afford the Grande ...