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Woman wearing a flannel shirt and cleaning gloves reaching into her dishwasher to access the filter.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean a Dishwasher Filter

By Tony Carrick

Person holding keys stuck in door lock.
Repair & Maintenance

5 Fixes for a Stuck Key

By Glenda Taylor, Teresa Odle

A pink peony in a home garden with a graphic overlay that says plant care 101.
Lawn Care & Gardening

How to Grow Peonies to Achieve the Ultimate Cottage Garden at Home

By Audrey Stallsmith

A person replacing a flush valve on a leaking or running toilet.
Repair & Maintenance

How to Replace a Toilet Flush Valve Step by Step

By Timothy Dale

Succulents in glass terrarium.
Lawn Care & Gardening

How to Make a Terrarium in 5 Simple Steps

By Audrey Stallsmith

A DIYer using a glue gun on a piece of plywood with a graphic overlay that says Tool Tutorial.
Easy DIY Projects

How to Use a Glue Gun for Crafting and Home DIY

By Kristen Mosier

The Best Bed Bug Spray Option
Pest Control

The Best Bed Bug Sprays for DIY Pest Control

By Timothy Dale, Savannah Sher

Many whiteflies on the undersides of a plant's leaves.
Pest Control

How to Get Rid of Whiteflies on Plants

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila Staff

How to Get Rid of Squash Bugs
Pest Control

How to Get Rid of Squash Bugs—and Keep Them out of Your Garden for Good

By Jennifer Noonan, Teresa Odle

Hands holding clear plastic bag.
Repurposing

20 Seriously Surprising Uses for Ziploc Bags

By Donna Boyle Schwartz

The Best Heat Press Machines Options
DIY

The Best Heat Press Machines for DIY Projects

By Debbie Wolfe

A person spraying Wet & Forget Miss Muffet's Revenge spider repellent onto a roof overhang.
Pest Control

The Best Spider Repellents to Keep Creepy Critters at Bay

By Bob Beacham

Sunny backyard with fence and fruit trees growing.
Lawn Care & Gardening

14 Fast-Growing Fruit Trees to Jump-Start Your Edible Landscape

By Lori Lovely

a stack of unused white coffee filters on a light green table.
Repurposing

20 Uses for Coffee Filters You Have to See to Believe

By Donna Boyle Schwartz

A person using a roller brush to apply the best water-based polyurethane for floors option
Repair & Maintenance

The Best Water-Based Polyurethanes to Protect Floors Throughout Your Home

By Tom Scalisi

Hand turning on self-clean function on white oven.
Repair & Maintenance

How to Use the Self-Cleaning Mode on Your Oven

By Manasa Reddigari, Gretchen Heber

Metal pipe outdoors surrounded by snow, dripping with icicles.
Repair & Maintenance

How to Thaw Frozen Pipes

By Jennifer Noonan, Tony Carrick, Bob Vila Staff

JProvey-How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets
Painting & Finishing

How To: Paint Kitchen Cabinets

By Joe Provey

Water damaged walls and floors in house. Dehumidifier pointing at walls.
Repair & Maintenance

All the Signs of Water Damage Under the Floor—And Why You Need to Address Them ASAP

By Nicole Fallon-Peek

Cleaning microwave smells
Cleaning & Organizing

12 Ways to Remove Odors from a Microwave

By Sarah Littleton

A DIYer using a drill/driver for a home improvement project with a graphic overlay that says Tool Tutorial.
DIY

How to Use a Drill

By Tom Scalisi

Dremel 4300 rotary tool on white counter with included accessories and black storage case
Tools

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

By Glenda Taylor

Best Step Stool Review
Tools

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

Close up of condensation on window.
Repair & Maintenance

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

By Jason Brick, Bob Vila Staff

toilet in bathroom
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
DIY

The 10 Best Products for Keeping Your Windows Clean

By Kat Hodgins

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
Tools

The Best Pocket-Hole Jigs for Woodworking, Tested

By Tony Carrick, Mark Wolfe

A Bissell Little Green portable carpet cleaner in front of a blue couch.
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

Sage-green-curtains-divide-a-room-to-give-privacy-to-a-wood-and-green-bed.
Furniture & Design

11 Decorative Places to Hang Curtains Other Than Your Windows

By Rachel Brougham

Several tools and materials for removing stripped screws on a home workbench.
Tools

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

By Kat Hodgins, Bob Vila

Can of WD40 with people in background.
Repurposing

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.
DIY

How to Get Rid of a Hot Tub

By Deirdre Mundorf

A bunch of glue tips.
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.
Repurposing

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
Tools

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

By Bob Beacham

transparent glue against black background
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

overhead shot of woman painting tile floor
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

A person painting a drawer with graphic overlay that says New Year, New Skill.
Furniture & Design

How to Paint Furniture Like a Pro

By Savannah Sher

Swarm of gnats.
Pest Control

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

By Jane Dagmi

Kitchen demolition after a burst pipe.
Repair & Maintenance

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

By Sarah Littleton

Woman Outside caulking
Repair & Maintenance

15 Problems Around the House That You Can Solve With Caulk

By Donna Boyle Schwartz

Woman holding lit white candle in hands.
Skills & Techniques

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

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman in a jacket outdoors holds secateurs for cleaning and sharpening.
DIY

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

By Bob Vila Staff

Close up of blue striped shower curtain.
Cleaning & Organizing

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

By Rachel Elmkies, Tony Carrick

man measuring table with roulette, assembling desk in kitchen interior with various tools.
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

By Bob Beacham

A person using a spider killer spray on a spider
Pest Control

The Best Spider Killers for Stubborn Pests

By Tom Scalisi

Preparing to change a drill bit on an impact driver.
DIY

How to Change a Drill Bit

By Tom Scalisi

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
DIY

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

By Mark Wolfe, Teresa Odle

Uncooked white rice
DIY

17 Things You Can Do with Rice Other Than Eating It

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila Staff

gardener in vest and cap holding the branch of a tree while inspecting it
DIY

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

By Debbie Wolfe