Painting Your Home

Paint will last longer and look better when the area it is applied to has been properly prepared. Learn more.

Don't let your leftover paint go to waste! We’ve listed 20 household projects that are simple and practical ways to use leftover paint.

I recently painted my home and found several products helpful as well as absolutely indispensable to performing a professional looking paint job on my homes cedar shingle siding.

When art students first start painting in oils and acrylics they usually only consider cotton or linen canvas as painting surfaces. However, wood is also an ideal canvas.

Find out the cause and solution to many common paint problems. Chipped paint, chalking paint, blistering paint -- We've got the solutions these and other common paint problems.

Spring is the perfect time to add a fresh coat of paint to refresh your home. Use these 10 painting tips for professional results.

After a couple of summers I learned a few tricks for painting an iron gate that made the task easier and less messy.

Paint your car and buff it to a mirror shine using a method that is literally unheard of!

Here you will find the top websites that offer free online painting for kids.

A guide to "green" paints and paint related products for decorating your house

"Plein air" painting is a perfect way to replicate a pure, historical art experience for students outside the classroom. Follow this teacher's guide to make the event as stress-free as possible.

Using the right tools will make your painting job much easier.

Find within this article some very useful tips for making an interior painting project go much more smoothly.

Change your decorating ambiance by repainting old rooms with fresh colors using these professional room painting secrets, which I learned from a professional home remodeling contractor.

22 colorful ideas for solving your decorating woes with a little paint. Discover home decorating solutions from floors to ceilings, fireplace to cabinets.

What are the most expensive paintings ever sold? Who painted them, and who owns them now? Get a glimpse of the paintings themselves and breif history of the paintings and their painters.

Give yourself the gift of a manicured lawn in minutes, without the cost and effort of reseeding, patching or weeding. Just paint your lawn green with grass paint for a perfect landscape instantly and cheaply.

Unfortunately, most people live in their houses for many years and never think about painting, until it comes time to sell. After working in real estate and as a contractor for many years, I am here to give you some tips to simplify the process.

A few points to consider before choosing interior paint in preparation for listing your home for sale.

A simple technique for painting a lighter color over a dark wall without having to paint multiple, expensive cover-up coats. See the author's before and after pictures from her own dark wall painting makeover.

On a budget? You can save thousands of dollars on your home improvement project and still add value to your home when you paint your wood cabinets instead of replacing or refacing them.

One inexpensive way to rejuvenate your tired kitchen is by painting existing cabinets. Kitchen design expert, Dr. Michael Smith, gives a step-by-step process to ensure a great finished job.

Article provides you with a list of tools, both application and protective, that are essential to painting you home.

This article discusses the math behind estimating how many gallons of paint you will need to bring color into the interior of your home, with a printable worksheet to help you with the math.