Joinery suppliers offer a range of ready-made window frames in both hardwood and softwood. Manufactured wooden frames are treated with preserver and some are ready-primed for painting or prestained for final finishing. With the increased awareness of... 

Floorboarding is produced in lengths that are intended to run from wall to wall. In practice this rarely happens because odd, shorter lengths are often laid to save on materials. When lifting floorboards, start with these shorter pieces if possible. In... 

Floorboards are usually made from softwoods and sold planed all round (PAR) with square or tongue-and groove edges. Standard sizes are specified as 125 x 25mm (5 x lin) or 150 x 25mm (6 xlin) nominal. However, boards as narrow as 75mm (3in) and others... 

Many people believe that a designing your kitchen does not require decorating. Your appliances, cabinetry and countertops are all that is required.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  You spend a great deal of time in the kitchen preparing food,... 

You might be tempted to think that buying a new discount coffee table is as easy as picking out one that’s similar in style and color to the one you previously owned. But don’t give into temptation! Take this opportunity to breathe new life into... 

A plaster cornice or a simple caving are used to finish the edges of a ceiling where it meets the walls. Ready-made gypsum coving is widely available, generally in a fairly limited range of profile sizes and in various lengths. However, you can buy any... 

Plasterboard is usually employed to make new ceilings, but it can also be used to replace an old lathand-plaster ceiling which has deteriorated beyond repair. Fixing the plasterboard in place and finishing its surface ready for decorating can be tackled... 

Cut plasterboard linings to fit the soffit and window reveals, and attach them before you apply the boards that line the wall. Align the front edges of the window linings with the faces of the battens or allow for dabs of plaster. Apply evenly spaced... 

All joints between boards and indentations left by nailing must be filled and smoothed before the ivory-coloured surface of plasterboard is ready for decorating. You will need jointing tape, filler and a special plaster- based ‘finish’ that... 

As an alternative to using batten fixing for dry-lining a solid wall, tapered-edge plasterboard can be bonded directly to the wall with dabs of plaster or adhesive. Rectangular pads about 100 x 50mm (4 x 2in) cut from remnants of plasterboard are used...