Q:I live in a home built in 1979 and want to create a smoother surface on my walls. They were finished with a textured finish of long strokes of finishing mud, which I have heard called a skip-trough ...

Since we started reporting on limewash as a trend a few years back, the wall finish has positively exploded in popularity. Its textured look adds depth and interest to even the most box-like new ...

Learning how to texture a wall can help DIYers transform boring surfaces or newly built walls into visually appealing ones with rustic charm or depth. Texturing walls also can help hide imperfections ...

My passions and extensive experience in decorative finishes and textures make me extra excited to share this project with you. Plaster wall art is one of those things where even if you can’t quite ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As the clay-plaster walls of architect Josh Piddock’s north London apartment were drying, he decided to inspect ...

Natural plaster walls add to the beauty of this southwestern style home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. More and more people are seeking natural and healthy ways to build a home. So it is, that the ...

Q:My husband and I just bought a house that has a "skip-trough" finish on the interior walls. We would like to make the walls smooth and then repaint them. One friend advised us to apply joint ...

Tile showers — and bathrooms — are out for 2026, with interior designers opting instead for a much warmer, more organic kind of wall treatment.