Painting Trim

Painting trim is one of the many ways you can liven up interiors or exteriors. Use an accent color that complements the main colors of your wall and ceiling surfaces, or paint your trim white to embolden and emphasize the other colors. Typically, working with trim requires a brush and is slower going than painting large surfaces such as walls. Take your time – it's worth the patience...

Painting Window Frames

It seems like there's always a window in need of painting, whether you're matching a new room scheme or just sprucing things up. The actual painting isn't difficult, but you should know what you're getting into before you start. If you can, remove the window frames before painting them...

Patching Peeling Paint

When old paint chips, flakes, or peels, it leaves behind a shallow depression. You'll need to repair these spots before painting – new coats of paint won't hide them. Use a fast-drying patching compound to fill the hole...

Preparing Woodwork for Painting

Prepping woodwork for painting isn't difficult, but wood trim and other details can have lots of little hills and valleys. You'll need to clean, patch, and sand the woodwork before you can paint it, so a little patience is needed to make sure the job comes out looking great...

Removing Stains

You probably can't wait to get rid of ugly brown or rust-colored stains, but hold on – those stains are trying to tell you something. Stains usually are caused by leaky roofs, walls, or plumbing pipes...