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 ...

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 ...

Decorating and painting a mudroom can be tricky. Its location is important because it often informs the design. A mudroom is a transitional space—you move through it to travel in or out of the home.

Some people are in favor of sanding, staining, and restoring original wood, and some people paint over trim to give old wood ...

You can't click through Pinterest or Instagram lately without seeing white walls — clean, all-white kitchens, crisp white bedrooms, and bright living rooms as far as the eye can see. Classic yet fresh ...

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 ...

The lacquered look isn’t just for manicures and classic cars. Adding a lacquer paint to a room is a powerful way to add depth and drama to any interior space. But to achieve that glass-like gloss, ...

Buying a can of paint should be an easy task. But walk into any home center or paint store and you’ll quickly discover that it can be quite daunting: wall-to-wall options and multiple formulations and ...