There's nothing quite like a fresh coat of paint to make a room feel like new, but how many people feel comfortable and confident about painting a room themselves? The process can seem tedious, time ...

Fireplace too dark? Use our step-by-step guide to brighten it up and bring some life to your room. While some bricks are beautiful and shouldn't be painted, others might not have that classic ...

For most homeowners, learning how to paint a room is a quintessential part of maintaining or renovating a home. And, if you’re a beginning DIY’er on a journey of redesigning or updating your space, ...

As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...

Though the term is used interchangeably with oil-based paints for most practical purposes, alkyd paints are actually not oil-based but alkyd resins mixed in some sort of thinner. When most people ...

Normally, when you want to freshen up a room or change the color of a room, most people paint over the existing paint in the room. In some instances, that is fine. But, like with any other project you ...

Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

Buying a can of paint should be an easy task. But walk into any home center or paint store and you’ll quickly discover that it can be quite daunting: wall-to-wall options and multiple formulations and ...

Instead of hiding a standard radiator, Charles Holland, principal of Charles Holland Architects in Dover, England, refurbished it into a lovely object. “It works well with the overall atmosphere of ...