This includes new drywall or plaster, as well as bare metal, wood or masonry. If painting cedar, redwood or knotty pine, prime first as well. Each contains tannins or sap that will seep through the ...

Sign #1: Knotty Pine or Orange Oak Cabinetry Nothing screams ... Plus, this way your pots don’t get dusty.” Sleek paint is more on-trend than worn, distressed paint in the kitchen these ...

Add style and personality to your kitchen with these backsplash ideas in a variety of colors, patterns, and materials, ...

Lucian Freud planted his easel on bare floorboards, surrounded by piles of soiled rags and with gouts of paint splashed up the skirting board. For him, “working from home” was like being in a ...

Paint prep is a necessary but sometimes tedious step. Properly prepping a surface for painting can ensure a smooth finished project. On a piece of furniture with only a few isolated peeling ...

The red pine tree, found in North America, can perhaps be best likened to the underwhelming cousin of the more widely known white pine. The qualities of the white pine made it a staple for the early ...

Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Penguin Random House Chris Pine can now add children's book author to his already impressive résumé. The actor and director, 44, has stepped into the writing world with the ...

A painting discovered by a junk dealer in the basement of an Italian villa six decades ago is actually the work of Pablo Picasso and could sell for millions, according to experts. Luigi Lo Rosso ...

Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, the community of Spruce Pine, population 2,194, is known for its hiking, local artists and as America’s sole source of high-purity quartz. Helene dumped ...

Actor Chris Pine is telling a different type of story these days. The “Star Trek” star has a new children’s book out, titled “When Digz the Dog Met Zurl the Squirrel: A Short Tale About a ...