Interior House Painting

Q: "Which paint roller cover should I use for walls?" A: "The type of roller you use depends on your walls..."

Virtually unheard of two decades ago, color wash finishes have exploded in popularity recently as a way of giving walls a more interesting texture - with using only a sponge and some ingenuity.

How do you apply blue tape (masking tape) to a ceiling when you cannot reach the ceiling - and you can't get the ladder securely in place?

If you’re a person of a certain age, you most certainly remember houses from the 1960s and 1970s that had textured walls and ceilings. Any self-respecting house from that era had ceilings and walls with texturing treatment. Often called popcorn texture, this material was made of vermiculite or polystyrene.

"Cutting in" interior paint is a technique mainly reserved for professional painters. Find out their basic techniques.

Interior house painting is a potentially messy, time-consuming job. Here are some tips to make it cleaner and faster!

How to mask a room before painting.

I set up the ZipWall barrier system to see how well it prevents construction dust from infiltrating the rest of the house.

Get great painting ideas for the bedroom. We have bedroom painting ideas for the bedroom that you can copy.

Get great wall color ideas in our room wall color idea guide.

Looking for brown paint color ideas? We've got brown paint colors for you.

What is the best interior house paint? You tell us.

What's the best interior paint you can buy? Find out the best interior house paint on the market, in this highly opinionated review.

What is Tuscan paint? Find out Tuscan paint colors in our easy-to-follow guide.

Get great family room paint ideas. Find out family room paint colors you can use for your own home.

Must ceiling color always be white? Are there other ceiling colors to consider? Find out.

Want easy, cheap kids room colors? Here are pictures of kids bedroom colors for you to copy.

Get great ideas for home office colors. Use home office paint colors here and duplicate for your own office.

Looking for reliable dining room colors? Check out our picture gallery of dining room paint colors to duplicate for your own house.

Want some great living room color ideas? Follow our quick walk-through of tried-and-true living room paint colors, and just copy them for your own house!

Check out great interior paint ideas. We've got a picture gallery of designer-created interior paint ideas for your house.

Get 6 great tips about room paint colors. Find out how room paint colors can change your house, without busting your budget.

Scratching your head over bedroom paint colors? We've got bedroom paint colors you can copy and use for your own house.

Don't confuse bedroom paint with that of other rooms in your house. Bedroom paint has qualities--hinging on color and finishes--that make this a unique design decision.

It's easy and cheap to add an accent wall to charge up your room.

There are a few key techniques you need to learn to paint baseboards. Painting baseboards can result in a big mess, if you're not careful--so let us show you how.

Learn how to create a stipple texture on walls or ceiling. A stipple texture is great at hiding flaws and imperfections.

Can I use latex paint over the oil-based paint on cabinets if I use a primer? Find out here if you can use latex paint over oil paint...

Here's a nice little (and old) trip to help you paint window trim. Use this trick when painting window trim, and you don't happen to have masking tape on hand.

Ceiling painting is no fun. Learn the best way to paint a ceiling.

Get some great bathroom painting tips.

Home Painting Tips From Kevin Sharkey

Count 'em down, the most popular paint colors for the bedroom.

Painting interior trim is one fast way to spruce up your house. Find out how.