For most homeowners, learning how to paint a room is a quintessential part of maintaining or renovating a home. And, if ...

You can gain a lot of square footage by finishing a basement, but below-grade concrete walls require special consideration before the space is habitable. To build comfortable living quarters, here ...

Megan Debin hired Tracy Allen, a local artist, to paint murals on her cinder-block walls in Long Beach, Calif. “It’s so bright and playful, and it lifts your mood,” she said, adding that she ...

North Penn High School senior Christian Snell is, for the second time, transforming F-Pod hallway’s plain cinder block walls into his own personal colorful canvas. Last year, Snell originally painted ...

The timber-formwork concrete wall at the front is the perfect primer for a house that takes its stone seriously and applies it stylishly. 11 Kent Court, Toorak VIC 3142 5 Beds 6 Baths 4 Parking ...

When you're looking for cinder block garden ideas, the sky's just about the limit for this versatile building material. Use them to create stylish walls, furniture, outdoor bars, planters, raised ...

Does your basement have white, fuzzy stuff showing up on masonry walls or floor? Does paint peel off in certain areas of blocks or poured concrete no matter how often you recoat? This problem ...

Like many industries, the construction industry has had to evolve rapidly in recent times. Shortage of quality materials at affordable cost, adverse weather conditions, faulty materials, poor ...

Don Bechtel, 72, peeked downstairs to see water and mud rushing through their basement. Pressure from heavy rain had caused their 30-foot-wide rear cinder block wall to collapse. The wall had ...