What’s in this guide?
Before You Begin: Planning
Our painting guide helps you personalize a space with paint. Planning a painting projects involves more than just picking colors. Get to know the space that you want to paint and carefully look at the walls, ceiling, and trim before you get started. There may be some imperfections that need to be fixed and some details that aren’t straightforward. You’ll need to decide on paint type, paint sheen, and quantity, too. The more you plan the project, the more you can reduce the amount of trips to the home center and ease your budget concerns, too.
Painting Ideas
From painting a feature wall to color drenching a space and creating murals and patterns, there are endless ways to personalize a space with paint. Consider these ideas in our painting guide to inspire your next painting project.
Painting Supplies and Materials
Beyond selecting the color of the paint you want to use, it’s also important to select the type of paint, the sheen of the paint, the quantity of paint, and the right tools to get the job done with ease. More than just paint applicators like paint brushes and rollers, prep, mixing, and clean-up tools can also be a huge help.
Painting How-To
Find out how to paint a room from trim to ceiling, and learn how to cut in without painter’s tape. We’ve also got how-tos on painting patterns and murals and how to paint over stains and spray painting furniture for a factory finish.
Painting Videos
Watch our series of how-to videos on painting. We’ve got step-by-step videos that can help you paint interior spaces, exterior trim, and furniture. Learn how to apply paint so that it looks exactly how you envision it. We want you to have a successful paint project every time.
DIY or Ask a Pro
Even with the best preparation using our painting guide, some painting projects may be beyond your current abilities. If you feel comfortable trying to do it yourself, we encourage you to do the research and gather reliable tools and materials. If it’s causing stress and deep anxiety, that is when it’s time to call in a professional. A qualified residential remodeling contractor can bring structure to chaos by offering expertise and practical solutions when things don’t go as expected.
We have experience handling surprises and design elements that don’t always work out as planned.
