On Sunday afternoon, I received a bit of a frantic email from Morgan requesting that I come over and help her fix the coffee table she’d been refurbishing. The problem was that the brushstrokes were visible – and going in a couple of different directions – but it was totally salvageable: another careful coat of polyurethane followed by some buffing with a dry paintbrush, and the table was gorgeous and rustic-looking. This was quite fortunate, because I’d like to stay in Morgan’s good graces.

Any suggestions for other refurbishing techniques we could have used?