We learned a few tough lessons while repainting our stucco home, so I followed up with questions for painting pros.

If you wanted to add a dramatic element to your walls in the early 2000s, chances are you considered sponge painting. Part of the appeal was that the technique is fairly intuitive—paint the base color ...

In 2014, Ian Schrager was living at 40 Bond and working with Herzog & de Meuron to build his “tough lux” boutique condo — think concrete floors and sharp lines — at 215 Christye. So perhaps it came as ...