Q: What do I need to know about maintaining a brick home? A: Brick has been a popular building material for centuries. It is energy efficient and relatively maintenance free, but many first-time ...

Think carefully before you paint your home's exterior with a bold new color -- Skipping prepation or plaster can cause ...

Improve outdated brick by using these simple steps to paint the house One of the simplest ways you can improve the exterior of your home is by painting. While it's more common to paint siding, even if ...

Upgrade or change the look of a a red, tan, blond, gray, or painted brick home exterior with paint. From choosing the right shade for your trim or front door to painting the brick itself, there are a ...

Brick house with blue door and yellow flowers - Joe Hendrickson/Getty Images Brick homes can be beautiful and stately, but the wrong shade of brick can leave a house looking dingy or dated. Replacing ...

This will not be a typical column. I’m sitting in my man cave writing it several hours before I talk to a reader named Amanda on the phone. She lives in Oklahoma in a new home covered with artificial ...

The restoration and modernization of the historic brick quarters on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base continues — and the project is unique nationally, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in response ...