Tucked away beneath the house is a room that may not get the same stylistic attention as spaces like bedrooms and living rooms, but certainly deserves it. Basements are often neglected spaces where ...

If utilized to their greatest potential, basements can add ample space to your home. While most are below ground level and sometimes are windowless, dark and dingy, there are ways to lighten and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Finished Basement Finished basements can serve all sorts of purposes, whether you’re in need of an extra den or a playroom or you ...

Basements are often overlooked, can be a willing canvas to anyone with even the slightest bit of design inspiration. Basements could serve as a secondary living room, as guest quarters whenever family ...

Q. I am buying my first single-family home and have a few questions. Do you have any suggestions for methods or products to strip paint from a brick fireplace? The current owners painted it at some ...

Robert Shaw and Denise Taylor-Shaw want to brighten and update the 34-by-31-foot basement of their Burke split-level home. They want a more modern space where they can relax and watch television. They ...

Dear Ken: I’ve got some dark and dreary paneling in the basement that I want to paint. Getting the paint to stick is a problem. I don’t want to use a solvent-based primer, because of all the fumes — ...

We’re looking to paint our basement walls and floors to seal the ancient concrete. Is it totally silly to use a roller? There are no aesthetic considerations here at all. We’ve never used a sprayer ...