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Using a broom to dust a popcorn ceiling.
Interior

How to Clean a Popcorn Ceiling

By Andreana Lefton, Bob Vila

Photo of a recently renovated modern bathroom with shiplap walls and natural wood cabinetry in a family home.
Design

Shiplap vs. Tongue and Groove: What’s the Difference?

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila, Updated by Margaret Foley

Wooden floating shelves with plants and calendar on a light-colored wall.
Interior

How to Install Floating Shelves

By Emily Burns Morgan

A pink colonial style home with an American flag attached to the front is shadowed by large trees.
Interior

Is Your House Haunted? Common Ghostly Signs and What They Could Really Mean

By Deirdre Mundorf

A woman using a drill to drill a piece of wood into a brick wall.
DIY

How to Drill Into Brick

By Rick Muscoplat, Bob Vila, Theresa Clement

How to Build a Temporary Wall and Define Your Space
Interior

How to Build a Temporary Wall

By Michael Franco

The Best Putty Knives
Reviews

The Best Putty Knives for Spackling, Scraping, and Mudding Tested

By Tony Carrick

Two arm chairs by large window.
Architecture

20 Ways to Make Your New House Look Old

By Joe Provey, Chris Gardner, Updated by Amy Anderson

Person uses a putty knife to skim coat over drywall tape.
Interior

How to Repair Bulging Drywall Seams

By Bob Vila

Man with glasses installs a curtain rod above a window in a room with peach-colored walls.
DIY

How to Install Curtain Rods

By Jill Lawrence O’Hara

Materials needed to clean baseboards, including dryer sheets and baby wipes, assembled on a hardwood floor.
Interior

How to Clean Baseboards

By Bob Vila, Updated by Gretchen Heber

A view of the clouds and forest from inside the home through the skylight.
Exterior

Skylight Installation: Benefits, How-to, and Maintenance

By Timothy Dale

How to Mud Drywall
DIY

How to Mud Drywall

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

Close up view of caulk gun caulking a baseboard over painter's tape.
DIY

How to Caulk Baseboards

By Katelin Hill, Bob Vila

Woman uses a spray bottle and sponge to clean painted walls.
DIY

How to Clean Painted Walls

By Emily Burns Morgan, Jennifer Noonan

Hand using scrape to spread grout on beige tiles.
DIY

Sanded vs. Unsanded Grout: Which Should I Use?

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila, Katelin Hill, Updated by Teresa Odle

A person is repairing a white plaster wall with a plaster trowel.
Interior

How to Patch Plaster Walls

By Bob Vila

Gallery wall arranged with home editor-approved picture-hanging hacks
DIY

7 Picture-Hanging Hacks Home Editors Swear By

By Kathleen Corlett

Woman uses mesh drywall tape to cover a hole in drywall.
Interior

How to Patch Drywall

By Bob Vila

how to get rid of mold on walls
DIY

Mold on Walls? The Key to Permanent Removal Is Knowing Where It Hides

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer

Materials needed to spackle a wall: sanding block, putty knife, and spackle.
Interior

How to Spackle a Hole in the Wall

By Bob Vila

Seven boxes of the best drywall anchor
Interior

The Best Drywall Anchors, Tested and Reviewed

By Bob Beacham, Glenda Taylor, Tom Scalisi

A worker sprays foam insulation onto rafters in an attic.
Interior

Spray Foam Insulation Cost: Everything You Need to Know

By Glenda Taylor, Evelyn Auer

A modern bedroom with dark pink ceiling.
Interior

8 Ceiling Paint Color Trends to Consider for Your Next Home Refresh

By Kristen Mosier

How to Remove Wallpaper - With HYDE Wallpaper Scoring Tool
Interior

How To: Remove Wallpaper

By Glenda Taylor

The interior of an unfinished garage.
Exterior

How Much Does It Cost to Drywall a Garage? These Are the Main Factors

By Josephine Nesbit

16 Improvements Most Homeowners Get Wrong
DIY

16 Improvements Most Homeowners Get Wrong

By Theresa Clement, Jill Lawrence O’Hara

Open boxes and single pieces of the best drywall screws on a work bench before testing.
Building & Installing

The Best Drywall Screws for Hanging Sheetrock, Tested

By Tony Carrick

Open floor plan of modern home with large ceilings.
Architecture

The One Wall Most People Want to Rip Out: Ideas for Open and Semi-Open Floor Plans

By Kristen Mosier

Two young boys sitting on the floor, using kitchen spoons to bang on pots and pans.
Interior

