Q. The home we bought has wallpaper on the dining room walls, and we want to paint over it. Can that be done without the wallpaper peeling or bubbling up later on under the paint? If so, what kind of ...

Dear James: I am ready to put up drywall in an at-home office for my business. I have put up drywall before to divide one large bedroom into two, but the joints look bad. This room must look better ...

Small holes are quick and easy to fix with joint compound and a putty knife. Medium and large holes are more extensive and also require a piece of drywall to use as a patch. Both the prep and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Holes happen, especially in drywall. Sometimes they happen on purpose and sometimes by accident. You ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Achieved by spraying, troweling, or rolling drywall compound onto your walls and then "knocking it down" with a knockdown knife, ...

Drywall mud, also known as joint compound, is a gypsum-based paste used for finishing drywall joints, corners, and for repairing cracks and holes in existing drywall and plaster. Choosing the right ...

Everyone at one time or another will be faced with damaged drywall that needs repair. Whether it is because a well intended friend helping you move furniture drives the corner of a dresser through the ...

Have you ever opened a door too hard and couldn't grab it before it connected with the wall, resulting in a fresh new hole in the surface of the drywall? One easy method to make this repair would be ...