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A homeowner mowing the lawn from overhead.
Lawn Care & Gardening

We Asked a Lawn Care Pro the 3 Biggest DIY Lawn Care Mistakes to Avoid

By Lori Lovely

The Best Watering Wand Options
Tools

The Best Watering Wand Doesn’t Have the Most Settings—It Has the Right Ones

By Mark Wolfe, By Jasmine Harding

A ground bee emerges from the dirt.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Ground Bees in Your Yard

By Melissa Graham

A yellow jacket wasp is resting on a yellow flower with its wings raised.
Pest Control

How to Get Rid of Wasps

By Tony Carrick, By Bob Vila

Organize Your Home With These Budget-Friendly Organizers
Cleaning & Organizing

Organize Your Home With These Budget-Friendly Organizers

By Bob Vila Staff, By Jasmine Harding

Middle age woman worker in plaid shirt checking growing red peonies in the garden.
Lawn Care & Gardening

7 of the Longest Living Plants for Your Home Landscape

By Sandi Schwartz

An old lithium-ion battery from a power tool.
Repurposing

The One Drawback of Lithium-Ion Batteries Just Became Nonexistent, Thanks to This New Technology

By Sandi Schwartz

A group of the Best Weed and Feeds on a green lawn before testing.
Lawn Care & Gardening

After 8 Weeks of Testing, We Found the Best Weed and Feed for the Best Results

By Stacey L. Nash, By Debbie Wolfe

A person using the Best Mulching Lawn Mower to mow their lawn.
Lawn Care & Gardening

Yes, You Need a Mulching Lawn Mower for a Greener Yard—And These Are the Best

By Tony Carrick

Person wearing tall rubber boots pressure washes a brick walkway.
Repair & Maintenance

My Pressure Washer Won’t Start. How Do I Fix It?

By Melissa Graham

a woman arranging tools in StoreYourBoard BLAT Garden Tool Organizer
Lawn Care & Gardening

The Best Garden Tool Organizers for Home Gardeners

By Jasmine Harding

Woman wearing an apron and rubber gloves cleaning granite countertops with a spray bottle and yellow cloth.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Make Your Own All-Natural Granite Cleaner

By Manasa Reddigari

Best Woodworking Clamps
Building & Installing

The Best Woodworking Clamps

By Mike Bruton

Man in his workshop using a woodworking router.
Tools

How to Use a Router the Right Way

By Timothy Dale

The Best Drywall Screw Guns
DIY

This Easy-to-Use Tool Replaces My Old Drill

By Glenda Taylor, By Bob Beacham

Woman removed faucet aerator from bathroom sink with wrench, which is next to sink.
DIY

How to Clean a Faucet Aerator

By Timothy Dale

A close-up image of a sprinkler irrigating a lawn.
Lawn Care & Gardening

How to Replace a Sprinkler Head on an In-Ground Sprinkler System

By Theresa Clement, By Bob Vila, By Timothy Dale, Updated by Paul Rankin

Older woman taking pictures of the outside of her house on a smartphone.
Skills & Techniques

Ready to Sell Your House? Learn How to Take Pro-Quality Real Estate Photos Yourself

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman holding a red flowering plant in her driveway.
DIY

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

By Bob Vila

Man holding brush and staining wooden deck a dark brown color.
Painting & Finishing

We’re Over White-Washed Woods: See the Colors of the Year from 4 Major Stain Companies

By Sandi Schwartz

A gardener digging up perennial plants to divide them into more plants.
DIY

A Master Gardener Explains When and How to Divide Perennials for More Free Plants

By Lauren Landers

A man with yellow rubber gloves cleans an oven.
Cleaning & Organizing

3 Ways to Steam Clean an Oven

By Deirdre Mundorf, Updated by Margaret Foley

A homeowner cleaning around an air conditioner condenser unit to troubleshoot an air conditioner that stops cooling.
Repair & Maintenance

What to Do if Your Air Conditioner Is Not Cooling Your Space

By Bob Vila, By Theresa Clement

How to Paint Aluminum Siding
Painting & Finishing

How to Paint Aluminum Siding

By Bob Vila

The Best Cheap Lawn Mower Options
DIY

This Affordable Mower is Backed By a Name-Brand Engine and Proves It’s the Best Cheap Mower You Can Buy

By Mark Wolfe

A wide shot of a garage that's been painted with the best garage floor paint option
Painting & Finishing

Upgrade Your Garage Flooring With This Easy-to-Apply Product

By Manasa Reddigari, By Glenda Taylor, By Bob Beacham

Light-colored beige decor and light floors in transitional living room with beige couch.
Skills & Techniques

How to Install Engineered Hardwood Floors

By Tony Carrick

Growing Seasons are Getting Longer
Lawn Care & Gardening

Our Favorite Drip Irrigation System is Shockingly Easy to Set Up

By Tom Scalisi, By Katie Barton

A person using the best gas mower to mow a large lawn.
Tools

Our Favorite Gas Lawn Mower Is Built to Last a Lifetime

By Tony Carrick

The Best Pre-Emergent Herbicide Options
Lawn Care & Gardening

Our Favorite Pre-Emergent Herbicide Prevents Weeds Naturally

By Glenda Taylor

Best Right Angle Clamps
Workshop

7 Right Angle Clamps That Will Help Streamline Your Next Woodworking Project

By Mark Wolfe, By Tony Carrick

The Best Construction Adhesives
Easy DIY Projects

We Glued, Clamped, and Pulled—Here Are the Construction Adhesives That Didn’t Budge

By Glenda Taylor, By Mike Bruton

The Best Nail Guns for Fencing
DIY

After Firing Hundreds of Nails, Our Favorite Nail Gun for Fencing Outperformed All Others

