Q. This week: The question you answered last week about painting a house was in some ways, but not all, pertinent to what I'm going to do this summer - paint my barn. What should I use, latex or oil?

Dad and I measure a good weekend by several factors: the time we spend together, the number of things we can check off of our to-do list and the quality of our Friday night dinner. We hit the trifecta ...

Beginning with the earliest American settlements and continuing into the 18th century, most barns weren't painted at all. Early American barn builders took sun exposure, temperature, moisture, wind, ...

Ever drove down the countryside and wondered why all the barns are painted red? The answer, like most things, lies in our history. New England settlers didn't have enough money to paint their farms.

CHILLICOTHE - A trip to a rural road in Licking County led a Cincinnati man back to his passion for art and a mission to paint a historic barn in each county in Ohio with his visit to Ross County this ...

It's an iconic blast from Illinois' past, representing comfort in a rural setting that features a dairy barn and silo, a horse barn, a pioneer home and a one-room schoolhouse surrounded by acres of ...