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 ...

Of course, home design trends naturally come and go. There are certain paint colors, wood tones, and lighting options that ...

Painting a room in your home — or even just an accent wall or two — can feel daunting if you’re doing it yourself. But with the right tools and know-how, you can not only get the job done, but you can ...

Texture wall paint designs can completely change how a living room feels, even if you keep the furniture the same. A textured ...

With 20 years of experience under her belt, Nichole has used her background in homebuilder marketing and building product manufacturing to help people understand the design and construction process, ...

While there’s no denying curb appeal is important, once the weather cools off in the fall, folks spend most of the time inside. Interior paint can be a quick fix to spruce up rooms, making indoor ...

Ashlyn is one of Forbes Home's in-house writers and a former civil engineer-turned content writer with over six years experience. Until recently, Ashlyn focused on creating content for Forbes Home as ...

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, ...

EVEN ACCOMPLISHED DIY-ers and veteran home-improvement wizards find paint projects so demanding and exasperating they outsource them to pros. Still, said Portland, Ore., painter Mike Snelson, “there ...

Gone are the days of sterile, monochrome, professionally-painted living rooms. That airbrushed, photoshopped, Pinterest-perfect aesthetic is out (and we all breathe a sigh of relief). In 2026, we're ...