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A maroon carpeted staircase with white banisters leads down to the first floor of a home.

What Is the Best Carpet for Stairs?

By Andreana Lefton, Updated by Teresa Odle

Bags of both potting soil and garden soil, side by side surrounded by a few terra cotta garden pots.

Garden Soil vs. Potting Soil: What’s the Difference?

By Mark Wolfe, Teresa Odle

A long keyhole garden bed with two concave sections is mostly full of leafy green vegetables.

Keyhole Gardening: What You Need to Know to Get Started

By Glenda Taylor, Updated by Teresa Odle

Pink, spiky fruits of Ricinus Communis, or Castor bean plant.

19 Plants You Should Never Grow in Your Yard

By Jennifer Noonan, Updated by Teresa Odle

A large ornamental grass with large feathery plumes surrounded by other bright flowers.

The 22 Best Ornamental Grasses for Adding Drama to Your Property

By Glenda Taylor, Teresa Odle

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Easy DIY Projects

26 Insanely Easy Home Improvements You Can Do in 1 Hour

By Cynthia Ramnarace, Updated by Teresa Odle

Hand using scrape to spread grout on beige tiles.

Building & Installing

Sanded vs. Unsanded Grout: Which Should I Use?

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila, Katelin Hill, Updated by Teresa Odle

When to Aerate the Lawn? Solved!

Solved! Here’s Exactly When You Should Aerate the Lawn

By Teresa Odle, Bob Vila, Manasa Reddigari

Red spoon full of diatomaceous earth.

Cleaning & Organizing

13 Handy Household Uses for Diatomaceous Earth

By Savannah Sher, Teresa Odle

A family of four is roasting marshmallows in a fire pit in the outdoors.

Fire Pit Safety: 13 Rules You Should Always Follow

Updated by Gretchen Heber Caitlin Castelaz, By Teresa Odle

A person is picking tomatoes from a tomato plant in a garden.

Lawn Care & Gardening

Succession Planting: 6 Tips to Multiply Your Harvest This Year

By Debbie Wolfe, Teresa Odle

Man's hand holding a hand full of grass seed near a patch of green grass.

Lawn Care & Gardening

When to Plant Grass Seed to Get the Lushest, Greenest Lawn

By Amy Lynch, Teresa Odle

A gas grill with the top open, surrounded by materials and tools for cleaning it (including a plastic bin, garden hose, dish soap and more).

Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean a Gas Grill the Right Way

By Teresa Odle, Amy Lynch

Person using garden tool planting sedum plant.

17 Drought-Tolerant Plants That Can Survive Dry Spells

By Teresa Odle, Jennifer Noonan

A bee is hovering over a clover flower.

9 Good Reasons to Consider Planting a Clover Lawn

By Teresa Odle, Lori Lovely

How to Close a Summer Home

How to Close a Summer Home

By Bob Vila, Teresa Odle

10 Easy, Budget-Friendly Backyard Makeovers

10 Easy, Budget-Friendly Backyard Makeovers

By Marie Proeller Hueston, Teresa Odle

22 Sneaky Storage Solutions for Your Deck, Porch, and Patio

Deck, Patio & Porch

22 Sneaky Storage Solutions for Your Deck, Porch, and Patio

By Teresa Odle, Katie Nolan

Suck It Up: 11 Vacuum Attachments You Should Own (and How to Use Them)

Cleaning Supplies

Suck It Up: 11 Vacuum Attachments You Should Own (and How to Use Them)

By Teresa Odle, Katie Nolan

Epsom salt in gloved hand near plants.

How to Use Epsom Salt for Plants

By Teresa Odle, Andreana Lefton

how to get rid of creeping charlie

How to Get Rid of Creeping Charlie

By Bob Vila, Jennifer Noonan, Teresa Odle

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5 Fixes for a Stuck Key

By Glenda Taylor, Teresa Odle

Man wearing jacket adjusting home thermostat.

