As a Grade II listed building that hadn’t been decorated for 14 years, The Old Rectory near Honiton was desperately overdue a ...

3. Use a primer and masonry paint As paving slabs are rough and tough, you need to make sure that you choose a paint that’s going to stick to them. This is something Hayley didn’t do the first time ...

It depends. Always use primer when painting bare or previously unpainted surfaces. This includes new drywall or plaster, as well as bare metal, wood or masonry. If painting cedar, redwood or knotty ...

However, it’s not as easy to hang your artwork, curio cabinet, shelving, or a heavy flat-panel TV on a masonry wall as on a wood stud wall with drywall on top. Still, you don’t even have to ...