You’re proudly hanging your first picture on your new home’s antique plaster walls. A few minutes later, it’s no longer ...

Dear Julianne: Many older houses were built before drywall panels existed, so plaster was one of the few interior wall options. Since your house obviously is old, it has probably settled as much as it ...

We would love to fix up the somewhat damaged plaster walls in our prewar co-op. We’d like to maintain the look of the large moldings, but they and the walls are puffy, caked with peeling paint, and ...

Dear Angie: How important is it to repair plaster before repainting? Our ceilings have peeling paint that we’re pretty sure was caused by past water damage. Since the water problem is no longer an ...