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A domestic longhair cat scratches gray upholstery while laying on its side.

How to Stop Your Cat From Scratching Furniture

By Deirdre Mundorf

Many numbered felt Christmas stockings in red, white, and green hanging from a string in a living room.

Easy DIY Projects

40 DIY Advent Calendar Ideas to Help You Count Down to Christmas

By Manasa Reddigari, Caitlin Castelaz, Updated by Teresa Odle

A view of frost on green lawn.

Building & Installing

What Is the Frost Line and How Deep Does it Go?

By Timothy Dale

Best gifts for woodworkers on wood background

The 40 Best Gifts for Woodworkers

By Tom Scalisi, Will Briskin

Close front-facing view of a coyote.

How to Keep Coyotes Away From Your Property

By Melissa Graham, Updated by Teresa Odle

Woman paints primer over a stained wood bench.

Painting & Finishing

Can You Paint Over Wood Stain?

By Andreana Lefton, Bob Vila

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

Painting & Finishing

How to Paint Concrete

Two cheerful young sisters hanging Christmas ornaments on the Christmas tree at home.

Would You Rent a Christmas Tree? Why Some Folks Don’t Hold Onto Their Holiday Decorations

By Sandi Schwartz

Green lawn (with a bit of clover) in a colorful landscaped formal garden.

Lawn Care & Gardening

How to Level a Yard

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila, Teresa Odle

Ice blue Keurig machine on a counter with rubber gloves, vinegar, and other cleaning supplies.

Cleaning & Organizing

How to Descale a Keurig Coffee Maker

By Manasa Reddigari, Savannah Sher

Person holds a plant leaf between his or her hands in order to examine aphids on the leaf.

How to Get Rid of Aphids

By Jennifer Noonan, Audrey Stallsmith

Duck Alpha Wall Tent DIY Review

Need A Portable Workshop? How I Tested the White Duck Alpha Wall Tent

Woman shines a large flashlight into the mechanics of a furnace, whose door is open.

Repair & Maintenance

How to Fix a Furnace That’s Not Turning On

By Gretchen Heber, Ana Chevalier

How to Install a Dishwasher

Repair & Maintenance

How to Install a Dishwasher

By Theresa Clement, Bob Vila

The water in a white toilet bubbling.

Repair & Maintenance

What to Do When Your Toilet Is Bubbling

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Updated by Evelyn Auer

Containers of both wood putty and wood filler on a wooden table.

Wood Putty vs. Wood Filler: What’s the Difference?

By Timothy Dale

A blocked gutter causing rain to overflow out of the gutters.

Repair & Maintenance

How to Fix Leaking Gutters

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila, Updated by Gretchen Heber

A selection of the best cordless ratchets

We Tested Cordless Ratchets, Our Favorite Is a Makita That Has the Highest RPM We’ve Seen

By Timothy Dale, Tom Scalisi

A couple online shopping secondhand marketplaces for home goods and holiday gifts.

Furniture & Design

3 Reasons to Shop Secondhand Marketplaces This Holiday Season and Beyond

By Sandi Schwartz

How to Hang a Heavy Mirror

Building & Installing

How to Hang a Heavy Mirror on the Wall

A traditional-style home with brown siding and brick chimney on a snowy day.

Lawn Care & Gardening

3 Last-Minute Winterization Projects You’ll Regret Skipping

Grizzly 21-Inch Variable Speed Scroll Saw is recognized as the BobVila.com 2024 DIY Game Changer

The DIY Game Changer of 2024 Is an Essential Woodworking Tool, Reimagined

By Glenda Taylor

The Best New Cleaning Tool Options

Cleaning & Organizing

The Best New Cleaning Tools of 2024

By Beth Cranston

The Best New Hand Tool Options

The Best New Hand Tools of 2024

By Glenda Taylor

The Best New Hobbyist Tool Options

The Best Hobbyist Tools of 2024

Mother on ladder hands some newly trimmed ivy to her young sons, who are helping clean up.

Lawn Care & Gardening

How to Kill Ivy

A father and son are staking a young tree together.

Lawn Care & Gardening

How to Stake a Tree the Right Way

By Jennifer Noonan, Updated by Teresa Odle

A flat screen TV hangs on the wall in a modern living room.

Building & Installing

How to Mount a TV on the Wall

By Michael Franco, Tony Carrick

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.

Skills & Techniques

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

Building contractor talking to clients renovating their house.

Bathroom Remodeling

We’re On the Cusp of Something Big for Home Renovations, Say Experts

By Sandi Schwartz

Close up of a thermometer inside an oven.

Repair & Maintenance

Why Your Oven Isn’t Heating Properly—and How to Fix It

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

Bird's eye view of a person wearing blue shoes and khakis standing on a clover lawn.

