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Exterior Projects

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A person prepares to paint a garage door in a few simple steps from prep to priming to painting.

How to Paint a Garage Door

A bright red painted metal chair with a hat on it in an entryway beside an open door painted in charcoal gray.

How to Remove Paint from Metal

A white-painted living room with a black-framed door, modern black, white and red decor, and a fireplace.

How to Paint Metal Furniture

A romantic blue shed next to a long wooden dining table, three rattan chairs, a pitcher with flowers, a trellis, and plants.

How to Paint a Shed

A beautiful gray-painted trellis style fence with climbing greenery offers privacy in this yard with a pool and outdoor patio with dining furniture and a white umbrella.

How to Paint a Fence

A person brushing stain onto a wood railing.

How to Stain a Fence

Three black lanterns on a deck stained with Platinum Gray HC-179 Ultra Flat Solid Woodluxe® Exterior Stain.

How to Choose a Wood Stain Color

Two folding lounge chairs with draped red blankets on a light gray stained deck and a green mountainscape in the background.

How To Stain a Deck

Two lightly stained wooden Adirondack chairs and a wood table sitting on a lush green lawn.

How to Stain Outdoor Wood Furniture

Man painting home exterior vinyl siding gray.

How to Paint Your Home Exterior

A home with a dark red-painted front door adds a pop of color to a gray-black-painted exterior.

How To Paint a Front Door

A painter sprays green paint on the exterior of a home.

How to Spray Paint

Man painting black metal gate.

How To Paint Metal

Painting 101

Help from Experts

A homeowner uses a roller to paint Symphony Blue 2060-10 on a wall.

Get Help Painting

Keep learning with our wide range of paint- and stain-related tips and insights.

Interior Projects

Update your indoor space!

Woman painting a wall blue with paint roller.

Projects for Your Home Interior

Refresh your indoor space with these DIY tips and the transformative power of paint.

More Ideas & Inspiration

Take your creativity further with design and color ideas for both the inside and outside of your home.

A homeowner sampling different interior blue paint colors.

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