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DIY

We Asked 5 BobVila.com Editors to Try Sunday Lawn—and the Results Shocked Every Single One 

By Sophie Kaemmerlé, Becky Helzer, Catherine Hiles, Paul Rankin, Jenny Stanley, Daryna Tobey

Black zip ties on a pink table.
DIY

Yes, It’s Possible to Undo a Zip Tie—Here’s How

By Deirdre Mundorf

A group of carpenter ants are moving across a damaged piece of wood.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Carpenter Ants Safely

By Deirdre Mundorf

DIY

The Best New Releases and Home Innovations of May 2024

By Perri Kressel

A home entryway with painted blue walls and white trim
Reviews

The Best Low-VOC Paints for the Chemical-Conscious Painter

By Glenda Taylor

A close up of a person seeding a green lawn.
DIY

Ask a Pro: I Love My Shade Trees, But Grass Doesn’t Grow Under Them. What Can I Plant (or Do)?

Edited by Sophie Kaemmerlé

A frog swims in a pool.
DIY

10 Ways to Keep Frogs From Hopping Into Your Pool

By Danielle Fallon-O’Leary

An aerial shot of a landscaped lawn.
DIY

5 Unmistakable Signs You Hired the Wrong Landscaper—And How to Avoid Making the Same Mistake Twice

By Meghan Wentland

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

Succession Planting: 6 Tips to Multiply Your Harvest This Year

By Debbie Wolfe, Teresa Odle

A cockroach peeks out from a drain.
DIY

Wondering What to Pour Down the Drain to Kill Roaches? You’ll Want to Rethink Your Approach

By Kaytlyn Smith

A close up of weeds in a yard.
DIY

Dealing With Your Neighbor’s Weeds: Lawn Care Nightmare, Or Annoying Eyesore?

By Evelyn Auer

A man seeds a lush green lawn.
DIY

Road Salt Destroyed My Lawn. What Can I Do to Save It? 

Edited by Sophie Kaemmerlé

A-persons-hands-use-pliers-to-fix-a-kitchen-faucet.
DIY

The 8 Biggest Problems Homeowners Faced Last Year—and Our Best Tips for Avoiding Them in 2024

By Deirdre Mundorf

Young woman arranging and planting plants at her porch.
DIY

Bob Vila’s 10 “Must Do” Projects for June

By Bob Vila

A wax applicator brush is being used to apply clear polyurethane to a sanded hardwood floor.
Interior

How to Refinish Hardwood Floors

By Joe Provey

A man kneeling to check out lawn mower.
Lawn & Garden

Lawn Mower Maintenance and Repair Tips: Our Best Advice

By Timothy Dale

A man and woman are looking at remodeling plans in a bathroom.
DIY

7 Mistakes to Avoid When Remodeling Your Bathroom

By Sarah Littleton, Theresa Clement

A close up of violet flowers.
DIY

I Plucked 700 Little Rose of Sharon Sprouts, But I Can’t Keep Up—Help!

Edited by Sophie Kaemmerlé

how to install a window ac unit
Interior

How to Install a Window Air Conditioner

By Bob Vila, Tony Carrick

A lawn mower with smoke billowing from it.
DIY

What to Do When Your Lawn Mower Starts Smoking—and When to Call a Pro

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

8 pump sprayers lined up on a lawn
Reviews

The Best Pump Sprayers for Fertilizers, Pesticides, and Herbicides

By Tony Carrick, Glenda Taylor

Woman wipes a granite countertop with a cloth as a cat looks on from the floor.
Interior

How to Seal Granite Countertops

By Steffani Cameron, Phillip Tinner

9 cans of deck paint lined up on a table
Reviews

The Best Deck Paints, Tested and Reviewed

By Glenda Taylor

Many wasps all over edge of a table.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Wasps With Vinegar

By Tony Carrick

A puddle of water is leaking from the bottom of a toilet onto the grey tiled floor.
Interior

Solved! What to Do About a Leaking Toilet Tank

By Brenda Silva, Bob Vila

A person using the best chainsaw sharpener to sharpen a chain blade during testing.
Reviews

The Best Chainsaw Sharpeners, Tested

By Mark Wolfe, Glenda Taylor

The Best Deck Sealer Options
Reviews

8 of the Best Deck Sealers, Tested

By Michelle Ullman, Glenda Taylor

The Best Watering Wand Options
Reviews

The Best Watering Wands, Tested and Reviewed

By Jasmine Harding, Mark Wolfe

A person relaxing in the best soaking tub surrounded by windows.
DIY

The Best Soaking Tubs to Transform a Bathroom Into a Spa

By Jodi Webb

Woman uses a bristle paintbrush to apply polyurethane to a piece of wood.
DIY

How to Apply Polyurethane Sealer

By Bob Vila

A collection of the best watering cans in a garden cart before testing.
Reviews

Tested Review: The Best Watering Cans for Your Garden

By Mark Wolfe, Additional research provided by Tiffany Lewis, Additional research provided by Heather Blackmore

A group of the best degreasers together before testing.
Cleaning

The Best Degreasers for Tackling Stubborn Messes, Tested and Reviewed

By Katie Barton

Man with face mask cleans moldy carpeting.
DIY

How to Get Mold Out of Carpet

By Steffani Cameron, Donna Boyle Schwartz

A view through the doorway of a very old, musty basement with peeling walls.
Interior

Solved! What’s Up With the Musty Smell in My Basement?

