I’m thinking of putting up adjustable shelves on a demising wall in a brownstone. The wall is plaster over brick. I’ve seen brackets at Home Depot that are double hooked and sturdy. I would place then ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 62nd installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

Plasterboard isn’t as strong as brick and plaster, so you need to ensure that when drilling into plasterboard, you’re doing it correctly. Get it wrong and you could be left with the contents of ...