Paint is one of the most important components of any home decorating project. While it’s easy to spend hours in your local hardware store searching out the best soothing blue for your kitchen cabinets ...

While you may already know that it's possible to make your small rooms appear bigger with nothing but paint, what you may not realize is that it works with high-gloss paint finishings. Colors that ...

Low sheen finishes hide imperfections but are hard to clean. Use them in low-traffic areas. Glossy sheens are easy to clean but highlight imperfections. Use them for high-traffic areas and trim. When ...

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 ...

Melissa is a writer who focuses on home design, trends and projects. She covers content for a variety of sites to help readers navigate everything from finding the right interior color palette to ...

How do they differ? And how can they impact the final look of your painting project? Sheen, or paint finish, is a measure of how much light reflects off a painted surface, resulting in gloss or a lack ...

Painting seems like an easy DIY win, but pros say it’s also one of the most regretted upgrades. Experts share what not to paint—and why prep matters most.

The paint finish you reach for on autopilot can quietly sabotage your walls long before spring cleaning. Many homeowners default to the same sheen they grew up with, only to discover by February that ...