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Man trimming branches growing next to house.

Repair & Maintenance

Experts Predict a Super El Nino Summer—How to Prepare Your Home Now

By Sandi Schwartz

An outdoor fireplace in an outdoor living area of a custom home.

The Most Popular Custom Home Features of 2026

By Sandi Schwartz

A homeowner talking with an American Standard heat pump installer.

Heating & Cooling

Heating and Cooling Without Gas, Oil, or Propane? Here’s How 17 Million American Families Do It Today

By Sandi Schwartz

Presented By American Standard

A DIYer watering peonies in the front lawn.

7 Pretty but Problematic Perennials You’ll Regret Adding to Your Garden

By Sandi Schwartz

A couple looking at the front of their house for curb appeal.

Why You Should Care About Your Home’s Curb Appeal, Even If You Aren’t Selling Anytime Soon

By Sandi Schwartz

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Lawn Care & Gardening

These 3 Mistakes Can Ruin Your Raised Garden Bed

By Sandi Schwartz

Modern house terrace in summer with table and tan shade sail.

3 Exterior Upgrades Homeowners Are Racing to Finish Before the Next Heat Wave

By Sandi Schwartz

A hand in a green gardening glove pulling grass from a garden bed.

How to Keep Grass Out of Your Flower Beds (Without Using Chemical Herbicides)

By Sandi Schwartz

Closeup of sprouts growing in seed snail on windowsill

Does Seed Snail Method Gardening Actually Work?

By Sandi Schwartz

An open floor plan home that proves challenging to heat and cool consistently.

The Hidden Challenge of Open Floor Plans (and the Cooling Fix You Haven’t Considered)

By Sandi Schwartz

Presented By Tosot

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Furniture & Design

4 Big Risks When Shopping Secondhand for the Home

By Sandi Schwartz

A crack in a house foundation with landscaping nearby.

Most Homeowners Ignore These Landscape Design Details—Until Foundation Problems Appear

By Sandi Schwartz

A cheerful woman stands in a bright kitchen, sipping from a yellow mug. Sunlight streams through striped window blinds, creating a warm, relaxed atmosphere.

This Interior Update Actually Improves Curb Appeal (Yes, You Read That Correctly)

By Sandi Schwartz

Two young women shopping in a garden center holding blooming geranium flower pots, surrounded by colorful plants

Lawn Care & Gardening

How to Spot Problem Plants (and Avoid Wrecking Your Landscape) at the Garden Center

By Sandi Schwartz

Swarm of bugs on a yellow house.

The 5 Invasive Bugs Most Pest Pros Treated Last Year Are Not What You’d Expect

By Sandi Schwartz

Mechanical brushing of sofa upholstery using drill brush attachment.

Cleaning & Organizing

6 Smart Ways You Can Use Your Drill to Clean

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman in front of backyard greenhouse planting flower bulbs in clay pots.

This Spring’s Home Trends Have Something for Everyone—Even “Midimalists”

By Sandi Schwartz

Top view of woman hands neatly organizing bathroom amenities and toiletries in drawer in bathroom.

Bathroom Remodeling

Small, Inexpensive Projects That Will Transform Your Bathroom

By Sandi Schwartz

Birdfy Just Released a 4K Smart Bird Feeder That Identifies Every Bird That Lands on It

Birdfy Just Released a 4K Smart Bird Feeder That Identifies Every Bird That Lands on It

By Sandi Schwartz

A dandelion weed growing in a lawn.

The Lawn Care “Tricks” Homeowners Are Using to Get Rid of Weeds This Spring

By Sandi Schwartz

Presented By TruGreen

Photo: A bug on the outside of a window screen trying to find a way into a home.

The Surprising Consequence of This Winter’s Heavy Snow? A Banner Season for Mosquitoes, Ticks, and Other Bugs

By Sandi Schwartz

A person using the wire bristles on the best grill brush to clean grill grates.

Nexgrill Is Recalling 10.2 Million Grill Brushes—Stop Using Yours Immediately

By Sandi Schwartz

Bissell SteamShot OmniReach

Cleaning Supplies

1.7 Million Bissell Steam Cleaners Recalled Over Burn Risk—Here’s What to Do If You Own One

By Sandi Schwartz

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Lawn Care & Gardening

6 Things You Never Thought to Do With a Tarp

By Sandi Schwartz

Man decorating flower beds in his garden with decorative gravel.

Water-Smart Landscaping Strategies That Go Beyond a Rain Barrel

By Sandi Schwartz

I Tested a Top-Rated $300 Porch Swing—Here's Why It Rivals a $700 One

Outdoor Furniture

I Tested a Top-Rated $300 Porch Swing—Here’s Why It Rivals a $700 One

By Sandi Schwartz

The Best Handheld Steam Cleaners Dupray Neat Steam Cleaner Cleaning Grout

Cleaning Supplies

750,000 Dupray Steam Cleaners Recalled Over Burn Hazard—Here’s What To Do If You Own One

By Sandi Schwartz

Person's gloved hand holding a green watering can, adding water to a container with freshly potted pink impatiens flowers and soil

10 “Performance Plants” You Should Consider for Your Garden This Year

By Sandi Schwartz

Female interior designer with color palette samples indoors

Painting & Finishing

2026 Color Trends for Rooms You Spend the Most Time In

By Sandi Schwartz

Green garden watering cans standing on the floor next to large planters with pink flowers in a summer gazebo in the garden

Lawn Care & Gardening

3 On-Trend Container Garden Combos for 2026

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman picking lemon balm leaves from organic herb garden.

Lawn Care & Gardening

7 Herbs That Thrive in Shady Spots—No Full Sun Required

By Sandi Schwartz

A technician uses a tablet to demonstrate heat pump features to a couple outdoors.

