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Insulate your attic to keep your heating and cooling from going through the roof, along with your monthly budget!

Create beautiful curves in wood, metal, and other materials with this specialized tool and these techniques.

If your kitchen cabinets are in need of a refresh, pick glaze over paint or stain alone this time to try out a trendy vintage-inspired finish.

Get a perfect pane for your project with this step-by-step guide.

With a diamond blade and proper safety precautions, you can cut through concrete for your sidewalk, countertop, patio, or DIY project.

Make the most of your project, whether you're planning to paint wrought iron or wood flooring, concrete or curtains.

Lower maintenance lawns are becoming more and more popular. Finding ways to decrease the amount of grass in the yard can reduce your reliance on watering, chemical fertilizers, and weekend mowing to keep it beautiful. Gravel and stone to the rescue! There are excellent alternatives to turf grass that you can incorporate into your landscape.

Prevent a single furry invader from turning into a full-on infestation with six easy steps.

Follow these tips to ensure your home and family are ready for the snowy conditions.

Few colors in home design can be considered both fresh and traditional, but gray succeeds on both counts. It's been called the color of the season for more seasons than we can count, and yet it's still a go-to color pick for nearly any room in the house. Gray is a versatile neutral that, depending on its hue, can be paired with either warm colors or cool, crisp tones. Read on to find some of the most inspirational shades of gray for the home.

Refinishing a wooden table, chair, or dresser with paint is an economical way to breathe new life into old yet still functional furnishings. But between staging the work area and scraping, sanding, and cleaning the at times intricately detailed wood surfaces, you could very well expend all your energy before you ever lift a single paintbrush! Turn to any of these 7 workhorses from HYDE that can streamline the time-consuming travails of painting and help you achieve an elegant new finish for your favorite wood furniture. This post has been brought to you by Hyde Tools. Its facts and opinions are those of BobVila.com.

Got some spare space in the kitchen? Consider adding a breakfast nook! These 15 photogenic options suit a range of kitchen styles and sizes—and they’re practically begging to be added to your online inspiration boards.

The American kitchen is the hub of household activity. It's where we make dinner on ordinary weeknights, and arrange appetizers and chat with our guests while we cook when hosting intimate or large get-togethers. It's also where we plan vacations, help with homework, and, of course, eat throughout the day—breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even the occasional coffee and crossword. Small wonder, then, that there are so many kitchen seating options, from traditional tables and chairs to space-saving stools that tuck beneath the counters. Here are 15 stylish eat-in kitchen ideas that make even the smallest kitchen a welcoming place to gather.

From stately claw-foot tubs to sumptuous furnishings, bygone bathroom amenities from decades—or even centuries—past are winning over modern-day homeowners and making a comeback in residential bathrooms around the country.

Does your floor need a new look? Instead of replacing it with costly broadloom or hardwood, consider painting it for a fraction of the cost. These painted floors will jumpstart your creative juices.

Not all design trends are created equal. While many classic designs (wainscoting, for instance) will never go out of style, others have a limited half life. Which of the latest and greatest bathroom design trends should you commit to, and which should you politely pass on? Click through this list of current trends you may want to think twice about installing in your bathroom.

Few decorating tricks transform the feel of a room as easily, quickly, and inexpensively as a fresh coat of paint. Perhaps because painting is so easy—a bit inconvenient, true, but well within the reach of even a novice DIYer—it’s tempting to go all-out with the color trend of the day. After all, if you get tired of the color or decide it isn’t really you, change is just a paintbrush away. Still, most homeowners don’t want to repaint walls on a regular basis, so if you are considering one of the following nine trendy colors, keep in mind that it might feel like yesterday’s news—or have you wondering, “What was I thinking?”—sooner rather than later.

The galley kitchen gets its name from its resemblance to the kitchen aboard a vessel— called the “galley.” The biggest hallmark of galley kitchen design is its layout: cabinet units, counters, and appliances connect together in straight lines and face each other. It often includes ceiling hung cabinets, hanging pots and dish racks, utilizing vertical space with great efficiency. All of this maximizes storage, and requires little movement to accomplish tasks. Galley kitchens are popular in apartments and small homes, where space is at a premium. But they can work in larger spaces as well, where the nature of the design creates a streamlined look. So before you remodel and ditch your galley kitchen, consider giving it a makeover instead. There’s a lot to love about this classic design. Check out these example of gorgeous galley kitchen design and get inspired.

Beautify your landscape slopes and encourage soil to stay put with these rugged plants.

Even with as much as we know about the dangers of lead poisoning today, traces of lead may still be entering the water supply. Here's what homeowners should know.