Before you start your next painting project, do you know which kind of paint you need to buy to get the job done right? Many people head to the home improvement store, choose a color, and then head ...

Choosing paint can be overwhelming, but knowing the differences between vinyl and acrylic makes it easier to match your ...

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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 ...

Seattle offers gray sidewalks, gray streets, gray skies … and plenty of homes that are painted gray, inside and out. “Gray is the color of fear,” says Anne Viggiano, the Seattle-based founder of Color ...

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The kitchen has long been considered the heart of the home. But when an outdated design or run-down appearance has you shooing guests away while you cook, painting may be the quickest, most ...

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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 ...

HOLLAND — Spring is here, and many of us have been doing some spring cleaning and repair in our homes. As we clean up our homes inside and out, we might consider sprucing up with a new coat of paint.