Q:I live in a home built in 1979 and want to create a smoother surface on my walls. They were finished with a textured finish of long strokes of finishing mud, which I have heard called a skip-trough ...

Venetian plaster, which looks like marble but doesn’t have the weight and expense of marble, has become a popular method of sprucing up a space, either outdoors or in, says Ronald Layman, a ...

Dezeen Showroom: Clayworks has created a range of Smooth Finishes clay plasters that are made entirely from natural materials and offer seamless, earthy surface finishes. UK brand Clayworks developed ...

Installing drywall, by its nature, leaves seams at the joins between panels, as well as screw holes. These must be hidden before painting for an even appearance. To finish drywall, start by driving ...

One of the last steps in many a brownstone renovation is to apply several thin layers of plaster to the walls to achieve a satiny, smooth finish, also known as a skim coat. But tinted plaster walls ...

Just because a wall has some chips or cracks — or even a hole or two — doesn’t necessarily mean it has to be replaced. There are two reasons to save an old wall surface: because it’s the best way to ...

Plaster coving isn’t limited to period properties. In contemporary homes and apartments in Islington, coving can act as a ...