And so, their chair caning adventures began. Viola started studying her mother’s chair caning book, “Repairing Chair Seats with Cane,” published by Penn State. She learned the simple and effective ...

Q: My son knocked over one of our kitchen chairs and broke the top slat. It’s a Pottery Barn Isabella chair that we got in 2014, and unfortunately they no longer make the chair in this color. The ...

Q: We have a pair of matching upholstered chairs. Recently, we found that the springs inside one are broken. Both chairs are old, so we would like to have both renewed when we have the broken chair ...

Q: I have a Berber carpet with a small strip that has separated where the carpet meets the tile flooring. I’m looking for advice from someone in my area who has expertise in repairing this problem. — ...

A furniture repair hobby that once filled Bob Mitchell's spare time as a snack foods vendor is now a full-fledged furniture restoration business and training facility. Mitchell and his wife, Kristi, ...