Fact checked by Alexandra Kay Eggshell paint provides a subtle sheen that makes it practical for various interior surfaces. This paint is lightly glossy, which helps in maintaining cleanliness and ...

When choosing paint colors for a room, don’t forget to consider the sheen, i.e. the level of shininess in a paint finish. Sheen can affect the paint’s appearance, durability and washability. Sheen ...

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 ...

Painting can be a time-consuming job, but it can become unnecessarily frustrating when using inferior products instead of finishes from the best paint brands. Paints that don’t provide excellent ...

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Ace Hardware has made the Ace brand paints that line its store shelves since 1984. But it's Ace's new brand, Clark+Kensington, that tops Consumer Reports' latest Ratings of two finishes, semi-gloss ...

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 ...