If you're not sick of the paint-it-white trend ... This post originally appeared on Apartment Therapy. See it there: Before ...

Secondly, while wall paint can be done before or after new counters, tile or wallpaper backsplashes are nearly always installed after your countertops. Read the original article on House Digest.

But lead can and does affect adults, especially after long-term exposure ... Not all houses built before 1978 have lead-based paint, but the older your house is, the greater the likelihood ...