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 ...

From scraping to sanding to priming to painting, it’s delightful once you figure out how to avoid the pitfalls. Painting an old chair: harder than it looks. Credit... Supported by By Tim Heffernan ...

Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of experience in the home space and 10 years of editing experience. Changing up the paint color of a room is a quick and easy ...

Cutting in and painting edges is a time-consuming process when you have to tape it all up, paint, and remove it all without making a mess afterward. If you are looking to save some time when painting ...

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We independently review everything we recommend. We may make money from the links on our site. Learn more› By Doug Mahoney Doug Mahoney is a writer covering home-improvement topics, outdoor power ...

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 ...