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How to Remove Paint from Carpet
Cleaning & Organizing

How To: Remove Paint from Carpeting

From muddy boots to spilled drinks, your carpet undergoes a great deal of wear and tear. That said, in the case of splattered paint, you might assume your carpeting has finally met its match. Maybe, but not always. You may be able to rescue your carpet with nothing more than water, soap, and elbow grease. Here's how.

How to Resurface a Concrete Driveway
Driveways & Walkways

How To: Resurface a Concrete Driveway

Rather than rip up and replace your time- and traffic-worn driveway, why not renew its look, quickly and easily, with a concrete resurfacer?

Tips for Installing Base Cabinets
Cabinets

How To: Install Base Cabinets

Careful measurement, adequate shimming, and secure fastening are key to a high-quality, professional-looking cabinet installation.

How to Replace a Tub Spout
Tubs & Showers

How To: Replace a Tub Spout

Replacing a tub spout is a straightforward project whose necessity arrives sooner or later in the life of most bathrooms.

The Best Microfiber Cloth Options
Cleaning Supplies

The Best Microfiber Cloths for Cleaning

For a gentle yet powerful cleaner with dirt and germ-fighting abilities—you can’t go wrong with the right microfiber cloth.

How to remove baseboard
Repair & Maintenance

How To: Remove Baseboard

Try a new way of taking off existing floor molding without damaging it—or your walls. Armed with this innovative tool and a novel technique, you'll make fast, clean, and easy work of the task.

How to Make Concrete Garden Edging
Landscaping

How To: Make Concrete Garden Edging

Looking for an inexpensive, lasting way to set apart your planting beds? Use these steps to make concrete garden edging in any length you wish.

12 Ways You May Be Wasting Closet Space
Storage

12 Ways You May Be Wasting Closet Space

Square footage isn't the only measure of a good closet—it's how you use what space you're given. No storage area is too small or too big to reconfigure in a way that maximizes every inch. Take a look at these pointers to root out bad storage habits that could be eating into your usable closet space, then consider planning your own organizational overhaul.

9 Things You Should Never Do During a Flood
Home Safety

9 Things You Should Never Do During a Flood

Floods can happen with only a few inches of water and can occur within just minutes during heavy rains, when dams or levees break, or when snow melts too quickly.

35 Ways to Decorate for Fall When You’re Sick of Pumpkins
Holidays & Celebrations

35 Ways to Decorate for Fall When You’re Sick of Pumpkins

Beautify your autumn home, with nary an orange gourd in sight.

How to Make Your Own Tabletop Fire Pit
Easy DIY Projects

DIY Lite: Set Up a S’mores Station Anywhere with This Tabletop Fire Pit

With little more than a planter, pebbles, and a fuel can, you can soon cozy up around a tiny campfire.

15 Easy DIYs for Instant Autumn Curb Appeal
Curb Appeal

15 Easy DIYs for Instant Autumn Curb Appeal

Fall decor for your yard and entryway doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg (or involve ghouls and skeletons).

Determine Your Home's Energy Efficiency with a Blower Door Test
Energy & Power

All You Need to Know About Blower Door Tests

Learn about the simple test that determines how airtight—and energy efficient—your home really is.

where to find pallets - DIY projects
Building & Installing

Quick Tip: How to Snag Shipping Pallets for Your Next Project

Shipping pallets are a highly coveted material among DIYers, but finding them can be a tricky business. Learn where to score cheap, quality pallets for your next project with these easy tips.

Tankless Hot Water Heaters: Should I or Shouldn’t I?
Water Heaters

Tankless Hot Water Heaters: Should I or Shouldn’t I?

mitered corner detail
Skills & Techniques

How To: Make a Mitered Corner

How To Remove Sticker From Glass
Cleaning & Organizing

How To: Remove Stickers from Glass

Trying to get stubborn stickers, labels, and price tags off of glass is an age-old battle. Get unstuck with one of these simple solutions.

The Right Way to Fill a Nail Hole
Walls & Ceilings

The Right Way to Fill Nail Holes

With the right tool and the perfect technique, you can hide all signs of the gallery wall, coat hooks, or wall-mounted shelves that once hung in your home—and regain smooth, unblemished walls.

How to Remove Rust from Cast Iron
Cleaning & Organizing

How To: Remove Rust from Cast Iron

Whether it’s a favorite frying pan, piece of patio furniture, or even a radiator, you can bring it back from a state of oxidation with these techniques.

how to organize Christmas lights
Holidays & Celebrations

3 Fixes for Tangled Christmas Lights

Removing and storing string lights can be a messy business. Now that it's time to box up all that twinkling holiday decor, try one of these three string light organizing solutions that will protect your sanity and make sure next season shines just as brightly.