By Tony Carrick, By Bob Beacham

Chainsaw and
DIY

How to Measure a Chainsaw Bar and Chain

By Glenda Taylor

Tuff Shed set up as a tiny home on lot of land
DIY

This is How Much It Really Costs to Convert a Shed to a Home

By Catherine Hiles

Robot lawn mower on grass
Tools

We Mowed for 50 Hours to Find the Best Lawn Mowers for Small Yards

By Tom Scalisi, By Mark Wolfe

A group of the best lawn sprinkler systems on a patio table before testing.
Lawn Care & Gardening

Our Favorite Lawn Sprinkler Is Designed to Fit Any Lawn Shape or Size

By Glenda Taylor, By Katie Barton

The Best Safety Glasses
Workshop

After 25 Hours of Testing, Our Favorite Safety Glasses Have a Game-Changing Feature

By Mark Wolfe, By Timothy Dale

Kit Homes Options
DIY

30 Kit Homes You Can Buy and Build Yourself

By Theresa Clement, By Jasmine Harding, By Catherine Hiles

Inside view of HVAC piping to a furnace or AC unit.
DIY

What to Do if There’s Mold in Your HVAC Air Ducts

By Melissa Graham, Updated by Paul Rankin

A person adjusting the best stump grinder option while in a wooded area
DIY

Pulverize Unsightly Tree Stumps With Our Favorite Stump Grinder

By Tony Carrick

Woman makes a saltwater solution in a large measuring cup, on a driveway with weeds in its cracks.
DIY

Solved! Does Salt Kill Weeds?

By Kat Hodgins

Modern tidy bedroom with sage green bedspread and light wood furniture.
Cleaning & Organizing

6 Minimalist Bedroom Ideas for Creating—and Maintaining—a Serene Space

By Sandi Schwartz

A women wearing white sneakers uses a push lawn mower to mow wet grass.
Lawn Care & Gardening

Can You Mow Wet Grass? 

By Bob Vila, Updated by Gretchen Heber

The Best Cobalt Drill Bits Options close-up
Tools

We Repeatedly Drilled into Three Types of Metal to Find the Best Cobalt Drill Bits

By Tony Carrick, By Mark Wolfe

The Best Garden Fertilizer Options
Lawn Care & Gardening

The Best Garden Fertilizers According to Our Research

By Debbie Wolfe

Multiple pressure washer surface cleaners lined up on a concrete slab
Tools

Yes, Your Pressure Washer Needs a Surface Cleaner Attachment—These Are the Best According to Our Tests

By Mark Wolfe, By Tom Scalisi

Someone out of frame pours oil into a red lawnmower.
Tools

What Type of Lawn Mower Oil Should I Use?

By Amy Lynch, By Teresa Odle

A group of the best pressure washers in a driveway before testing.
Tools

After 15 Hours of Testing, We Found the Best Pressure Washers

By Glenda Taylor, By Mark Wolfe

Woman wearing sweatshirt tries to start lawn mower in her yard.
Tools

9 Fixes For When Your Lawn Mower Won’t Start

By Tony Carrick, By Manasa Reddigari

Ty Pennington reacts to not being asked back to 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'.
DIY

Ty Pennington Breaks His Silence on His Absence From ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ Reboot

By Sophie Kaemmerlé

Close up view of grass seeds coming out of a handheld seed spreader.
Lawn Care & Gardening

How to Overseed a Lawn

By Teresa Odle, By Stacey L. Nash

Modern/Zen vibe kitchen island with four barstools and wood-look floor underneath.
Kitchen Remodeling

The 5 Best Kitchen Flooring Options for Your Remodel

By Glenda Taylor, By Bob Vila, Updated by Tony Carrick

The Best Mulch
Lawn Care & Gardening

The 8 Best Mulch Options for Your Landscaping Beds

By Steph Coelho

A young woman places container of food into black microwave in a kitchen.
Repair & Maintenance

Microwave Not Heating? 6 Common Causes and Solutions

By Brie Greenhalgh, Updated by Margaret Foley

Woman uses a paintbrush to apply Danish oil to a wood board to waterproof it.
Workshop

How to Waterproof Wood: 3 Ways That Work

By Bob Vila

A woman with a grey sweater uses a tall roller brush to paint an interior wall with white paint.
Painting & Finishing

Satin vs. Semi-Gloss Paint: What’s the Difference?

By Amy Lynch, By Bob Vila, Updated by Amy Anderson

The Best Kitchen Faucet Brands
Kitchen Remodeling

The 16 Best Kitchen Faucet Brands of 2025

By Carol Benton, By Bob Beacham

The Best Workbench Kobalt overhead shot
Workshop

Our Favorite Workbench Requires No Assembly

By Glenda Taylor, By Timothy Dale

Man and woman place a window air conditioning unit in a window from the inside of a home.
Building & Installing

8 Tips for Installing a Window Air Conditioning Unit

By Michelle Ullman, By Bob Vila

Woman places a wine bottle trap near a basket of fruit on a kitchen countertop.
Pest Control

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies: 5 DIY Traps

By Bob Vila Staff

Woman standing on step stool and lubricating garage door spring with silicone spray.
DIY

How to Lubricate a Garage Door to Keep It Operating Smoothly

By Deirdre Mundorf

WD-40 Pen Review Lubricating stiff lock with WD-40 Precision Pen
Easy DIY Projects

I Won’t Go Anywhere Without This Tool

By Glenda Taylor

A boho living room scene with a basket of laundry, striped rug, dehumidifier, and couch with pillows.
Repair & Maintenance

Why is My Dehumidifier Not Working?

By Glenda Taylor