My guess is you’ve seen wood rot before. Wood rot is caused by water, which is why it’s so important for you to keep any untreated wood in and around your home dry. Keeping wood dry is easier said ...

Q: Our only granddaughter inherited a table that was made in Mexico, I think from rocks and acrylic. It normally sits on legs with a piece of plywood cut into the same shape as the tabletop. But ...

Q: A sliding door on my fourth-floor roof deck is rotting at the bottom. Can I replace the rotten wood without replacing the entire door set? If so, how would I go about doing this? Arlington, Va. A: ...

Walk into a room and your eyes often land on one thing — the table. It might be the grain of the wood, the curve of the edge, or the way light slips across a polished surface. Whatever it is, that ...