I started to write this post about a refinishing project I worked on involving a “banister”. I was starting to doubt my spelling of the word, so I did some research. Turns out there’s a whole bunch of web pages devoted to which spelling is used in different countries. Wow… just wow. Apparently either spelling…

While living in New Mexico, I was introduced to drip line irrigation. This is something that is actually pretty incredible. I was familiar with irrigation at a farm because my grandfather sometimes took me out with him when he would move pipes or irrigation tubing. But drip line used in gardens is a nice conservative…

When I was a newlywed living in New Mexico, we had bought a house that had a “baby’s room”. The room was very cute. It was painted a pastel color with a wallpaper border in the middle of all 4 walls. The walls in our house were a type of stucco or textured wall, as…

I mentioned this in my original post, but working with wood is not my forte in general. I would never have thought to strip a piece of furniture or even paint a piece of furniture many years ago. But there was someone in my life who introduced me to paint and varnish stripper. This was…

You can find lots of blogs out there on DIY (do it yourself). These are the blogs, along with YouTube videos, or websites in general that I will view before I decide if I’m going to take on a project that I may be less comfortable or familiar with. But before the internet, I survived…

You may be wondering why the domain name is “barktofinish.com”. This name was suggested to me by my daughter, Ava. She was with me when I was at a friend’s house putting some finishing touches on a stair railing that my friend and I had refinished. I was taking some photos of our finished project…