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Bud - your detailed explanation is so greatly appreciated! I am an avid researcher - hence, all the questions. I am putting lath in some places where the joints are huge...there are some "paintings" in there that would be compromised otherwise. I live in a stucco house built in 1921, and the...

SE: People are so funny about artists! I thoroughly enjoyed my past life in Corporate America where I was often shunned until folks learned I was an artist. I adore the "OOOOh!" replies...which really mean "So THAT explains it. Okay, I can accept you now." Hilarious! Your porch re-do is...

By the time I read your posts, I had already put some more tile and marbles on the walls with the premixed stuff. The following day, I got out my Dremel and the grout remover bit to do away with my gross errors. Whew! What a mess! But it did the trick, and you know what? I was more...

Every once in a while (more often as of late) I ask myself "WHY did I think I wanted to own my own home? And WHY OH WHY did I think I wanted to own one built in 1921, for crying out loud??!!@#!" I'm currently trying to finish a mosaic tub surround that I began 3 years ago, and am finding so much...

Hi Glenn! Thanks for the tip. It all has thinset on it...the problem was that when we applied the tiles, marbles, etc., we had no idea they should all be approximately the same height, and boy, some areas are a real mess! I posted pictures of it in the house repair gallery - take a look! Donna

I had 3 tubs, one sink and accompanying counter top refinished by a professional (?) about 3 years ago. It has been a nightmare, and of course, he disappeared from sight. The drain holes are all chipped and rusting, which is fixable (but obvious) on the white material. However, I had the tub...

Every once in a while (more often as of late) I ask myself "WHY did I think I wanted to own my own home? And WHY OH WHY did I think I wanted to own one built in 1921, for crying out loud??!!@#!" I'm currently trying to finish a mosaic tub surround that I began 3 years ago, and am finding so...