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The Best Plugin Air Freshener Options
Cleaning Supplies

Keep your home smelling fresh with the continuous action of a plug-in air freshener.

The Best Attic Insulation Options
Reviews

You can keep your home protected from winter’s freezing cold and summer’s sweltering heat by insulating your attic, and our top pick is easy for anyone to install.

View of shoveled driveway covered with ice leading to a garage door.
Driveways & Walkways

Fresh out of ice melt? Make your own homemade ice melt concoctions—and save yourself a tumble down the driveway—using materials you already have at home.

The Best Double-Sided Tapes for Your Projects
Tools & Materials

From craft projects to industrial and manufacturing uses, double-sided tape is one of the most versatile of all tapes available. After researching and comparing countless options, these are our top recommendations.

Worker wearing yellow overalls uses a trowel to spread concrete floor leveler on floor surface.
Basements

Leveling a concrete floor is a key step before installing new flooring on top of it. Learn which tools and products make this an easy DIY.

8 of the Best Upholstery Steam Cleaners lined up on wood floor
Cleaning Supplies

Freshen up your furniture with one of these excellent steam cleaners that sanitizes and deodorizes surfaces without harsh chemicals. After testing and researching various models, we chose the top 8 options.

The Best Weeding Tools Options
Lawn, Garden & Pool

Weeds crop up in every landscape, infiltrating flower beds, lawns, and even container gardens. After testing various products, our favorite is versatile, comfortable, and effective.

6 Smart Ways to Prevent a Soggy Yard with Every Rain Shower
Curb Appeal

Ward off water woes in your front, back, or side yard with a few improvements to your landscaping.

Hand on a lever-style doorknob, on a dark-colored door.
DIY

These temporary fixes can help you secure apartment doors, bathroom doors, bedroom doors, and even entry doors that don't have a permanent lock.

A woman's hand adjusting the thermostat valve on a heating radiator at home.
Heating

Tired of all the banging and clanking your radiator is making? Here's what you can do to get some peace and quiet.

A group of the best wood chippers together in a yard.
Tools & Materials

Keep your yard tidy and free of debris with one of the best wood chippers. After testing various models, here are our top picks.

The Best PEX Crimp Tools
Hand Tools

If you’re tackling a PEX-centric plumbing project, you need the right tool to ensure leak-free joints. Use one of our editor-approved PEX crimp tools to seal the deal.

The best soil for raised beds options sits outside on the ground next to several thriving raised beds
Lawn, Garden & Pool

The right soil is key to making your raised garden bed flourish, regardless of what types of plants you prefer.

Best Fertilizer Spreader
Lawn, Garden & Pool

Spreading fertilizer by hand is a good way to expose yourself to chemicals and a bad way to get consistent coverage for gorgeous grass. It's time to start using a fertilizer spreader instead.

Best Fertilizer For Bermuda Grass
Lawn, Garden & Pool

Bermuda grass is easy to grow and enjoyable to look at—if you have the right fertilizer to help it thrive.

Someone pouring fertilizer into a Miracle-Gro container on a green lawn
Reviews

A mainstay in warm southern regions, zoysia grass thrives when it receives some nutritional support. See our top picks of the best fertilizers for nurturing a lush stand of zoysia turf.

Multiple soil test kits lined up on a table
Lawn, Garden & Pool

A quality soil test kit will reveal the health of the soil, but are some kits better than others? We tested the most popular kits available to see if they provided quality results—find out which ones fared the best in our hands-on testing.

The Best Hose Nozzle Options
Lawn, Garden & Pool

A reliable garden hose isn’t complete without a nozzle that can deliver effectively for watering tasks. We tested the most popular hose nozzles on the market, and you may be surprised by which ones took top billing.

The Best Organic Weed Killer Options
Lawn, Garden & Pool

These effective alternatives to chemical herbicides are all natural solutions for keeping weeds from overrunning your organic garden or favorite flower bed.

Dreo Wall-Mount Space Heater Review
Reviews

The right bathroom heater can make winter mornings bearable. We tested a range of popular models, and our favorite pick delivers some serious soothing warmth.