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila

How to Build a Cinder Block Wall
DIY

How To: Build a Cinder Block Wall

By Oliver Harriett

9 Tips for Improving Bathroom Ventilation
Interior

The Dos and Don’ts of Bathroom Ventilation

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila

Concrete Repair - New Look
DIY

Give Your Worn-Out Concrete a Brand-New Look

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila

Laundry Chute
Interior

So, You Want to… Install a Laundry Chute

By Steven Fox, Bob Vila

Woman wearing dust mask uses a sander to sand a wood drawer.
DIY

How to Sand Wood

By Timothy Dale, Chris Gardner

The Gardyn Home Kit 3.0 growing lots of leafy greens during testing.
Reviews

Hydroponic Indoor Gardening in 2 Square Feet: The Gardyn System

By Jenn Ryan

A person planting in a raised bed using the Miracle-Gro Performance Organics Raised Bed Mix.
DIY

The Best Bagged Compost for Garden Soil

By Lauraine Velez

A person using the TopCon’s RL-H5A Laser Level for surveying during testing.
DIY

TopCon’s RL-H5A Laser Level: A Tested Review

By Glenda Taylor

Woman uses sharpening stone to sharpen one blade of a scissor.
DIY

How to Sharpen Scissors

By Jennifer Noonan

The Ryobi RY40710 Cordless Earth Auger partially embedded in a field during testing.
DIY

Is the Ryobi Auger a Must-Have for Digging Holes? Find Out in This Tested Review

By Glenda Taylor

Tree stump in autumn forest with healthy trees in the distance.
Lawn & Garden

How to Kill a Tree Stump

By Bob Vila, Mark Wolfe

The Oregon 410-120 Bench Grinder Chain Sharpener mounted to a board during testing.
DIY

Precise, Fast, Adjustable: Oregon Chainsaw Sharpener Tested Review

By Mark Wolfe

Woman pours a cup of water into a large bucket, a can of white paint next to the bucket.
DIY

How to Thin Latex Paint

By Bob Vila

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

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

By Amy Lynch, Teresa Odle

Woman slides neodymium magnet along the shaft of a screwdriver to magnetize it.
DIY

How to Magnetize a Screwdriver

By Bob Vila

Ingredients to make DIY Dawn Powerwash, including dish soap, rubbing alcohol, and essential oils.
DIY

Dawn Powerwash Recipe: How to DIY the Ultimate Dish Soap

By Deirdre Mundorf

A woman holds her nose while looking at green mold growing on a wall.
Interior

What Does Mold Actually Smell Like?

By Dan Casarella, Evelyn Auer

A collage of all the best potting benches tested in 2024.
Reviews

The Best Potting Benches for Gardening Indoors and Out, Tested

By Debbie Wolfe, Glenda Taylor

How to Get Rid of Carpet Beetles
Interior

How to Get Rid of Carpet Beetles and Carpet Beetle Larvae

By Gretchen Heber, Bob Vila Staff

Woman whitewashes a wood dresser with two drawers removed.
DIY

How to Whitewash Wood

By Bob Vila

View of one tire on car, along with tire pressure gauge and inflating apparatus.
DIY

How to Use a Tire Pressure Gauge

By Timothy Dale

A person using the best handheld vacuum for pet hair to clean pet hair off a couch.
Reviews

The Best Handheld Vacuums for Pet Hair to Clear Fur From Floors

By Rebecca Jones

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).
DIY

How to Clean a Gas Grill the Right Way

By Teresa Odle, Amy Lynch

Close up of a person holding a mosquito between two fingers.
DIY

3 Cheap and Easy Ways to Make a DIY Mosquito Trap

By Megan Stein

Small brown mixed-breed dog standing in front of dog pee-stained grass.
Lawn & Garden

Is Dog Pee Killing Grass in Your Lawn? Here’s How to Fix It

By Deirdre Mundorf

A person using the best riding mower option to mow a very large yard
Reviews

The Best Riding Lawn Mowers, Tested and Reviewed

By Mark Wolfe, Additional research provided by Tony Carrick

A person kneeling down to spray Sunday Weed Warrior Grass and Weed Killer on a specific area in a flower garden.
Reviews

Here’s Half Off the Near-Perfect Custom Plan That Rescued This Brown and Patchy Lawn

By Sophie Kaemmerlé

Somebody dispersing coffee grounds with a teaspoon into the soil of a small raised garden bed.
Lawn & Garden

How to Use Coffee Grounds in the Garden

By Audrey Stallsmith

A group of the best tarps in their packaging before testing.
DIY

The Best Tarps to Keep Your Outdoor Items Safe, Tested

By Glenda Taylor

A person using the Harper Convertible Hand Truck to move a heavy 5-gallon bucket.
DIY

How Efficient is the Harper Convertible Hand Truck? A Tested Review

By Glenda Taylor