So you've ordered samples, swatch-tested, and landed on the perfect color for your renovation project, but as you go to add the gallon to your online shopping cart, a new option arises: a choice ...

When your mom was painting a space, the rules were straightforward: flats on the ceiling, eggshell on the walls and gloss on cabinetry, windowsills and trim. Today those rules are more like ...

Although Justin Miller wanted to install pricey grass-cloth wallpaper on all the walls in his space, a budget constraint didn ...

This new wall-coating trend veers on the side of subtlety, but will make your home look and feel more natural, particularly ...

You stare at flawless paint yet the room feels colder as daylight thins. The new season asks different things of walls. Across Britain, designers are ...

As days get shorter, flat paint stops flattering. Designers whisper that touch, shadow and grain do what gloss never will. Across the UK, a quiet revolt ...

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 ...

You may clean your floors and counters daily (or more), but how to clean walls is not always a part of the home hygiene conversation, even for the most fastidious among us. A little bit of investment ...

Q: Please help break up this fight! My husband and I are painting in our front room, and I think you should paint the trim first before the wall, but my husband thinks you should do the opposite. We ...