Although they might seem like a major roadblock for your dorm room decorating ideas, cinder blocks aren't as difficult to ...

Build a basic garden bench with a stack of cinder blocks topped with painted wood planks. Add some pillows to your bench to help you relax and enjoy your backyard plantings. Here, 8x8-inch half ...

Note that the techniques described above can also be used to paint concrete-block walls, with one exception: Mortar joints on concrete-block walls are much shallower than on brick walls, so use a ...

Q: My house was built in the '40s and has a cinder-block foundation. On the inside, it has paint that's peeling. Some of the blocks are crumbling, but the problem is not deep, less than an inch.

Q. My house was built in the ’40s and has a cinder-block foundation. On the inside, it has paint that’s peeling. Some of the blocks are crumbling, but the problem is not deep, less than an inch.

Concrete staining and block wall painting are two separate processes. Here's how we'd approach each: Last summer Kevin spent some time with a representative from Duckback Products, a Chico company.

Wall Sensations company owner Alan Gellman moved to Scottsdale 12 years ago, looked at his backyard walls and decided they needed a face-lift.

When you're looking for cinder block garden ideas, the sky's just about the limit for this versatile building material. Use them to create stylish walls, furniture, outdoor bars, planters, raised ...