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Learn how to exercise your creativity with home decorating tips and instructions. Find decorating style galleries along with bathroom and kitchen, deck and patio, kid and teen ideas. You'll also find a painting guide to help you get started.
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Painting Preparation

Careful painting preparation makes for faster cleanup and longer-lasting results. Learn about painting preparation, from scrubbing to sanding to masking.

 
 

Interior Painting

Interior painting is a great way to revamp a room or kick off a redecoration project. Learn about interior painting and get interior painting tips.

  • House Painting  
    Remodeling is an ordeal and landscaping takes a good deal of time. Painting your house is a quick way to update it and make it feel new again. Llearn about specific paint types, using the proper tools, and using different painting techniques.
  • How to Paint a Room  
    Painting can be a task that takes a couple of hours, a half day, or more. Whatever the size of your painting job, the techniques remain the same. Learn how to paint a room.
  • Interior Paints  
    If you're thinking of painting or repainting a room inside your home, you should consider what type of paint you need even before deciding on a color. Check out our descriptions of various paint types and how they are used.
  • Painting Ceilings and Tight Spots  
    Learn tips on painting ceilings and tight spots, such as those areas above and below windows, in this helpful article.
  • Painting Doors  
    Whether ornate or plain, doors can be a bit of a challenge to paint. Learn more about painting doors in this home improvement article.
  • Painting Interiors  
    To change the look and feel of a room, you can't go wrong with a fresh coat of paint. Whether you're just changing the trim or are overhauling the whole color scheme of a room, paint makes an immediate, significant difference.
  • Painting Kitchen Cabinets  
    Cabinets can be relatively easy to paint if you know what to do. Learn tips on painting kitchen cabinets only at HowStuffWorks.
  • Painting Walls  
    Painting walls may seem like a no-brainer, but there are tips that may help the job go more smoothly. Learn more in this home improvement article.
  • Painting Windows  
    Painting windows can be a bit tricky because of the tight spaces usually involved. Learn helpful tips in this home improvement article.
  • Room Painting Techniques  
    Different painting tools require different approaches to create the best paint job. Learn the proper room painting techniques for painting a room. These mothods also include safety instructions to help you avoid injury.
  • Painting Floors  
    The techniques for painting floors are the same as for painting any other large flat surface. Learn more in this home improvement article.
  • Painting Trim, Baseboards and Wainscotting  
    Learn all about painting woodwork, including trim, baseboards, and wainscoting, in this helpful article.
 

Exterior Painting

Exterior painting can often be a major job. Learn how to tackle exterior painting, maintain exterior painting and select exterior paint.

  • Exterior Paints  
    A given type of paint works on certain surface, and should be applied with particular tools. Learn about the different kinds of exterior paints. Discover the type of exterior paint that's right for you.
  • How to Paint a House  
    Painting the outside of your house is a major job. But you may be able to spiff up the appearance of your home with some quick repairs. Learn how to paint the exterior of your house.
  • Painting Exterior Trim  
    Painting exterior trim is a slow process that consumes a considerable amount of time. Get tips on how to make the painting job go well here.
  • Painting Exteriors  
    A new coat of paint tells the world that your house is new and valuable. Learn the basics of painting exteriors, from repairing and cleaning surfaces to applying paint on siding and trim.
  • Painting Siding  
    Find tips on painting siding, including the best time of day to paint, in this helpful home improvement article.
  • Estimating Exterior Paint  
    Find out how much paint you'll need to buy to cover your home in this helpful article about estimating exterior paint.
  • Painting Shutters  
    Painting shutters is best done with spray paint or a power sprayer. Since that's not always possible, learn how to use a brush for the job here.
  • Selecting Exterior Paint  
    Gather tips on selecting exterior paint for your next home painting project in this helpful article, only at HowStuffWorks.
 

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