Painting

Choosing exterior paint is more consequential than choosing interior paint — a bad interior choice can be repainted in a weekend, but exterior paint…

A two-tone paint scheme — one color on three walls with a contrasting accent on the fourth — is one of the most popular…

Painting over a dark wall color with a light color is one of the most frustrating painting experiences. You roll on white paint over…

The difference between a paint job that looks amateur and one that looks professional is almost entirely in the prep work done before the…

Lap marks — those streaky, slightly darker bands of paint that appear when you roll over an already-drying section — are the most common…

Paint finish selection is one of the most misunderstood decisions in home improvement. Walk into a paint department and you’re confronted with flat, matte,…

You repainted a room two years ago. Now there’s a scuff from moving furniture, a small patch where a picture hook left a mark,…

Peeling paint on walls and ceilings is a symptom, not just a surface problem. Paint peels because something caused adhesion failure — moisture infiltration,…

Chalk paint is a mineral-based, matte-finish paint that adheres to most surfaces with minimal preparation — no sanding required, no primer needed in most…

The most common reason paint jobs look bad isn’t the paint – it’s the wall surface underneath. Bumps, dents, old tape joints, nail pops,…

Lap marks – those darker horizontal bands that appear when you roll a new stripe of paint over paint that has already started to…

Peeling paint is one of the most common wall and ceiling problems homeowners face. It looks terrible, it worsens over time, and painting over…