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A happy older couple is getting ready to travel with luggage.
Skills & Techniques

By Sandi Schwartz

A carpenter working in a home workshop with a lot of dust, wearing eye and lung protection.
Skills & Techniques

By Robert Annis

A piece of pressure-treated wood, along with the materials needed to prime and paint it.
Skills & Techniques

By Teresa Odle, By Bob Vila

Person using a trowel to add texture to a wall.
Skills & Techniques

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

A person using the best pressure washer for cars to wash a rugged-looking grey jeep.
Skills & Techniques

By Tony Carrick

Family moving into a new house and carrying boxes and a bike off the moving truck
Skills & Techniques

By Sandi Schwartz

Person holding a caulk gun caulks an area around a bathtub marked with painter's tape.
Skills & Techniques

By Andreana Lefton, By Bob Vila

A person cutting a piece of drywall with a utility knife and a T-square.
Skills & Techniques

By Tony Carrick

Happy young couple moving carrying yellow sofa while rearranging the room.
Skills & Techniques

By Sandi Schwartz

A person sanding a wood desk getting ready to refinish it.
Skills & Techniques

By Tony Carrick

how to wire light switch
Skills & Techniques

By Glenda Taylor, By Bob Vila

A DIYer using an angle grinder to cut metal in her home workshop.
Skills & Techniques

By Timothy Dale

Smiling couple paints a wall green in their home.
Skills & Techniques

By Sandi Schwartz

Bed and night table in bedroom that is all green.
Skills & Techniques

By Sandi Schwartz

Plumber glues plastic drainage PVC pipes system new house construction
Skills & Techniques

By Tony Carrick, By Bob Vila

A man wearing personal protective equipment uses a table saw in his home workshop.
Skills & Techniques

By Jahleen Turnbull-Sousa

String light bulbs at night
Skills & Techniques

By Savannah Sher, By Tony Carrick, Updated by Daryna Tobey

A young boy showing to his grandfather how to set up home air purifier, using smartphone.
Skills & Techniques

By Stacey L. Nash

Person uses needle-nose pliers to remove faucet cartridge from kitchen faucet.
Skills & Techniques

By Timothy Dale, By Michael Franco

Person wearing brown jacket holding a pencil uses a tape measure to measure a board.
Skills & Techniques

By Timothy Dale