'A classic mural would be a painted scene, usually a landscape but often including animals or figures. You can pinch inspiration from classical frescoes to great effect – for example, rather than ...

Faux Marble Painting Techniques One of the easiest and most impactful ways to update a wall is to paint it with a faux painting technique. And you can take it up another notch by adding a decorative ...

It used to be that painting one wall in a room with a splashy, loud color was considered the go-to budget design update. This accent wall, as the trend was rather ineptly named, was actually less ...

It's likely that several coats of paint would be needed to achieve a somewhat uniform effect. Your walls and ceiling might look OK from a distance, but the closer you get the less appealing they ...

The size of a color sample, the lighting in which you view it, and the nearby colors of other walls and objects all have an effect on how a color appears.

Finally, some of the traditional wall-building, plastering, and painting techniques, which have been perfected over countless generations, are still in use today.

Looking for something interesting for your walls? Try "broken color" painting - that is, applying one or more colors of paint on the walls in broken layers over a different colored background.

BRICK TO IT Thrifty mum crafts brick effect kitchen feature wall for just £12 using Frogtape and paint tester pots ...

Paint the opposite way if you're a lefty. The trick is to start on that side, roll your paint roller up and down once, then move three inches over and repeat until the wall is done.

WAILUKU — Former Maui resident Alexandra Underwood spent hours watching videos and reading articles on the effects of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and acidification of the ocean ...