I recently began tackling my first furniture project making a coffee table and matching end tables. Some of the furniture pieces my wife and I already have in our living room are white, so I have been attempting to paint these new tables white as well. I am going for anywhere in between a...

I am refinishing an old tabletop. I was having trouble getting the stain even-colored and dark enough, so I googled around and found several websites that recommended not wiping off the excess stain, and instead letting an even coat of stain dry on the piece. I did use that method and the color...