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

The NWFA says there are basically three types of wood flooring finishes: surface, wax, and acrylic. To determine if your floor has a surface finish, scratch the floor gently with a coin in an ...

When wood first came into use as a flooring material, it often was installed raw, meaning that no finish was applied to the floor at all. Over time, in an effort to protect the wood a little ...

Your current cleaning routine might be damaging your hardwood floors. Find out how often you should clean them to maintain ...

If you want your hardwood flooring to last for decades, avoid these cleansers, tools, and other things that can damage them.

Wood floors are trending, but are they right for your lifestyle? Think twice about hardwood if any of these downsides give ...

From oversized overreach lamps to multi- bulb designs (also known as tree lamps) or large task lamps that function like ...

This year has been particularly bad, going by social media posts about people who have died in their bathrooms. Every time we ...

When it comes to my 4-year-old pug, Daphne, nothing is off-limits in my home — she’s allowed to sleep in my bed, play and chew bones on my furniture, and rub her face into my rugs when she has an itch ...