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Using a broom to dust a popcorn ceiling.
Interior

How to Clean a Popcorn Ceiling

By Andreana Lefton, Bob Vila

November’s Top Tool and Tech Innovations
Reviews

November’s Top Tool and Tech Innovations Will Have You Ready for the Holidays

By Michelle Larson

A group of the best tested ash vacuums placed together in front of an indoor fireplace.
Reviews

We Tested the Best Ash Vacuums, These Are Our Favorites for Keeping Your Fireplace Clean

By Glenda Taylor, Mike Bruton

Man wearing a baseball cap pressure washes a brown garage door, palm trees in the background.
DIY

How to Pressure Wash a House

By Gretchen Heber, Bob Vila, Steffani Cameron

Woman wipes a hardwood floor with a blue microfiber cloth.
Interior

The Best Way to Clean Hardwood Floors

By Theresa Clement, Bob Vila, Manasa Reddigari

Ice blue Keurig machine on a counter with rubber gloves, vinegar, and other cleaning supplies.
DIY

How to Descale a Keurig Coffee Maker

By Manasa Reddigari, Savannah Sher

The Best New Cleaning Tool Options
Reviews

The Best New Cleaning Tools of 2024

By Beth Cranston

Unrecognizable woman sweeping the parquet floor, window light reflection.
Cleaning & Organizing

Spring Cleaning in the Fall? Experts Say You Should Get on Board

By Sandi Schwartz

Grime, dirt, and peeling paint are visible on the surface of a vintage wrought iron fence detailed with fleur de lis designs.
DIY

How to Clean Wrought Iron and Keep It Rust-Free

By Savannah Sher

October Innovations and New Products
Reviews

October Saw Dyson’s Newest Vacuum and Upgrades from Craftsman, John Deere, and Milwaukee

By Michelle Larson

A gardener pruning his fruit trees on a sunny day.
DIY

40 Tasks Homeowners Should Finish Before the First Frost

By Michelle Ullman, Caitlin Castelaz, Theresa Clement

selection of best roof cleaners packages laid out on the floor
Reviews

After Extensive Testing, This Roof Cleaner is Our Go-To Pick For Cleaning and Restoration

By Mike Larson, Tom Scalisi

A group of concrete cleaners on a concrete driveway
Reviews

We Tested the Best Concrete Cleaners and Our Results Were Shocking

By Mark Wolfe, Glenda Taylor

Woman uses garden hose to rinse debris from air conditioner compressor.
Interior

How to Clean Air Conditioner Coils

By Theresa Clement, Bob Vila, Jason Brick

interior car detailing
DIY

5 Interior Car Detailing Tricks You Can Do at Home

By Nicole Shein

A used and a new furnace filter, propped side by side.
Interior

This Is How Often You Should Change Your Furnace Filter

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

A group of the best portable carpet cleaners sitting together on a patterned rug.
Reviews

Testing the 7 Best Portable Carpet Cleaners for Spills and Stains

By Savannah Sher, Debbie Wolfe, Amanda Lauren

Prime Day Robotic Pool Cleaner Deals
Reviews

This Cordless Robot Cleaned My Entire Pool on One Charge—and It’s $300 Off for Prime Day

By Glenda Taylor

The Best Gutter Guard option installed on a gutter.
Reviews

We Tested the Best Gutter Guards—These Are Our Favorites

By Glenda Taylor, Timothy Dale, Tom Scalisi, Tony Carrick

A man is holding a stack of clothes in one hand and is staring at the clothes on the bed so he can organize the closet behind him.
DIY

How to Organize Your Closet for a Total Wardrobe Makeover

By Deirdre Mundorf

A cluttered room in a normal American home.
Interior

New Study Explores Americans’ Relationship to Clutter

By Sandi Schwartz

A general interior view of a room with beige sofa, two accent lounge chairs, black sideboard, bookshelves and a new beige carpet.
Interior

7 Secrets to Keeping Your Carpet Looking New

By Anja Sonnenberg

Person wearing yellow gloves cleans the joints of the floor tiles with a brush and powder.
DIY

8 Ways to Clean Stained Grout

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila

Materials needed to clean a toilet tank sitting on top of the toilet, including vinegar and dish soap.
DIY

How to Clean a Toilet Tank

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Updated by Margaret Foley

A barefoot woman is cleaning the vinyl plank flooring inside of a living room with a dry mop.
Interior

How to Clean Vinyl Plank Flooring

Updated by Teresa Odle Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila

A bagworm pupa hangs from a thin tree branch.
Lawn & Garden

How to Get Rid of Bagworms

By Bob Vila

Fly perched on the edge of a drinking glass.
Interior

How to Get Rid of Flies in the House

By Margaret Foley, Bob Vila Staff

Materials needed to make homemade floor cleaner and apply it to hardwood floors, including spray bottle, mop, and castile soap.
DIY

How to Make Your Own Homemade Hardwood Floor Cleaner

By Ayn Monique Klahre

Budget-Friendly Finds for Your Garage Options
Exterior

12 Budget-Friendly Finds for Your Garage

By Michelle Larson

Woman wearing yellow gloves uses a caulk remover tool to remove caulk from atop a baseboard.
DIY

How to Remove Caulk

By Bob Vila

Woman wearing a plaid shirt and yellow cleaning gloves wipes white kitchen cabinets with a cloth.
Interior

