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Swarm of flying ants on piece of wood in home.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Flying Ants

By Bob Vila, Updated by Paul Rankin

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

Person wearing black rubber gloves uses paint roller to apply blue paint over primed particle baord.
DIY

How to Paint Particle Board

By Bob Beacham

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

John Deere ZTrak Review
Reviews

Zero Complaints With This Zero-Turn Mower: A John Deere ZTrak Review 

By Mark Wolfe

Father and son working on a home improvement project in the backyard.
DIY

26 Insanely Easy Home Improvements You Can Do in 1 Hour

By Cynthia Ramnarace, Updated by Teresa Odle

Seven bottles of the Best Vinyl Siding Cleaners on grass next to cream vinyl sided house
Reviews

The Best Vinyl Siding Cleaners for the Home, Tested

By Jodi Webb, Manasa Reddigari, Glenda Taylor

Ridgid 18V Oscillating Multi-Tool
Reviews

Milwaukee and Ridgid Power Tool Deals Are 66% Off at Home Depot Today

By Glenda Taylor

Six of the Best Dethatching Rake Options laying on a grass lawn
Reviews

The Best Dethatching Rakes for a Healthy Lawn, Tested

By Tony Carrick

Close up view of caulk gun caulking a baseboard over painter's tape.
DIY

How to Caulk Baseboards

By Katelin Hill, Bob Vila

A Bob Vila writer tests out the Black+Decker 20V Max EasyFeed String Trimmer/Edger on weeds in the lawn
Reviews

Our Favorite Budget-Friendly String Trimmer Is On Sale for Only $126

By Glenda Taylor

Eight of the Best Router Bits Sets on reclaimed wood
Reviews

The Best Router Bits for Your Woodworking Projects, Tested

By Mark Wolfe, Timothy Dale

Woman wearing safety glasses spray paints a small metal table outdoors.
DIY

How to Spray Paint Metal

By Jennifer Noonan

A piece of pressure-treated wood, along with the materials needed to prime and paint it.
DIY

How to Paint Pressure-Treated Wood

By Teresa Odle, Bob Vila

Man and woman in furniture store sitting in chairs to test them out.
DIY

The Red Flags of Low-Quality Furniture (and What to Look for Instead)

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman sitting on floor painting a wall white.
DIY

Paint Your Rental Without Regret, Courtesy of Benjamin Moore

By Sandi Schwartz

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

How to Clean Painted Walls

By Emily Burns Morgan, Jennifer Noonan

A white-and-black sits in a custom catio built into the window of a modern home or apartment building.
Building & Installing

10 Catio Plans That Are Purrfect for Indoor Cats

By Deirdre Mundorf

PVC pipe and the materials needed to prepare and paint the piping.
DIY

How to Paint PVC Pipe

By Bob Vila

how to pressure wash a deck
DIY

How to Pressure Wash a Deck for Annual Maintenance

By Timothy Dale

A hand holding a cloth to wipe a wooden countertop
Interior

Countertop Care 101

By Elzy Kolb

Woman holding a power tool remodeling a bathroom
Real Estate

Live In or Move Out: The Remodeling Dilemma

By Iyna Bort Caruso

People signing a contract on a table next to two small wooden house models
DIY

Contracting the Contractors

By Bob Vila

Someone wearing rubber gloves holding cleaning spray bottles and cloths
Interior

The Essential Guide to Spring Home Improvement

By Manasa Reddigari

A half-constructed kitchen with an island
Interior

How To: Build a Kitchen Island

By Ama Ryllis

A puppy playing in a sandbox surrounded with toys
Lawn & Garden

How To: Make a Sandbox

By Dana Willard

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

Someone using a roller to paint an exterior wall blue
DIY

Exterior Paint 101

By 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

Woman in navy polo shirt uses a paint roller to paint a sheet of MDF green.
DIY

How to Paint MDF Furniture and Cabinets

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila

The best garage shelving options set up in a garage
Reviews

The Best Garage Shelving for Sturdy Storage, Tested and Reviewed

By Tom Scalisi, Andreana Lefton

A person's hand is removing the carburetor of a lawn mower in order to clean it.
DIY

