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Two of my kids bedrooms have old vinyl wallpaper and I would like to paint them instead, but do I have to strip offall the old paper first before painting. (Karen Mulligan, Dalkey)If your wallpaper is..

I have a marble fireplace, and over the years have been treating it with linseed oil which has now built up a coating. I was wondering what would be the best way to clean it off? Only recently I have ..

My problem is that paint always peels off the ceiling in a particular room only a couple of months after re-painting it. There is no dampness but yet it just flakes off.This problem is very common on ..

My kitchen units are looking very tired and I would like to brighten them up. Can I paint them? They are a matte brown and white.   The answer is a definite yes, provided you don’t mind a bit of wor..