Step 2: Clean the Wicker Thoroughly. Wicker furniture tends to accumulate dirt, dust, and grime in its intricate weaves, so a deep clean is essential before starting any repairs or repainting.

Wicker porch furniture is noted for its durability, but use, inadequate care and weather eventually take their toll. Although valuable antique pieces should be refurbished by professionals, ordinar… ...

This circa 1891 to 1897 chair is all-natural, unpainted wicker, and this is to its monetary advantage because collectors prize wicker furniture that has never been painted.

This circa 1891 to 1897 chair is all-natural, unpainted wicker, and this is to its monetary advantage because collectors prize wicker furniture that has never been painted.

Real wicker, made of rattan stalks, cane and reed, can take the chemicals that remove paint but will not stand up well to the scraping, scrubbing and other abrasion required to remove the softened ...

When Mary Jean McLaughlin was furnishing her waterfront home in Guilford, Conn., in the early-1970s, she planned on decorating only one bedroom and the porch with antique wicker furniture. “I… ...