How to Clean a Lawn Mower Carburetor

By Timothy Dale

A person wearing a white glove is using a red pipe cutter to cut a copper pipe.
DIY

How to Cut Copper Pipe

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila

sawhorse plans
DIY

9 Sawhorse Plans You Can Build This Weekend

By Timothy Dale

The Best Kitchen Appliances Options
Reviews

The Best Kitchen Appliance Brands

By Timothy Dale

Nail Guns Are on Sale at The Home Depot
Reviews

Home Depot Has a Secret Sale on Nail Guns Right Now: Save Big on DeWalt, Milwaukee, and More

By Glenda Taylor

Orange weed eater string on trimmer cutting weeds
Reviews

The Best Weed Eater Strings for Trimming, Edging, and Cutting, Tested

By Mark Wolfe

Young woman staining a wood deck railing
DIY

Bob Vila’s 10 “Must Do” Projects for August

By Bob Vila Staff

A hen leaves a wooden chicken coop using a ramp while a farmer feeds the flock in the background.
DIY

How to Build a Chicken Coop: The Basics Every Backyard Keeper Should Know

By Lori Lovely

A light wood colored laminate flooring has a scratch that was caused by the chair on top of it.
DIY

How to Repair Laminate Flooring: 5 Problems, Solved

By Bob Beacham

A group of the best table saw blades laid together on a large piece of wood
Reviews

The Best Table Saw Blades

By Tony Carrick, Mark Clement

diy fire pit ideas
Lawn & Garden

9 Easy DIY Fire Pit Ideas

By Chris Gardner

still life of a modernist sink.
Interior

How To: Make Concrete Countertops for Your Kitchen

By Glenda Taylor, Michael Franco

how to winterize a sprinkler sprinkler in grass sunset
Lawn & Garden

How to Winterize a Sprinkler System

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila, Gretchen Heber

how to etch glass
DIY

How to Etch Glass—and How to Fake the Look Using Spray Paint

By Kat Hodgins, Ama Ryllis

how to stain a concrete floor
DIY

How to Stain Concrete

By Joe Provey

tools for grouting on a white ceramic tile wall, on top there is a place for your inscription
DIY

How to Grout Tile on Floors and Walls

By Kit Stansley, Gretchen Heber

how to get rid of ladybugs
Lawn & Garden

How to Get Rid of Ladybugs

By Jennifer Noonan

Citric acid powder in a small glass bowl next to a spray bottle, cloth, and sponge
DIY

8 Ways to Clean Your House With Citric Acid

By Deirdre Mundorf

philodendron plant care 101 - how to grow philodendron indoors
Lawn & Garden

Philodendron Care 101

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila Staff

how to shampoo carpets
Interior

How to Shampoo Carpets

By Kat Hodgins, Susan Pevaroff Berschler

Garage Dodge Charger
Exterior

How To Build the Perfect Starter Mechanic’s Garage

By Hank O’Hop

how to recover a chair
DIY

How to Recover a Chair

By Kat Hodgins, Jennifer Noonan

lemon tree plant care 101 - how to grow lemon tree indoors
Lawn & Garden

How to Grow Lemon Trees Indoors

By Mark Wolfe

Two female gardeners working in an urban vegetable garden
Lawn & Garden

How Soil Amendments Can Improve Your Garden

By Mark Wolfe, Gretchen Heber

how to insulate a garage door
Exterior

Thinking About Insulating Your Garage Door? Here’s What You Need to Know

By Glenda Taylor

How to Use a Plunger the Right Way
Interior

How to Use a Plunger the Right Way

By Jill Lawrence O’Hara, Phillip Tinner

how to make a tire swing
Lawn & Garden

How To: Make a Tire Swing

By Leslie Grimmett

add sand to paint
DIY

How To: Mix Sand with Paint for Non-Slip Surfaces

By Bob Vila

Overhead view of various antique vintage dishes on black table.
DIY

How to Clean Pewter

By Tony Carrick