Editor’s note: Welcome to the 62nd installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

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 ...

Q I am hoping to help my son internally insulate the solid outer walls of his house with plasterboard-faced insulating board (Celotex or similar). How would one fix this to the wall? Could it be stuck ...