Learning how to texture a wall can help DIYers transform boring surfaces or newly built walls into visually appealing ones with rustic charm or depth. Texturing walls also can help hide imperfections ...

Q. Some of the walls and ceilings in our older house have tiny cracks and other blemishes that make them unsightly. Is texture paint a lasting remedy for this? A. Texture paint, which usually deposits ...

Check the size of your 1/2-in. plywood backing board. Then, cut the fiberglass window screen to be eight inches larger than it in both directions (so there are four inches of overhang on each side).

IF you live in an older home, chances are you have ugly, bumpy walls. For some unknown reason there used to be a time when plasterers thought it was the ‘in’ thing to give walls a textured finish. It ...

One of the basic tenets of interior design—if you ever plan to sell your home—is to avoid overly personal choices of the more permanent variety. Yet, as anyone who has ever house- or apartment-hunted ...

Dezeen Showroom: taking cues from the grand tapestries in castles, Dedar's collection of textile wall coverings features large screen-printed illustrations and rich textures. Dedar's new wall ...

Q:My husband and I just bought a house that has a "skip-trough" finish on the interior walls. We would like to make the walls smooth and then repaint them. One friend advised us to apply joint ...

With the right plants for covering walls, it’s easy to brighten up a bland wall or conceal an unsightly boundary. Dense evergreen climbers or deciduous choices that retain good structure over winter ...

Dezeen Showroom: the rich textures of hand-crafted materials are replicated in this wall covering created by US brand Designtex for environments that require easy maintenance. The appearance of the ...

These days, smoothly-painted, wallpapered walls dominate the trends when it comes to home decor, which is all the more reason to remove texture from your walls. Removing texture, from orange peel to ...

Q: I’m looking for some contemporary wallpaper to go with the overall design of my apartment. The point of using wallpaper, as opposed to paint, is to hide all the lumps and bumps on my dull white ...