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 ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Every summer, Sam Cooper and Richard Platt head down to the River Arrow near Stratford, and the River Wansbeck, in ...