Lawn Care & Gardening

How to Get Rid of Clover

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

How to Drill Into Concrete

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila, Updated by Theresa Clement

Holiday Gift Guide for Tool Lovers

Surprise The Tool Lover in Your Life With These Top Gift Ideas

By Timothy Dale

The Gifts for Mechanics Option

The 35 Best Gifts for Mechanics and Auto Fanatics, Chosen by Our Editors

By Brie Greenhalgh, Timothy Dale

Two adjacent light switches with two toggles each are hanging from the wall via their wires.

Building & Installing

How to Replace a Light Switch

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila

Poison Ivy vine climbing trunk of tree.

Skills & Techniques

3 Ways to Get Rid of Poison Ivy

11 Ways to Winterize Your Home on a Budget

Repair & Maintenance

11 Ways to Winterize Your Home on a Budget

By Kristina Grosspietsch

Small dial thermometer set on a refrigerator shelf.

Repair & Maintenance

What to Do When Your Refrigerator Is Not Cooling

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Teresa Odle

Unrecognizable woman sweeping the parquet floor, window light reflection.

Cleaning & Organizing

Spring Cleaning in the Fall? Experts Say You Should Get on Board

By Sandi Schwartz

Weather Guard Tool Box Review

After Testing a Weather Guard Truck Tool Box, I’m Convinced It’s Worth Every Penny

By Glenda Taylor

A person pushes a small green lawn spreader around on a freshly mowed lawn

Lawn Care & Gardening

Here’s When to Apply Grub Control—and Why You Might Be Able to Skip It Entirely

By Audrey Stallsmith

Sunseeker Robotic Lawn Mower Review

Lawn Care & Gardening

This Robotic Lawn Mower Is a Smarter Mower Without a Boundary Wire

Wooden floating shelves with plants and calendar on a light-colored wall.

Skills & Techniques

How to Install Floating Shelves

By Emily Burns Morgan

Grime, dirt, and peeling paint are visible on the surface of a vintage wrought iron fence detailed with fleur de lis designs.

Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Wrought Iron and Keep It Rust-Free

By Savannah Sher

Woman hangs a beige coat on a closet rod.

Building & Installing

Solved! This Is the Perfect Height for a Closet Rod

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Vila

October Innovations and New Products

Cleaning & Organizing

October Saw Dyson’s Newest Vacuum and Upgrades from Craftsman, John Deere, and Milwaukee

By Michelle Larson

Multiple buckets of colored paints lined up next to a pile of paint brushes and rollers on a wooden floor

Painting & Finishing

Types of Paint and Paint Finishes: A Complete Guide

By Amy Lynch, Bob Vila, Updated by Tony Carrick

best duct tapes tested and set on a table

We Tested Multiple Duct Tapes, and We Keep Reaching for This Simple Product

By Michelle Larson, Andreana Lefton, Timothy Dale

Aquor Water Systems Hydrant Review

Easy DIY Projects

I’m Immediately Replacing Every Spigot in My House With This Near-Perfect Hydrant

By Glenda Taylor

Project Manager with the Extreme Makeover bus.

Building & Installing

5 Secrets for DIYing in a Hurry From an ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ Project Manager

By Mark Clement

A hairdryer, clothes iron, and microfiber cloth on a wood table.

How to Remove Heat Stains From Wood: 7 Methods That Work

By Will Briskin

A group of tools on gray background

Home Depot Is Giving Away Free Tools—Here’s How to Get Yours

By Glenda Taylor

The Sigma 2G Tile Cutter Review

The Sigma 2G Tile Cutter Makes Cuts Without Leaving Tile in Pieces

By Tony Carrick

selection of best roof cleaners packages laid out on the floor

Cleaning & Organizing

After Extensive Testing, This Roof Cleaner is Our Go-To Pick For Cleaning and Restoration

By Mike Larson, Tom Scalisi

man working on a benchtop jointer

Improve Your Woodworking Projects With 2025’s Best Benchtop Jointers

Woman holds a wine glass over a full dishwasher.

Repair & Maintenance

Why Your Dishwasher Isn’t Cleaning Properly, and How to Fix It

By Glenda Taylor, Reviewed by Bob Vila

A slug on a comfrey leaf.

5 Ways to Get Rid of Slugs

By Jennifer Noonan

A group of lupine plants growing in a home landscape with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

Lawn Care & Gardening

Lupine Plant Care: How to Grow Bluebonnets and Other Lupine Flower Varieties

Woman using a roller to paint a piece of white MDF a shade of green.

Furniture & Design

How to Paint IKEA Furniture

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila

Healthy green grass next to yellow balding grass

Top-Dressing the Lawn: Why It’s Important and How to Do It

By Lori Lovely, Reviewed by Bob Vila

A woman using a drill to drill a piece of wood into a brick wall.

Skills & Techniques

How to Drill Into Brick

By Rick Muscoplat, Bob Vila, Theresa Clement

Woman uses garden hose to rinse debris from air conditioner compressor.

Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Air Conditioner Coils

By Theresa Clement, Bob Vila, Jason Brick

Freshly waxed hardwood flooring shines in the light of large windows in an empty living room.

Repair & Maintenance

All You Need to Know About Waxing Hardwood Floors

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Vila, Updated by Gretchen Heber