Is your gallery wall feeling a little tired? More homes seem to be swapping out predictable framed prints for something with far more personality. Decorative wall plates are fast becoming the design ...

Cutting Board Wall Wood cutting boards are a kitchen essential, so why not display your collection as wall art? Recreate this ...

Where to Start Install the bottom plate, then use it as a control point to plumb up to the top plate and mark its location. Next install the top plate, then the wall studs. Mark the bottom plate ...

How much does it cost to build a wall? While interior wall installations generally run in the low four figures, the range can be huge: anywhere from $973 to $8,000, according to HomeAdvisor.

We talked to a professional art installer about how to hang framed pictures, mirrors, and plates in your home. He told us about OOK hooks and D-rings, levels, measuring tape, and blue painter’s ...

What’s more, you frame the door with a continuous bottom plate, just as the wall has a continuous top plate.

When a carpenter builds a wood-framed wall using regular lumber and nails, the wall may be able to support lots of weight on its own, but the wall is not stable unless it has some form of bracing ...

Fortunately, the burgeoning wall plate trend can look divine even without a designated display room. When treated as though a framed photo or conversation-starting artwork, plates can be a ...

When you build a wall, the studs should be spaced equidistant from each other. Here's why the standard is 16 inches on center, and an easy way to ma ...

Decorative wall plates, the kind you’d normally see displayed in draughty country estates and rural cottages, are the latest interior trend you never knew you needed.

News Features Ask the Builder: Diagonal bracing keeps walls from falling down Sun., Dec. 25, 2016 See that angled board nailed to the vertical wall studs? It’s a temporary diagonal wall brace ...

Decorative wall plates are replacing framed art as a fresh decor trend. They add depth, personality and style to any room with minimal effort.