They’re looking just a bit puzzled. Sheri Jackson and Jodie Cariveau have just had a 90-minute class in sponge and rag wall painting from Lee Smith, lead interior designer at the Home Depot in Tustin, ...

If you wanted to add a dramatic element to your walls in the early 2000s, chances are you considered sponge painting. Part of the appeal was that the technique is fairly intuitive—paint the base color ...

Do-it-yourselfers, cast your paintbrushes aside. Sponges, combs and rags are proof that there’s more than one way to paint a wall. That’swhy more and more broken-color techniques — using one or more ...

Sponge painting, a technique for applying a nice color over a base coat, achieves a multi-tone finish. It has subtle and natural character that’s more interesting than a plain-painted surface. Use it ...

Many of our regular readers may already have discovered the joys of sponge painting, but we are trying it for the first time in this week’s column. When painting with sponges, you have lots of choices ...

A 1990s living room full of furniture and appliances from the era. - Shironosov/Getty Images There's no doubt about it, the 1990s have had a lot of impact on today's culture — enter grunge fashion and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In a world of McMansions and the more-is-more philosophy, there's something to be said about an early-2000s-era paint trend that embodies a ...

You can never have enough sponges in your home. Even if you don’t like washing dishes with it, the absorbent sponge has ample uses that go beyond cleaning. From makeup to car maintenance, the sponge ...