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? — ...

Given its ubiquity across U.S. dwellings, you'd think nothing can match up to drywall when finishing a wall. Made by compressing gypsum plaster between layers of paper pulp, drywall sheets are often ...

This new wall-coating trend veers on the side of subtlety, but will make your home look and feel more natural, particularly when the light hits the finish.

Unless something goes wrong, or you’re in the middle of a renovation project, it’s pretty easy to ignore your walls. Sure, they’re integral to the structure and layout of your home, but play more of a ...