BY MARC DE LA VERGNE Originally Published in the Blvd. Park Neighborhood newsletter.

Living in the Central City, you probably live in an old house with original lath and plaster walls. And if your house is like the one my wife and I own, some of your walls may be cracked and in need of repair. In our case, we have a guestroom that had walls that were home to a spider web of cracks. And though they were annoying, they weren’t bad enough to put that project at the top of my “honey do” list –especially given what I’d heard about the work involved in repairing them correctly. So, year, after year, I ignored the cracks, focusing on other projects. Then, two things happened to get me motivated to fix up the room. First was the impending visit of a guest and the other was an episode of “Ask This Old House,” a show that answers viewers’ questions about old home challenges. I had to get the room ready for our guest and the show showed me how – using Big Wally’s Plastermagic.  I’m not a contractor, I don’t work for Ask This Old House and I’m not in the employ of Big Wally’s, but take it from me, this product works as advertised. It’s faster and easier than other approaches fellow home-improvers in the neighborhood I know have used. (more…)