A transformation was needed, and a crisp, fresh coat of white paint on the bookcases was the perfect solution. Step 1: Sand the workpiece. To begin, I gave each bookcase a good sanding with my ...

Paint, plastic and flashbulbs: What the visionary artist achieves with those materials is astounding in its effect. By Max Lakin “About Time,” a retrospective opening in Boston, comes at a ...

A week after a gunman fired a bullet at Donald Trump, grazing his right ear and cementing him among his supporters as a kind of mythic folk hero, Isabelle Brourman asked to paint him. She’d been ...

Is it an acid, base, or neutral? Make your own acid-base indicator from red cabbage, then test various household substances. Acids and bases are classes of materials that have different properties.

Paint bubbling on walls is an unattractive, oftentimes surprising outcome that many DIY painters face after completing a paint job. But what causes it? “When paint on walls appears to bubble, it ...

It’s no-cook, too. I love cabbage so much that I always keep it in the crisper. It’s among the cheapest vegetables you can ...

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our ...