Living With Plaster Walls Whether you view plaster in an old house as a blessing or a curse, like original floors, windows or ...

Plaster walls and decorative details are high-quality, handmade finishes that give an old house character. They should not be replaced with inferior materials without a compelling reason. Plaster is ...

Q. We just bought our first house, an American Foursquare, dated 1917. It has been vacant for several years and the interior is not in the best condition. We'd like to gut it to get rid of the ...

While a fresh coat of paint is a low-cost, low-effort way to give your entire room a brand-new feel, seeing your carefully chosen color peel or crack after the job is finished is frustrating and ...

Q. I live in a 55-year-old home that has plaster walls. Last winter there were ice dams on the eave edges of the roof and some water got inside the main floor bathroom. Now the paint in this area ...

If the walls haven’t been repaired since they went up more than 100 years ago chances are they are due. Freshly skim coated walls and original plaster molding. A common way to skim coat walls is to ...

As she applies the third thin coat of an Italian limestone plaster to a ceiling in her 1730 Williams Township farmhouse, Lori Blomstrom prepares to turn an ordinary surface into an extraordinary su… ...

The interiors had peeling plaster walls covered in layers of old wallpaper and paint. A leaky roof and mostly abandoned second-story required immediate attention. In short, the place was a wreck.