If you want to give your home a welcoming, lived-in look, a little bit of texture can go a long way. A bouclé sofa or high-piled rug is an easy and obvious touch, but for allover charm, why not take ...

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 ...

When wall meets ceiling, or two colors meet each other, are crisp lines possible? Yes, actually - if you know this genius ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Floors, walls, and ceilings can be adorned with pattern and texture, says carpet and textile designer Christine Van Der Hurd, ...

Wallpaper has made a major comeback in recent years. There’s a good reason for this. It instantly adds color, texture, and style to a home. One of the biggest innovations in this category is ...