Dear James: We are planning a substantial room addition to our dream home. We are not on a tight budget, and we want everything done right. Should we use plaster walls or standard drywall walls? — ...

In most homes, it completely surrounds us side to side and overhead. We take for granted the wonderful finish, texture and surface it provides every day for decades on end. “It” is what we commonly ...

I live in a home that has plaster on metal lath ceilings. Our dining room is below two bathrooms and, over the years, we have had to touch up areas that are under the bathrooms. Although there is no ...