The Practical House Painting Guide
I have solid wood doors stained walnut, which looks dated to me. The trim around windows is white. Can I stain over the doors, say in Ebony, for a more updated look? What color would you paint the trim?
We have purchased tan windows for our lake house. What are good color options for the trim and walls? Should we match the trim to the windows and do the walls one shade darker or lighter? Or should we paint the trim darker than the windows?
My uncle built a cedar chest for my parents (who have passed on) around 1940. The outside finish is dark (like mahogany) and is pretty scratched up. I’d like to refinish it but not sure how to go about it. Also, it has trim on the front (like a strip
A contractor recently restained our yellow pine wainscoting (very rustic and rough texture) and coated it with polyurethane (which we had asked he not do. Our once beautiful wainscoting is now a variation in light to very dark in different areas of our rec room. How can this be corrected
Window over bath, frame was primed with oil base, painted window frame with semi gloss. Now paint is peeling and cracking. What causes the semi gloss paint and primer, oil base, to peel and crack?
We had some wallpaper removed and then the walls painted white last year. Paint started to crack in numerous places. We have scraped and muddfded the walls and decided to try and prime one wall. That wall before paint was even dry is bubbling and spiting, what can we seal
Bubbles have started to appear on an interior wall in the house. This wall is the back of the chimney. Also I have noticed a lot of damp on a wall in our upstairs bedroom.
We primed our bathroom with Kilz and painted over the wall with semi gloss paint. As soon as one of us took a hot shower the new paint job bubbled. What is happening? Half the wall is regular drywall and the lower half of the wall is concrete drywall. Should
If I paint the bathroom walls and ceiling with Kilz do I still need primer over the Kilz before I apply the actual colors?
I have a cape cod style home which is shingled and has dark green shudders. The front door currently is an ugly bright yellow and I want to change that…. Any suggestions to go with the dark green shudders other than the same green???
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