Contractor using a caulking gun along a baseboard - Aquaarts Studio/Getty Images When you think of a home renovation project, tasks like painting the walls and installing new fixtures might be the ...

Nate Berkus seated on stage with a blue background - Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images Color has returned to interior residential design after years of beiges and grays. Paint is an easy and affordable way ...

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 ...

DEAR DEBBIE: We are moving into a new house and the walls will be stark-white flat paint and the woodwork semigloss white paint. I hope to paint the walls in earth tones (soft clays and greens). Is ...

Note: For less flexible baseboard, the best solution is to simply fill any gaps with caulk. Select a premium acrylic latex caulk ($3-plus per tube) that says “paintable” on the label. Force the caulk ...

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 ...