Q:I live in a home built in 1979 and want to create a smoother surface on my walls. They were finished with a textured finish of long strokes of finishing mud, which I have heard called a skip-trough ...

Painting a wall with a textured roller can make a room look fabulous if it's done correctly. If you're not careful, though, ...

As days get shorter, flat paint stops flattering. Designers whisper that touch, shadow and grain do what gloss never will. Across the UK, a quiet revolt is underway. Smooth emulsion yields to ...