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How to store gasoline
Home Safety

Quick Tip: How to Store Gasoline Safely

Before you step on the gas of your next lawn or garden maintenance project, learn how to store your fuel safely and easily!

15 Surprisingly Simple Woodworking Projects for Beginners
Workshop

15 Surprisingly Simple Woodworking Projects for Beginners

Woodworking doesn’t have to be daunting! Most of these fun, novice-friendly projects use scrap lumber and require just basic tools and some simple instructions. Tackle one of these beginner woodworking projects, and we guarantee you'll be itching to take on another.

Demystifying Insulating Paint: All You Need to Know
Painting & Finishing

All You Need to Know About Insulating Paint

Are paints that purport to help regulate the temperature inside your home all they’re cracked up to be? Learn the facts here!

How to Dispose of Batteries
Repurposing

The Right Way to Dispose of Batteries

The next time replacing the batteries in an appliances leaves you with a couple spent ones in your palm, you might wonder, "what do I do with these now?" The answer isn't always straightforward. Read on to learn how to properly dispose of all the different types of batteries you might have in your home.

Homemade Dish Soap
Cleaning & Organizing

How To: DIY Your Own Dish Soap in 5 Steps

The next time you reach into the sink to wash off dirty plates and silverware, why not grab a bottle of your own homemade dish soap? With this recipe, you'll spare yourself the chemicals found in store-bought cleaners and save a pretty penny.

How to Make a Ladder Plant Stand
Furniture & Design

DIY Lite: A Space-Saving Solution for Any Indoor Garden

Squeeze more greenery into any amount of square footage by maximizing vertical space with a ladder plant stand.

DIY Wall Shelves - Hanging Storage for an Organized Bathroom
Bathroom Storage

DIY Lite: Double Bathroom Storage with Easy-Build Box Shelves

An empty wall is one more opportunity to stash your spare toiletries. Build and mount this simple set of wooden shelves to easily double—if not triple—the existing storage in your bathroom.

Clean-Cut-Plywood
Workshop

5 Ways to Get Perfect, Clean Cuts in Plywood

Closet Door DIY - Mirred Closet
Storage

6 Simple & Easy DIY Closet Door Transformations

DIY Room Divider - Splitting Up the Floor Plan
Easy DIY Projects

DIY Lite: This Stunning Room Divider Looks Better than Real Walls

Create cozy nooks and separate spaces out of an open floor plan when you assemble this striking (and surprisingly easy) room divider. Plywood panels have never looked so good!

Concrete Candle Holders for Halloween
Easy DIY Projects

DIY Lite: Make Graveyard-Inspired Candle Holders from Concrete Mix

These concrete candle holders look like they've been ripped from gargoyles or the nearest graveyard, making them a perfect addition to your DIY haunted house.

How to Make a Clock - from Plexiglass and Wood
Easy DIY Projects

DIY Lite: Build a Clock that Displays the Time—and Your Plants

Can't keep track of the time? This one-afternoon DIY can solve that! Read on for how to make a clock worthy of display on your bookshelf.

DIY Bathroom Storage Cabinet for Cleaning Supplies
Bathroom Storage

DIY Lite: An Easy Hiding Spot for Bathroom Cleaning Supplies

What bathroom couldn't benefit from a little extra storage, especially for the unsightly stash of cleaning supplies? Build this sleek cabinet, and you'll never have to stare at a toilet brush again.

DIY Curtain Rods - Step 4
Interior

DIY Lite: This Curtain Rod Only Costs $12 to Make

Copper style doesn't have to cost a pretty penny. See how paint transforms wooden dowels (and few other surprising materials) into chic DIY curtain rods.

Rope Basket Collection as Desk Organization
Easy DIY Projects

DIY Lite: Make This Clever Catchall with Nothing But Rope

Whether you want one rope basket or enough to fill a bookshelf, you can create custom storage options in an instant in 6 easy steps.

How to Make a Lantern from Wood
Furniture & Design

DIY Lite: A Beginner-Friendly Build for a Rustic Wooden Lantern

Love the farmhouse look? Create a lantern-inspired light for any indoor tabletop using little more than a set of dowels, scrap wood, and a lamp kit.

DIY Kitchen Table
Furniture & Design

12 Seriously Doable Ways to DIY a Kitchen Table

Whether you're looking for a large farmhouse-style table or you need something that fits a tiny space, get inspired by these stunning and easy kitchen table DIYs.

How to Make a DIY Rolling Cart
Furniture & Design

This DIY Rolling Cart Is What Every Kitchen Needs

No pantry? No problem! Find room for all fruits and vegetables that need no refrigeration in a clever kitchen accessory.

14 Ways to Make Your Small Yard Seem Big
Curb Appeal

14 Ways to Make Your Small Yard Seem Big

Even a small yard can feel spacious if you design it the right way. Read on for our favorite ways to make your small yard look bigger.

15 Ways to Use Salvaged Wood in Your Home
Repurposing

15 Ways to Use Salvaged Wood in Your Home

These days, everyone tries hard to subscribe to the 3R’s— Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Home design is all over that trend, and has its own 3R’s— Recycle, Repurpose, Reclaim. More and more, people are finding ways to use reclaimed elements— especially wood, when decorating their homes. Salvaged wood is not only hot in structural elements, like flooring, beams, doors and wall treatments. It’s just as fashionable when it’s used in furniture applications— like for a desk, dining table, headboard, mirror, coffee table, or even a set of shelves. Reclaimed wood lends a warmth to any room, but also infuses a space with a sense of history and charm that new materials lack. You may be surprised at all the places you can incorporate reclaimed wood into your home. Here are some of our favorites from around the web.