When remodeling, painting your kitchen cabinets can seem like a good place to start. But check the materials. Here are the ...

If you want to give something a new paint job and give it the texture of wood, add a bit of this ingredient to your paint for ...

These near-opaque stains form a protective film on the surface similar to paint, but they're thinner so they won't hide the wood's texture.

Faux wall covering let you break the limits of ordinary wall paint, creating surfaces that glisten in light or look like old-fashioned plaster, for example. And, increasingly, these kinds of jobs ...

“Depending on how your fake wood paneling was made, a lot of it has a wood-grain texture that will telegraph through the paint. It winds up looking something like beadboard, and can be very nice.” ...

The Home You Own How to spray paint just about anything Spray paint is the key to all kinds of DIY projects. Here’s how to get a flawless finish, no matter the surface.

If scrubbing and sanding make the problem worse, here’s a step-by-step guide to painting.

Learn about different types of drawing textures in this BBC Bitesize KS1 Art and Design guide.

Saratoga Springs' Starlily designer Stephanie Salway uses paint, stencils to recreate marble, wood textures, other finishes ...