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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When you’re selecting paint for a room, it’s easy to focus on color, but choosing the right paint finish ...

Rachel is a home improvement writer and content editor. In addition to being a contributing writer at Forbes, she writes for small businesses and creative agencies. She uses her home improvement ...

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 ...

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 ...