Tucked away beneath the house is a room that may not get the same stylistic attention as spaces like bedrooms and living rooms, but certainly deserves it. Basements are often neglected spaces where ...

If utilized to their greatest potential, basements can add ample space to your home. While most are below ground level and sometimes are windowless, dark and dingy, there are ways to lighten and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Finished Basement Finished basements can serve all sorts of purposes, whether you’re in need of an extra den or a playroom or you ...

Q. I am buying my first single-family home and have a few questions. Do you have any suggestions for methods or products to strip paint from a brick fireplace? The current owners painted it at some ...

There’s no quicker, more convenient way to paint small- to medium-size parts and projects than with spray paint. The challenge is how do you apply a smooth, even coat of paint without runs, drips and ...

Decorators face plenty of uphill battles, but one of the trickiest spaces to work with is actually downhill: the basement. How do you make a subterranean space that’s often associated with root ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Basements are oftentimes one of the most underused and under-appreciated rooms in the house. Sure, it's most commonly used as a ...

We’re looking to paint our basement walls and floors to seal the ancient concrete. Is it totally silly to use a roller? There are no aesthetic considerations here at all. We’ve never used a sprayer ...

Welcome to Making a Bar, where I give my dungeon-esque downstairs a DIY glow-up. First up: What a difference a little color makes. This is Making a Bar, a four-part DIY series in which our intrepid ...

Home Improvement Ask the Carpenter: The paint on the basement walls is peeling Ask the Carpenter’s Rob Robillard answers readers’ questions about basement moisture and icicle prevention. Get more ...