5 Things Your HVAC Technician Wishes You Knew

By Sandi Schwartz

MAMMOTION's LUBA 3 AWD robotic lawn mower from a birds eye view.

Lawn Care & Gardening

The Future of Lawn Care Is Autonomous—and It’s Already in Backyards

By Sandi Schwartz

Presented By Mammotion

A messy pile of gardening supplies.

How to Organize All Your Gardening Stuff, From Seeds and Pots to Stakes and Cages

By Sandi Schwartz

Hand holding a bottle of Dr. Bronner's 18-in-1 peppermint pure castile liquid soap on display on a store shelf.

Cleaning & Organizing

9 Useful Cleaners You Can Make If You Keep Castile Soap On Hand

By Sandi Schwartz

A homeowner calling a plumber about a ceiling leak.

4 Problems That Look Like a Roof Leak But Actually Aren’t

By Sandi Schwartz

A couple sitting on a beautiful lawn cared for by TruGreen experts.

Why Your Lawn Looks Tired—and How to Fix It

By Sandi Schwartz

Presented By TruGreen

Young woman taking care of several houseplants

When and How to Fertilize Your Houseplants, No Matter the Type

By Sandi Schwartz

curb appeal trends

The Curb Appeal Upgrade Most Homeowners Forget—10 Options to Shop Right Now

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman cleaning floor by pushing Dyson’s PencilWash™ Wet Cleaner

Dyson’s New Pencil-Thin Wet Floor Cleaner Weighs Less Than 1 Pound—And, It Cleans Without Dirty Water

By Sandi Schwartz

Sunlight streaming into a living room, illuminating a polished marble floor.

Interior Design

5 Brilliant Ways to Enhance the Natural Light in Your Home

By Sandi Schwartz

Closeup of gloved hands placing mulch on the ground.

7 Places Around Your Yard You Can Mulch (But Haven’t Yet)

By Sandi Schwartz

A woman in rain boots works in her garden, which has been constructed using permaculture.

What Is Permaculture?

By Sandi Schwartz, Gretchen Heber

Hand putting a white towel into a dryer

Why You Should Keep a Dry Towel in Your Laundry Room at All Times

By Sandi Schwartz

A small modern bathroom featuring 2026 bathroom trends.

Bathroom Design

6 Bathroom Trends Making a Splash in 2026

By Sandi Schwartz

Upset woman staring at her broken washing machine, the room is full of smoke

Using This Common Household Appliance Overnight Could Be Dangerous

By Sandi Schwartz

Modern family room with light wood ceiling beams and built-in for television and storage below.

How I Use Wood Accents to Bring the Outdoors Inside My Home

By Sandi Schwartz

Person in apron holding basket of spring cleaning supplies along with flowers.

Cleaning & Organizing

8 Things You’re Forgetting to Spring Clean

By Sandi Schwartz

Friends unpacking boxes in attic

7 Things You Never Want to Keep in the Attic

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman handing a plate to a young girl through a large pass through window in her house.

Deck, Patio & Porch

4 Ways to Embrace Biophilic Living at Home Beyond Buying More Plants

By Sandi Schwartz

Black Vinyl Coated Chainlink Fence

Landscape Designers Say These Yard Features Are Killing Your Curb Appeal

By Sandi Schwartz

Man choosing paint in a hardware store.

Paints & Finishes

The Truth About One-Coat Paints

By Sandi Schwartz

A warm and inviting winter scene featuring a roaring fire in a brick fireplace, a wicker basket of birch logs, and a thick, chunky green knit blanket draped over a sofa nearby.

Painting & Finishing

The One Project Pro Painters Never Do in Their Own Homes

By Sandi Schwartz

String of pearls and other succulents in decorative pots.

These 8 Houseplants Actually Thrive in Dry, Low-Humidity Homes

By Sandi Schwartz

Young woman in winter clothes and knitted white hat with scarf in the winter garden with snow-covered plants.

Lawn Care & Gardening

3 Crucial Gardening Tasks to Do in February, No Matter Where You Live

By Sandi Schwartz

Smiling excited Black man and woman standing in entry of their new home with cardboard boxes.

New Redfin Data Reveals a Widening Gap in Homeownership for Young Black Americans vs. White

By Sandi Schwartz

BISSELL FlexClean™ FurForce™ 2-in-1 Vac and Mop Robot in the foreground with a dog standing on the floor and a woman sitting on the couch in the background.

Bissell’s New FurForce Robot Was Built Specifically for Pet Owners

By Sandi Schwartz

A homeowner standing in a wet basement with water pooling on the floor and tools and supplies on the floor.

Don’t Forget This Important Interior To-Do Before Spring Arrives

By Sandi Schwartz

Vacuum with attachments tied to the highest step of a ladder with a bungee cord.

How I Got Rid of Cellar Spiders (and Their Wall-Staining Webs) in My Garage

By Sandi Schwartz

A couple meeting their site contractor to review architectural layout and home improvement updates for their renovation project.

Bathroom Remodeling

The Most Common Reasons a Renovation Stalls, According to General Contractors

By Sandi Schwartz

A woman is organizing a tidy closet.

The Custom Closet Project One Professional Organizer Calls Her All-Time Favorite

By Sandi Schwartz

A gardener wearing gloves trims wilted hydrangea flowers during winter.

Lawn Care & Gardening

3 Plants You Should Prune in February to Spur Spring Growth

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman choosing which storage bins to buy at a home store.

5 Things You Need to Do Before You Buy Any New Bins, According to Professional Organizers

By Sandi Schwartz

Man dressed black T-shirt and jeans sitting in a comfortable armchair, using a modern slim laptop and drinking tea in house sunroom.

Building & Installing

Home Improvements That Add Comfort, Function, and Long-Term Value in 2026

By Sandi Schwartz

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