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 ...

Q. Our house has wood trim with an orangy varnish in most of the rooms. Should we paint or refinish it before putting the house on the market, or leave it as is? A. Although the color of baseboards ...

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 ...

Last weekend, I had the good fortune to show my son how to install wood baseboard and interior door casing. We’re in the final stages of finishing over 1,000 square feet of living space in the ...

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 ...