Rough, grainy textures in wood tend to show through most spray paints, leaving you with a textured surface that still looks not-quite finished. If you’re painting something like fir plywood, use ...

Painting pros may find that a paint sprayer is the easiest method, but brushes and rollers made for textured surfaces also work well. Make sure to push the paint into the tiny cracks and crevices ...

And if your ceiling has a textured finish, it’s best to stick with white paint. “The flatter the surface, the less imperfections show,” Hunnefeld says, noting that one workaround is to ...