As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...

If you've ever been let down by a paint job that didn't meet your expectations, it's time to revisit a color concept that ...

Learn eight key lessons from a real exterior paint project—from choosing the right color to planning repairs—before you repaint your home’s exterior.

Creating a cohesive paint color scheme in a house is akin to selecting your wardrobe—you may love more than one color, but you wouldn’t wear everything at once. The same applies to choosing a unifying ...

OF the various forms of art, there is, perhaps, no one of which less is generally known in this country than watercolor painting. In Europe, water-colors have long filled an honorable position in the ...

You may have decorated your home according to feng shui, the traditional Chinese practice of arranging your home's furniture and decor to promote harmony, balance and peace. The way you decorate your ...

Though the term is used interchangeably with oil-based paints for most practical purposes, alkyd paints are actually not oil-based but alkyd resins mixed in some sort of thinner. When most people ...

Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock's paintings with a little help from chemistry, confirming for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a ...