Painting a room can be a quick and inexpensive way to refresh your space. But can often leave even experienced DIY’ers wondering, “How much paint do I need?” Knowing the right paint coverage to get ...

Lauren has six years of experience writing and editing home improvement content. She covered lifestyle, DIY, design and cleaning at The Spruce for five years and contributed home improvement pieces to ...

Like many do-it-yourself home projects, Alex Preston’s quest to transform her kitchen began on Pinterest. The room located at the back of her 1920s home in downtown Lancaster was small and cramped — ...

We tagged along to see how Brigette Romanek, a celebrity designer in Los Angeles, chose a new color for her bedroom. By Tim McKeough Everyone knows that paint is one of the easiest, cheapest ways to ...

Whether it comes to you in an inspired moment right after watching your favorite home design show, or you’ve been slowly warming up to the idea over some stretch of time, making the decision to change ...

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 ...

I have painted (and written about painting!) countless walls in countless colors over my years as both a renter and homeowner. And when I say countless, I really mean countless: A typical room in my ...