The decorative paintwork on the walls at the Moss Mansion is so delicate that it peels at the sound of even the mildest profanity. Preserving, and in some instances restoring, that paintwork is a ...

Plaster Creek near the Ken-O-Sha Park School. Calvin College received $60,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help fund restoration work on the polluted stream. (MLive file photo) ...

Q. How important is it to repair plaster before repainting? Our ceilings have peeling paint that we’re pretty sure was caused by past water damage. Since the water problem is no longer an issue, can ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 17th 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 ...

Sometimes, on a nice afternoon, Jeff Poree drives by the Peristyle in City Park, where he and his workers spent three months in 2012, resurfacing every bit of the century-old ceiling and ionic columns ...

You'll find the plaster work of Eugene Orlandini, owner of Orlandini Studios in Walker's Point, at the Oriental Theater, Plaza Hotel, Central Library and many homes. His grandfather and uncle ...

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