How to Remove Grease From Kitchen Cabinets

By Bob Vila, Katelin Hill, Donna Boyle Schwartz

Woman wearing cleaning gloves pours salt through a funnel into a mason jar.
DIY

How to Make Homemade Drain Cleaner

By Bob Vila

Woman wearing cleaning gloves removes oven racks for cleaning.
DIY

7 Easy and Effective Ways to Clean Oven Racks

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila Staff

How to Make Your Own Oven Cleaner
DIY

How to Make Your Own Oven Cleaner

By Manasa Reddigari

How to Clean a Porcelain Sink
DIY

How to Clean a Porcelain Sink

By Andreana Lefton, Bob Vila

Ingredients needed to make a homemade degreaser (including vinegar and baking soda) assembled on a counter.
DIY

How to Make a Homemade Degreaser That’ll Conquer Kitchen Grime

By Theresa Clement, Manasa Reddigari

Materials needed to clean wood furniture (including mineral spirits and dish soap) collected on a small wood table.
DIY

How to Clean Wood Furniture

By Bob Vila

How To Clean Mirrors Streak Free
DIY

How to Clean a Mirror: 4 Tips for a Streak-Free Finish

By Jill Lawrence O’Hara, Phillip Tinner

Woman uses a spray bottle and sponge to clean painted walls.
DIY

How to Clean Painted Walls

By Emily Burns Morgan, Jennifer Noonan

Someone wearing rubber gloves holding cleaning spray bottles and cloths
Interior

The Essential Guide to Spring Home Improvement

By Manasa Reddigari

Mean using a long pole to clean the windows outside a house
DIY

Going Green and Keeping Clean: Outdoor Edition

By Alyson McNutt English, Bob Vila

A basement filled with furniture and bikes flooded with water
Interior

How To: Dry a Wet Basement

By Maureen Blaney Flietner, Bob Vila

how to shampoo carpets
Interior

How to Shampoo Carpets

By Kat Hodgins, Susan Pevaroff Berschler

man looking at mold on white wood panel on wall
DIY

How to Remove Mold From Wood

By Bob Vila Staff

A patio chair with cushion surrounded by a vacuum cleaner and materials needed to clean the cushions.
Exterior

How to Clean Outdoor Cushions 

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Jennifer Noonan

Woman with yellow rubber gloves uses a long-handled brush to clean beige vinyl siding on a home.
Exterior

How to Clean Vinyl Siding

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila

A residential backyard with a paver patio, outdoor furniture, plants, and more.
DIY

5 Things You’re Forgetting to Deep Clean in Your Outdoor Space

By Deirdre Mundorf

Nine bottles and one bar of the best dish soap on a wood table
DIY

The Best Dish Soaps for Squeaky-Clean Dishes, Tested

By Amber Guetebier

A person wearing rain boots pressure washing a concrete driveway.
Exterior

How to Clean Concrete Floors and Driveways

By Joe Provey, Tom Scalisi

Materials needed for making a DIY stainless steel cleaner.
DIY

Make Your Appliances Sparkle With This DIY Stainless Steel Cleaner Recipe

By Manasa Reddigari

A freshly wet backyard deck has a house plant and puddles of water on it.
Exterior

How to Make a Homemade Deck Cleaner That Works Like a Charm

By Glenda Taylor

A group of the best carpet cleaners before testing.
Reviews

The Best Carpet Cleaners for Busy Households, Tested

By Amber Guetebier, Debbie Wolfe, Michelle Larson, Additional research provided by Timothy Dale

A woman is carrying boxes with personal belongings in a cluttered living room.
DIY

50 Ways to Repurpose Your Clutter

By Deirdre Mundorf

how to get rid of mold on walls
DIY

Mold on Walls? The Key to Permanent Removal Is Knowing Where It Hides

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer

A window AC unit sits in an attic-level window on a house with white siding and green shutters.
Interior

Mold in the Air Conditioner? Here’s How to Tackle It—and Keep It Away For Good

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

A person with a cleaning glove squeezing a magic eraser melamine sponge.
Cleaning & Organizing

Consider This Before Restocking Your Magic Erasers

By Lori Lovely

Red spoon full of diatomaceous earth.
DIY

13 Handy Household Uses for Diatomaceous Earth

By Savannah Sher, Teresa Odle

A messy garage in summer waiting to be cleaned.
Exterior

How to Clean Up the Garage, the Busiest Space of Summer 

By Deirdre Mundorf

Dark colored mold grows in the corner of a wall with some cleaning product bottles and yellow gloves seen in the foreground.
Interior

Here’s What Really Kills Mold

By Lauren Wingo

A spot of mold growing in the corner of a ceiling.
DIY

How to Test for Mold in Your Home in 6 Steps—(Even If You Can’t See It)

By Deirdre Mundorf, Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer

A rose-colored T-shirt and materials needed to clean it, including detergent, dish soap, and paper towels.
DIY

How to Get Oil Out of Clothes

By Emma Caplan

Woman uses olive oil to polish a stainless steel sink.
DIY

How to Clean a Stainless Steel Sink

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila

Woman uses a hair dryer to remove a sticker from a wood picture frame.
DIY

How to Remove Glue: 3 Tricks That Really Work

By Bob Vila, Steffani Cameron

A person using the DeWalt DWPW2100 Electric Jobsite Pressure Washer to clean a motorcycle during testing.
Cleaning & Organizing

The Best Pressure Washers Under $500 for a Deep Clean, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Mark Wolfe, Jodi Webb