Soundproofing a Room: The Two Best Ways to Dampen Noise Without Tearing Down Your Walls

By Steffani Cameron, Glenda Taylor

Person in blue shirt framing a wall.
Building & Installing

How to Frame a Wall Like a Professional Carpenter

By Mark Clement

A section of wall covered in black and white soundproofing panels with a tv, guitar, and microphone set up in front of them.
Reviews

The Best Soundproofing Panels to Control Unwanted Noise

By Bob Beacham

Brown water stains on white ceiling.
DIY

Water Stains on the Ceiling? Here’s How to Fix Them

By Bob Vila, Teresa Odle

Wainscoting Costs
Interior

How Much Does Wainscoting Cost?

By Stephanie Mickelson

shiplap ceiling cost
Interior

How Much Does a Shiplap Ceiling Cost to Install?

By Stephanie Mickelson

Shiplap Cost
Interior

How Much Does Shiplap Cost to Install?

By Stephanie Mickelson

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

7 Simple Steps That Make Cleaning Ceiling Fans a Breeze

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Theresa Clement

4 Ways to Identify a Load-Bearing Wall
Interior

4 Ways to Identify a Load-Bearing Wall

By Tom Scalisi

Little boy with brown hair and navy blue shirt colors white wall with crayon.
DIY

How to Get Crayon Off Walls: 4 Surefire Methods

By Deirdre Mundorf

Drop Ceiling Cost Implications: Multi-Level Ceiling with 3D Projections
Interior

4 Top Drop Ceiling Cost Factors: Here’s How Much You’ll Pay

By Rochel Maday

Woman hanging wallpaper.
DIY

How to Measure for Wallpaper in 6 Quick Steps

By Emily Benda Gaylord

Walls and Ceiling Cracks
Interior

13 Genius Products for Fixing Walls and Ceilings Yourself

By Bob Beacham

Popcorn ceiling in a house
Interior

How to Remove a Popcorn Ceiling

By Manasa Reddigari, Tony Carrick

concrete walls in modern living room
Interior

19 Drywall Alternatives You’ll Wish You Knew About Sooner

By Kristen Mosier, Theresa Clement

Peel and Stick Tile on a laundry room wall
Interior

How to Install Peel-and-Stick Tile: Dos and Don’ts for Doing the Job Right

By Timothy Dale

Visual 1 - HomeAdvisor - Drywall cost - Cost Range + Average Graph
Interior

Budget Guide: How Much Does Drywall Installation or Replacement Cost?

By Meghan Wentland, Evelyn Auer

board and batten
Interior

Board and Batten Siding and Trim: All You Need to Know

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

lath and plaster ceiling
Interior

7 Things to Know About Lath and Plaster Walls

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Theresa Clement

how to paint a ceiling
DIY

How to Paint a Ceiling

By Bob Vila

How High to Hang Pictures
Design

Solved! How High to Hang Pictures

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Vila

Here's Why You Should Install Shoe Molding
Design

All You Need to Know About Shoe Molding

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

drywall repair
Interior

Dos and Don’ts of Repairing Drywall

By Bob Vila

The Best Drywall Tape Options
Reviews

The Best Drywall Tapes

By Glenda Taylor

The Best Spackle Options
Reviews

The Best Spackle

By Tony Carrick

how to install baseboard
Interior

How to Install Baseboard Trim

By Tom Scalisi, Bob Vila, Joe Provey

How to Install Drywall
Interior

Top Tips for Installing Drywall

By Bob Vila

best way to remove wallpaper
Interior

Solved! What Is the Best Way to Remove Wallpaper?

By Kathleen Corlett

Solved! How Many Coats of Primer to Use When Painting
DIY

Solved! This Is How Many Coats of Primer You Need for the Perfect Paint Job

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Vila

The Great Debate About Whether to Paint Old and Original Woodwork
DIY

The Great Debate About Whether to Paint Old and Original Woodwork

By Nina Malkin

19 Wainscoting Ideas That Will Add Character to Your Home
Design

19 Wainscoting Ideas That Will Add Character to Your Home

By Theresa Clement, Manasa Reddigari

How to Install Shiplap
DIY

How to Install Shiplap

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

ceiling repair
DIY

The Do’s and Don’ts of Ceiling Repair

By Glenda Taylor

Fabric Wallpaper 101: When, Where, and How to Try This Temporary Wallpaper Trick
Interior

All You Need to Know About Fabric Wallpaper

By Manasa Reddigari

types of brick
DIY

7 Types of Brick All DIYers Should Know

By Timothy Dale