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Young couple cleaning windows in their home
DIY

This Old School Cleaning Hack Simply Doesn’t Work Anymore

By Sandi Schwartz

A homeowner and a designer discussing a renovation project.
DIY

The One Tool Every Homeowner Needs During a Big Reno

By Sandi Schwartz

Closeup of a horseshoe around a horseshoe stake and rust-colored sand.
DIY

How to Build a Horseshoe Pit

By Jennifer Noonan

A selection of furniture and other items at a yard sale.
DIY

Love Thrifting and Tag Sales? Buy These 8 Items to Resell

By Sandi Schwartz

Removing old glued down vinyls tile flooring by applying heat.
DIY

How to Remove Vinyl Flooring

By Bob Vila

A person is squeezing epoxy glue from a bottle onto a square piece of wood.
DIY

How to Remove Epoxy From Different Surfaces

By Bob Vila

Person chalk painting wooden chair leg with white paint, pink chair cushion and brass nail heads visible.
DIY

How to Use Chalk Paint

By Manasa Reddigari

A homeowner with walking canes washing dishes at the kitchen sink.
DIY

10 Easy Ways to Keep a Clean House When You Have Low Mobility

By Deirdre Mundorf

Roll of duct tape with end taped to a wood table, a cardboard box next to the tape.
DIY

How to Remove Duct Tape Residue

By Bob Vila, Updated by Paul Rankin

A collage of tools with a graphic overlay that says New Year, New Skill.
DIY

Realize Your DIY Potential by Learning How to Use These Essential Tools in 2025

By Timothy Dale

Person holding a caulk gun caulks an area around a bathtub marked with painter's tape.
DIY

How Long Does Caulk Take to Dry?

By Andreana Lefton, Bob Vila

A welder using a stick welder to weld a metal project in the garage.
DIY

How to Stick Weld Like a Pro

By Tony Carrick

Close up of wax paper roll.
DIY

6 Astonishing Uses for Wax Paper Around the House

By Sandi Schwartz

A man in jeans using an oscillating tool on an air vent embedded in wooden floors.
DIY

The Case for Why Every DIYer Needs an Oscillating Tool

By Timothy Dale

How To Start a Fire in a Fire Pit
Lawn & Garden

How to Start a Fire in a Fire Pit

By Timothy Dale, Updated by Gretchen Heber

Wine Bottle DIYs
DIY

How to Cut Glass Wine Bottles

By Kristina Grosspietsch

A worker with white gloves uses a roller brush to paint a concrete wall blue.
DIY

How to Paint Concrete

By Bob Vila

A young boy showing to his grandfather how to set up home air purifier, using smartphone.
DIY

How to Test Air Quality in Your Home

By Stacey L. Nash

A family walking into their home with reusable bags, a rain barrel outside of the door, clothes hanging on a clothesline air drying in the backyard.
DIY

Finding Middle Ground: How to Practice Sustainability at Home With Less Stress

By Teresa Odle

A close up of a drill being used to drill into concrete.
DIY

How to Drill Into Concrete

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila, Updated by Theresa Clement