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How TikTok Is Changing the Building Trades

How TikTok Is Changing the Building Trades

If You Can’t Commit to a Table, a Set of Hairpin Legs Will Set You Free

If You Can’t Commit to a Table, a Set of Hairpin Legs Will Set You Free

When Did It Become So Hard to Buy Light Bulbs?

When Did It Become So Hard to Buy Light Bulbs?

Do You Really Need a Junk Drawer?

Do You Really Need a Junk Drawer?

You Don’t Have to Be a Designer to Dream Up Your Own Custom Furniture

You Don’t Have to Be a Designer to Dream Up Your Own Custom Furniture

My 2025 DIY Resolution Is to Do the Little Things Myself

My 2025 DIY Resolution Is to Do the Little Things Myself

My 2024 DIY Success Is Hacking the “Status” Bookshelf Dupe of My Dreams

My 2024 DIY Success Is Hacking the “Status” Bookshelf Dupe of My Dreams

My 2024 DIY Fail Was a Fence Meant to Keep a Bevy of Animals From Ravaging My Garden

My 2024 DIY Fail Was a Fence Meant to Keep a Bevy of Animals From Ravaging My Garden

My 2024 DIY Backyard Wedding Inspired a Backyard Refresh

My 2024 DIY Backyard Wedding Inspired a Backyard Refresh

My 2025 DIY Resolution Is to Create the Storage Room of My Dreams

My 2025 DIY Resolution Is to Create the Storage Room of My Dreams

My 2025 DIY Dream Is to Build a (Better) Rack for All My Surfboards

My 2025 DIY Dream Is to Build a (Better) Rack for All My Surfboards

My DIY Outdoor Shower Cost $1,000 and Makes Me Feel Like a Million Bucks—Year-Round

My DIY Outdoor Shower Cost $1,000 and Makes Me Feel Like a Million Bucks—Year-Round

Why Do House Flippers Love Open Shelving?

Why Do House Flippers Love Open Shelving?

An 11-Year-Old Angeleno Turns His Family’s Yard Into a Graywater Garden

An 11-Year-Old Angeleno Turns His Family’s Yard Into a Graywater Garden

He Renovated His Own House, and Lived to Regret It

He Renovated His Own House, and Lived to Regret It

Where Do You Poop When You Live In a Van?

Where Do You Poop When You Live In a Van?

Hate That Vacant Lot in Your Neighborhood? Turn It Into Something Great

Hate That Vacant Lot in Your Neighborhood? Turn It Into Something Great

Now’s the Perfect Time to Do a Temperature Check on Your HVAC

Now’s the Perfect Time to Do a Temperature Check on Your HVAC

My Furniture Designer-Dealer Is the Unsung Hero of My Renovation

My Furniture Designer-Dealer Is the Unsung Hero of My Renovation

We Asked the Experts If Custom Kitchen Cabinets Are Actually Worth It

We Asked the Experts If Custom Kitchen Cabinets Are Actually Worth It

Paint Your House Anything But White: Kitchen Edition

Paint Your House Anything But White: Kitchen Edition

Is Your Tiny House Really a Tiny House?

Is Your Tiny House Really a Tiny House?

Everyone Loves a Good Ikea Hack: These 3 Classic Pieces Show Why

Everyone Loves a Good Ikea Hack: These 3 Classic Pieces Show Why

We Asked the Experts How to Work With—and Maximize—Every Inch of Space in Your Home

We Asked the Experts How to Work With—and Maximize—Every Inch of Space in Your Home

I Tried Peel-and-Stick Wallpaper—and Learned the Limits of My DIY Skills

I Tried Peel-and-Stick Wallpaper—and Learned the Limits of My DIY Skills

Do I Need to Hire a Landscape Architect?

Do I Need to Hire a Landscape Architect?

If You Hate Your Floors, Why Don't You Paint Them?

If You Hate Your Floors, Why Don't You Paint Them?

I’ll Never Make Another Decor Decision Without a Mood Board

I’ll Never Make Another Decor Decision Without a Mood Board

Social Media Convinced Me to Refinish a Dresser. I Lived to Tell the Tale

Social Media Convinced Me to Refinish a Dresser. I Lived to Tell the Tale

So You Want to Put a Pond In Your Yard? Read This First

So You Want to Put a Pond In Your Yard? Read This First

I Survive Cross-Country Road Trips By Making My Car Feel Like Home

I Survive Cross-Country Road Trips By Making My Car Feel Like Home

Want to Replace Your Lawn With Something Else? You Have Options

Want to Replace Your Lawn With Something Else? You Have Options

What If You Added a Window?

What If You Added a Window?

My Quest to Find a Well-Designed, Efficient Electric Heater

My Quest to Find a Well-Designed, Efficient Electric Heater

Actor Chloe Farnworth’s Big Bear Cabin Renovation—Brought to You By Facebook Marketplace

Actor Chloe Farnworth’s Big Bear Cabin Renovation—Brought to You By Facebook Marketplace

He Had a Vision: to Build an A-Frame Cabin Almost Entirely Out of Beetle Kill Pine

He Had a Vision: to Build an A-Frame Cabin Almost Entirely Out of Beetle Kill Pine

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