Q: I have several wooden spindle chairs that have seen better days. After years of use, some dowels have come loose and the chairs have become wobbly. How can I make the chairs solid again? A: When ...

Instead of throwing away broken items, a group in Door County is helping people fix what they already own. Clothes with a ...

There’s no need to spend a ton of money on minor repairs around the house. Sometimes, the simplest solutions are best. 0:00 - ...

Wobbly furniture can lead to all sorts of minor tragedies, from sloshed drinks to scratched floors—but you can make your furniture more stable with just the use of the humble hammer, screwdriver, and ...

This wobbly, old chair was made using mortise-and-tenon construction. There were nails in almost every joint. Always look for hidden nails if a joint doesn’t come apart easily, otherwise you’ll damage ...

Years ago I purchased some dining room chairs from a consignment shop. The chairs were made in the early 1900s by the Raab Chair Co. and weren’t terribly expensive, but I love them. I removed the ugly ...

Q: Our wood dining-room chairs have some loose spindles and legs that cause them to wobble slightly. I’d like to fix them, but without taking them apart. Is this possible? A: Wood joints sometimes ...

Sit on them, tilt them, rock them and even if they’re well-built, the legs on chairs and sometimes tables, too, get the wobbles. The shakiness is helped along as wood dries and shrinks, glue becomes ...