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How to Use a Drill

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The Dremel 4300: A Comprehensive Review of This High Performance Rotary Tool

By Glenda Taylor

Best Step Stool Review

Get a Leg Up: A Review of the HBTower Folding Step Stool

By Glenda Taylor

Gardener using shovel.

Easy DIY Projects

20 Easy Backyard Updates You Can Do in a Day

By Marisa Villarreal

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Repair & Maintenance

Why There’s Condensation on Windows in Your Home—and What to Do About It

By Jason Brick, Bob Vila Staff

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Bathroom Remodeling

The Best Toilets for Today’s Home, Vetted

By Tony Carrick

Woman applies rubbing alcohol to a caulk stain on clothing.

Cleaning & Organizing

How to Get Caulk Out of Clothes: 3 Effective Methods

By Stacey L. Nash

The 10 Best Products for Keeping Your Windows Clean

The 10 Best Products for Keeping Your Windows Clean

Woman mixes DIY toilet cleaner ingredients, including baking soda and essential oil, in glass bowl.

Cleaning & Organizing

How to Make a DIY Toilet Bowl Cleaner

By Tony Carrick, Donna Boyle Schwartz, Steffani Cameron

Low angle of a man with tools climbing a ladder onto roof of a house.

Repair & Maintenance

16 Home Improvements and Repairs That Are Best Not to DIY

By Theresa Clement

The Best Pocket-Hole Jig Options

The Best Pocket-Hole Jigs for Woodworking, Tested

By Tony Carrick, Mark Wolfe

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Cleaning & Organizing

How to Use a Bissell Little Green

By Phillip Tinner

A tropical scene is depicted on a wallpaper mural behind a dining room set.

Painting & Finishing

How to Paint a Wall Mural Even If You’re Not an Artist

By Kristen Mosier

A-paint-bucket-and-paint-brush-sit-on-craft-paper-next-to-a-freshly-painted-wall-and-baseboard.

Repair & Maintenance

Getting Ready for Houseguests: Fix the DIYs You’ve Been Meaning to Get to All Year for About $50

By Savannah Sher

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Furniture & Design

11 Decorative Places to Hang Curtains Other Than Your Windows

By Rachel Brougham

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This Is the Best Way to Remove a Stripped Screw—Plus 11 Methods That Work in a Pinch

By Kat Hodgins, Bob Vila

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18 Genius WD-40 Uses You Haven’t Tried Yet—But Should

By Michael Franco

Aging hot tub sitting on stone patio in sunny backyard of a tan home.

How to Get Rid of a Hot Tub

By Deirdre Mundorf

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Skills & Techniques

How to Revive Dried Elmer’s, Gorilla, and Other Glue

By Deirdre Mundorf

Blue dish soap in a white toilet with the seat up.

Here’s Why I Just Poured Dish Soap Into My Toilet (Hint: It Has Nothing to Do With Cleaning)

By Jennifer Noonan

Tools With A Lifetime Warranty Options

7 Indispensable Tools With a Lifetime Warranty—and How To Get Replacements

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Easy DIY Projects

15 Types of Glue and Adhesives Every Homeowner Should Know

By Glenda Taylor, Theresa Clement

How to Stretch Carpet - Carpeted Living Room

Skills & Techniques

How to Stretch Carpet

By Timothy Dale

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Painting & Finishing

Thinking About Painting Your Tile Floors? Here’s What You Need to Know

By Bob Vila Staff

icicles tan house

Repair & Maintenance

How to Prevent and Remove Ice Dams

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer

A woman rolling out a large high-pile area rug out on the floor of her home.

Skills & Techniques

This Is the Best (and Cheapest) Way to Flatten a New Area Rug

By Deirdre Mundorf

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Furniture & Design

How to Paint Furniture Like a Pro

By Savannah Sher

Swarm of gnats.

How to Get Rid of Gnats, Indoors and Out

By Gretchen Heber

Antiquing vs. Distressing: 8 Tips on Creating the Look and Patina of a Genuine Antique

Painting & Finishing

Antiquing vs. Distressing: 8 Tips on Creating the Look and Patina of a Genuine Antique

Kitchen demolition after a burst pipe.

