Q: We recently purchased a 1926 colonial house with mostly horsehair plaster walls. This is my first experience with plaster walls, and I’m afraid they are going to crumble when I hang artwork, etc.

I took down some plaster and lath and now have 4 bags of just individual lath wood strips, no plaster on them. Any use for it? Anyone want it? My Dad has been taking it to use as firewood, but he has ...

For one local Maryville man, a mere observation turned into an opportunity to recycle waste and turn it into beautiful pieces of art. “It’s a product that there is an abundance of at my job,” Craig ...

An interesting artifact of architectural history hangs upon a wall of the tool room in the Vigo County Historical Museum. This somewhat gnarly looking piece of wood is a rare example of accordion or ...

2. Two 1”x 3” boards cut 17 1⁄2” long 3. Two 1”x 3” boards cut 10” long 4. 16ft of 1” wide by 1⁄4” thick wood lath. They usually come in 4ft lengths, so buy four 1. Cut all the 4ft pieces of lath in ...

Lath-and-plaster walls are common in older houses (built late 18th Century until the early 1950’s, when drywall became standard). Whether you want to hang a picture, mirror or kitchen cabinet, ...

Q: We would like to hang pictures, some of them rather large, on a plaster wall. Can you tell us the best way to do this? We are afraid of cracking the plaster. A: With proper technique, hanging ...

Q: My home was built in 1944, and even the new addition, a porch converted to a dining area about 20 years ago, has lath and plaster walls. Is there a way to insulate these walls? Also, would it be ...

An interesting artifact of architectural history hangs upon a wall of the tool room in the Vigo County Historical Museum. This somewhat gnarly looking piece of wood is a rare example of accordion or ...