Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contractor using a caulking gun along a baseboard - Aquaarts Studio/Getty Images When you think of a home renovation project, ...

Reader Skip Trivigino says he uses a “middle knuckle knock” to find wood studs in walls when he wants to hang shelves or other heavy objects. Basically, knock along the wall and listen for a hollow ...

I'm not one who goes for a lot of frou-frou or fussy detail, but I do like a good moulding, especially when it has been applied in the correct proportion to the surrounding architecture. Mouldings are ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 85th 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 ...

When you think of a home renovation project, tasks like painting the walls and installing new fixtures might be the ones that come to mind. However, there's one element of renovation that can have a ...