There's no denying the warmth and charm that wooden garage doors bring to a residence. The natural beauty of wooden doors can dramatically boost your home's curb appeal, but they also come with a ...

A solid exterior paint on a front door could increase your home’s value. Studies have found when the front door is painted the right hue, homes can fetch upward of $6,000 more in resale value. But ...

Paint and wood don’t play well together because wood has a propensity to expand and contract when it gets wet and then dries. Most paints can’t take this back-and-forth motion and eventually crack and ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 70th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

Exterior paint does more than look nice—it’s a layer of protection against moisture, sun, and temperature swings. If that ...

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What’s the first thing people see when they walk up to your home? The front door, of course. It can make a big impression – good or bad. A visitor rings your bell or knocks, and as they’re waiting, ...

MCCLEARY, Wash., Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Simpson Door Company, a leading manufacturer of custom wood doors, announces a new product performance solution that makes it possible to paint an ...

Get inspired to freshen up the outside of your home with these paint trends.

Not long ago in this column, I shared why it’s so hard to preserve exterior wood using any number of products. One of them was paint. You may have been one of the many readers who have written to me.