This Common Home Heating Hack Will Waste More Energy (and Money!) Than it Saves

By Glenda Taylor, Teresa Odle

Paint stripping DIY

Painting & Finishing

How to Remove Paint From Wood

By Bob Vila, Teresa Odle

Person shoveling dirt

19 Fall Gardening Practices That Will Protect and Enrich Your Soil in Winter

By Mark Wolfe, Teresa Odle

The Best Wood for Fireplaces

Fireplaces & Chimneys

The Best (and Worst) Types of Wood for Burning in the Fireplace

By Andreana Lefton, Teresa Odle

Excited young African American couple sit at desk at home kitchen give high five celebrate online lottery win on laptop. Happy biracial man and woman enjoy success working on computer. Luck concept.

20 Things You Should Stop Wasting Money On

Couple decorating potted living Christmas tree.

Holidays & Celebrations

The Most Eco-Friendly Christmas Tree of All? A Living One

By Sandi Schwartz, Teresa Odle

Christmas lights in trash

Don’t Throw Your Old Christmas Lights in the Trash—Do This Instead

By Tom Scalisi, Teresa Odle

16 Reasons You Really Need to Do a Better Job Cleaning Your Grill

Cleaning & Organizing

16 Reasons You Really Need to Do a Better Job Cleaning Your Grill

Old hotel and sign

33 Haunted Hotels and Airbnbs to Book for a Spooky Halloween

By Manasa Reddigari, Teresa Odle

Woman watering garden

18 Easy Grass Alternatives for Your Lawn

By Marisa Villarreal, Teresa Odle

19 Reliable Products That Have 100+ Years of Good Reviews

19 Reliable Products That Have 100+ Years of Good Reviews

13 Low-Cost Solutions for an Ugly Lawn

Lawn, Garden & Pool

13 Low-Cost Solutions for an Ugly Lawn

The Best Gardening and Plant Identification Apps for Your Smartphone

Lawn, Garden & Pool

The Best Gardening and Plant Identification Apps for Your Smartphone

By Teresa Odle, Alexa Erickson

A colorful flower garden with red, pink, and purple Perennials.

22 Perennials to Plant in the Fall for Your Spring Garden

By Nina Malkin, Gretchen Heber, Updated by Teresa Odle

diy hydroponics

Lawn Care & Gardening

DIY Hydroponics 101: All You Need to Know About Growing Plants Without Soil

By Glenda Taylor, Teresa Odle

Firefighter spraying water on a big house fire

25 Bad Habits That Could Burn Down Your House

By Manasa Reddigari, Teresa Odle

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15 As-Seen-on-TV Products That Are Actually Worth Buying

By BobVila.com Staff, Teresa Odle

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11 Types of Lawn Weeds and How to Control Them

By Heather Blackmore, Teresa Odle

gardening mistakes that are killing your plants - wilted plant in empty raised garden bed

12 Gardening Mistakes That Are Killing Your Plants

By Cody Calamaio, Teresa Odle

Top view of spotted lanternfly, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Spotted Lanternfly Eggs Are Hatching Soon—Here’s What You Should Do

By Debbie Wolfe, Teresa Odle

Solved! The Best Time to Spray Fruit Trees

Solved! When Is the Best Time of Year for Spraying Fruit Trees?

By Teresa Odle, Mark Wolfe

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Daylight Savings Time: 12 Surprising Facts About Time Change

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Teresa Odle

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Cleaning & Organizing

10 Surprisingly Effective Ways to Clean With Baking Soda and Vinegar

By Caylin Harris, Teresa Odle

landscape fixes

Ugly Yard 911: 9 Ways to Make Over (or Hide) the Worst Parts of Your Property

Why (and How) You Should Plant a Victory Garden This Season

Why Planting a Victory Garden This Year Is More Important Than Ever

By Teresa Odle, Glenda Taylor

side yard ideas

Side Yard Upgrade: 14 Ideas for Transforming This Forgotten Outdoor Space

window flashing

8 Things All Homeowners Should Know About Window Flashing

By Teresa Odle, Glenda Taylor

This Organic Gardening Supply Is Stirring Up Controversy—Should You Stop Using It?

14 Symptoms of an Unhappy Houseplant (and How You Can Treat Them)

14 Symptoms of an Unhappy Houseplant (and How You Can Treat Them)

By Teresa Odle, Marisa Villarreal

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