If you spot a warped cane chair at the thrift store, you don't have to leave it behind. Instead, take it home and use this trick to fix the warping.

A. Don’t despair; chair-caning is not a lost art. There are two kinds of caning, says Cathryn Peters, who runs a Web site dedicated to seat weaving and wicker repair (wickerwoman.com). The original ...

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It seems like every family has at least one — a broken wooden chair in need of some TLC. Whether it is a dust-laden treasure hidden in the corner of grandma’s attic or purchased at a neighbor’s estate ...

Cane chairs awaiting repair fill the basement workshop of Revelle Lee, 89. Legally blind, Lee works from his Independence home, restoring broken and cracked cane chairs to new life. David Eulitt The ...

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