Q: We recently purchased a 1926 colonial in Melrose with mostly horsehair plaster walls. This is my first experience with plaster walls, and I'm afraid they are going to crumble when I hang artwork, ...
Q: We recently purchased a 1926 colonial house with mostly horsehair plaster walls. This is my first experience with plaster walls, and I’m afraid they are going to crumble when I hang artwork, etc.
Q: We recently bought a 1926 colonial in Melrose with mostly horsehair plaster walls. This is my first experience with plaster walls, and I'm afraid they are going to crumble when I hang artwork, etc.
Hanging art or photos on the walls can make a house feel more like a home, personalizing your space. But you may not want to deal with any sort of damage to your walls—especially if you are renting.
Enough of staring at blank walls—it’s time to learn how to hang a picture. Maybe you like to scour flea markets for portraits of strangers or even dabble in DIY art projects to save cash, but you ...
Hanging anything onto a plaster wall is a bit of a challenge. Depth finders help locate studs behind the plaster, but drilling through plaster and lathe into a stud is often problematic. There are a ...
We freeze when it comes to a few everyday details around our homes, such as hanging art and draperies. The thought of peppering the wall with nails from feeble attempts is a downer. As for securing ...
When it comes to installing a wall hanging—be it a work of art, a shower curtain bar, a knife grabber, or a big, heavy mirror—there are so many unspoken rules around what will hold and what won't that ...