The 8 Best Paint Colors for Studying & Learning
If you're a student, teacher, or a parent helping kids with homework, you may not have thought about how paint color can affect learning. But just as colors impact mood, they can also enhance memory and improve focus. Here are some of the best colors...
7 Beautiful Home Library Paint Colors
Home libraries are often peaceful retreats—but that doesn’t mean the color palette has to be predictable. You can create a reading area in your home office that reflects your personality and draws color from your home decor, from the walls to you...
What are the Differences between Oil vs Acrylic vs Water-Based Paints?
Painting is one of the fastest, most affordable ways to refresh your home. You might think that all that stands between you and that perfect, new paint color is a handful of paint chips. Choosing a paint color, though, is actually the second step. Wh...
What Are VOCs?
In your area home center or hardware store, you may be seeing interior paints that say “low VOCs” or “no VOCs.” Here’s what you need to know about volatile organic compounds and paint. What Are VOCs? VOCs are solvents that are released in...
Common Mistakes You Can Make When Choosing Paint Colors
Picking the wrong paint color isn’t the end of the world – one of the most exhilarating things about painting your home is just how much freedom and flexibility you have to experiment! But let’s face it; painting a room is a huge undertaking. I...
What Is Stain-Resistant Paint and Why Do You Need It?
Picture this: Your kid (or niece or nephew) just drew a beautiful crayon mural … all over their bedroom wall. Or your partner, after working in the yard, smudged the entire hallway with mud on the way to the shower. With regular paint, good luck ke...
PPG’s 2021 Color of the Year Is More Than You Ever Imagined
The wait for PPG's 2021 Color of the Year is over. Last year, it was the rich, deep blue, Chinese Porcelain. The year before that, the luxurious dark green Night Watch. But in 2021, PPG goes beyond expectations and releases an entire color palette: t...
How to Fix Paint Bubbling
After spending hours rolling paint on a wall, the last thing you want to do is wake up one morning and see paint bubbles. What causes paint bubbling and peeling, anyway? Here are the sources of this frustrating, unsightly problem, how to prevent it, ...
How Long Does Paint Actually Last?
A recent Bank of America poll showed that more people – over 70 percent of those polled – are breaking out their toolboxes and tackling home improvement projects during COVID-19. And painting, especially reusing paint you already have, is an affo...
The Best Paint Colors for Rooms With Lots of Natural Light (Complete Guide)
How Lighting Impacts Paint Color Lighting can have a huge impact on how paint colors look in a room. Whether your space faces north, south, east, or west, the amount and quality of natural light will shift the appearance of your wall color throughou...