Living With Plaster Walls Whether you view plaster in an old house as a blessing or a curse, like original floors, windows or architectural millwork, it’s a valuable part of the fabric of an old home ...

Q. In the 1840 section of our house, we thought the staircase walls might be the old horsehair plaster because the wall is quite wavy. I discovered (the wrong way) that there was an air-pocket defect ...