Repair & Maintenance

11 Ticking Time Bombs in Your House—and What to Do About Them

By Sarah Littleton

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Repair & Maintenance

15 Problems Around the House That You Can Solve With Caulk

By Donna Boyle Schwartz

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Skills & Techniques

You’re Probably Burning Candles Wrong—Here’s How to Do it Safely

By Sandi Schwartz

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

By Bob Vila Staff

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Cleaning & Organizing

The Right Way to Clean a Shower Curtain, According to Pros From Molly Maid and DeluxeMaid

By Rachel Elmkies, Tony Carrick

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Easy DIY Projects

The 25 Smartest and Smallest DIYs You Can Do for Your Home

By Glenda Taylor

A person fixing a bathroom sink drain for DIY plumbing repair with graphic overlay that says New Year, New Skill.

Skills & Techniques

How to Be Your Own Plumber

By Timothy Dale

Woman tracing a poster board template onto a piece of foam.

Skills & Techniques

How to Cut Foam in 3 Easy Steps

A person using a spider killer spray on a spider

The Best Spider Killers for Stubborn Pests

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How to Change a Drill Bit

Paint stripping DIY

Painting & Finishing

How to Remove Paint From Wood

By Bob Vila, Teresa Odle

A person using a self-serve car wash to wash a car in winter.

Cleaning & Organizing

How Often Should You Wash Your Car?

By Deirdre Mundorf

Person shoveling dirt

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

By Mark Wolfe, Teresa Odle

Uncooked white rice

17 Things You Can Do with Rice Other Than Eating It

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila Staff

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7 Signs Your Tree is Dying—and How to Save It

By Debbie Wolfe

Bat house hanging on a tall tree

7 Bat House Plans for DIY Mosquito Control

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12 Birdhouse Plans for Building Homes for Your Feathered Friends

By Savannah Sher

Kreg Pocket Hole Jig Review

Kreg Pocket Hole Jig 320 Review: Does it Work?

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The 15 Most Useful Power Drill Attachments

By Jennifer Noonan, Theresa Clement

14 things you didn't know you can clean in your washing machine father and son doing laundry together

14 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Clean in Your Washing Machine

By Jennifer Noonan, Savannah Sher

5 Things to Do With Weeds After You Pull Them

5 Things to Do With Weeds After You Pull Them

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The Best Log Splitters for Cutting Firewood

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Beacham

Woman holding salt shaker in left hand and pointing to it with her right index finger.

Why You Should Sprinkle Salt Onto Your Cutting Board—and Into Your Coffee

By Michael Franco

Woman wearing protective eyewear cleaning dirty ceiling fan with microfiber cloth.

Cleaning & Organizing

7 Simple Steps That Make Cleaning Ceiling Fans a Breeze

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Theresa Clement

Woman scrubbing the inside of a toilet with a pumice stone.

Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean a Toilet the Right Way (Yes, There’s a Right Way)

By Rachel Elmkies, Bob Vila Staff

Hands holding a bunch of mint from a home garden.

Lawn Care & Gardening

How to Grow Mint (and Keep It Under Control) In Your Home Garden

By Audrey Stallsmith

Man wearing buffalo check shirt carrying firewood on snowy day.

Repair & Maintenance

The 30 Smartest Things You Can Do to Prepare for a Frigid Winter

By Manasa Reddigari

A person wearing work gloves while spraying the best fire extinguisher.

The 9 Best Fire Extinguishers to Keep Your Home and Family Safe

By Tom Scalisi, Jasmine Harding

A woman inspects dirty laundry in her kitchen.

Cleaning & Organizing

How to Get Mold Out of Clothes

By Kat Hodgins, Bob Vila Staff

The Best Fire Escape Ladder hanging out of a window and extending several stories down.

Vetted: 10 of the Best Fire Escape Ladders for Home Safety

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The Best Power Tool Sets for Your Needs and Budget, Tested

By Timothy Dale, Mark Wolfe

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16 Surprising Uses for Household Items

By Deirdre Mundorf, Amy Anderson

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Cleaning & Organizing

11 Dos and Don’ts for Cleaning a Wood Stove

By Nicole Shein

The Best Hand Trucks Options

The Best Hand Trucks to Make Moving Heavy or Awkward Loads Easier

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Cleaning & Organizing

How to Deep Clean Your House Room by Room

By Deirdre Mundorf