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Home Decor Upgrades Inspired by Patriots Team Colors

If you're a diehard Patriots fan and are looking for fun ways to incorporate their classic color scheme in your home, we've got you covered.
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Live Q&A: To paint or not to paint?

The AskTOH crew chimes in on fireplaces, crown molding, and shutoff valves
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Generation NEXT update

Once again, we’re looking for a few good men and women to work on next season's projects
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Sneak Peek: Brookline floating fireplace

Our mid-century modern gets an iconic secondary heat source
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Behind the Scenes: Jamestown mudroom

A narrow corridor is pressed into service at the Net-Zero house
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S40 E12: Energy-saving Installations

Richard demonstrates how an energy recovery ventilator works, using red and blue smoke to illustrate the flow of indoor air and outdoor air through the core of the machine.
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S17 E12: Cabinet Upgrade, Secret Garden

Nathan upgrades a kitchen to have soft close cabinets; Jenn cleans up an overgrown garden.
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S11 E5: Teak Bar

Norm builds an attractive, custom-designed teak bar that promises to hold everything a party giver needs.
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How To Create a Secret Garden

Watch Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada clean up an overgrown yard and redesign it as a secret garden.
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Staying Safe with Natural Gas

Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and host Kevin O’Connor discuss how gas regulators work and how their malfunction caused gas explosions in Lawrence, MA
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Home Inspection Nightmares | Dangerous Deck

Ask This Old House host Kevin O’Connor, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, general contractor Tom Silva and mason Mark McCullough share some wild code violations submitted to them by home inspectors
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How to Upgrade to Soft-Close Cabinets in a few Easy Steps

Consider installing soft-close cabinets if you want to quiet down your kitchen a bit. Our guide tells you how to install these cabinets, how much money you'll spend along the way, and much more.
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7 Rules For Organizing Your Work Van

After much trial and error, remodeling contractor Zack Dettmore has found an organizational strategy that works
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Find Stored Items Easily with the Duck Pack & Track App

An app that makes it easier to know what’s in those storage containers
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Best TVs for Super Bowl LIII

January 25, 2019 Just in time for Super Bowl Sunday, explore top-rated TVs from Amazon. Special Game Day Deals inside
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S40 E11: Roger’s Nod to Sod

In just a few short weeks the grass will go in, and luckily Roger has a good solution. Roger joins Jenn and Kevin at a nearby sod farm where hundreds of acres of environmentally-friendly grass is grown.
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S17 E11: Seismic Retrofit, Dryer Vent

Kevin sees a seismic retrofit; Mark stains concrete; Richard reroutes a dryer vent.
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Make Mini Barn Doors for Cabinets

Love the look of sliding barn doors, but don’t have the wall space to use them? Consider a scaled-down version for concealing less-than-lovely appliances
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"Kids Making It" Builds Their Own Workshop

Our friends at this North Carolina non-profit get started on a new building to expand their vocational training offerings for local kids.
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S11 E4: Old Pine Hutch

Norm crafts a hutch out of 200 year-old pine featuring two glass-front doors, a drawer for storing linens, and a lower cabinet with raised-panel doors.
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How to Color Stain Concrete

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough and host Kevin O'Connor demonstrate how to dress up concrete by using a stain.
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How To Retrofit a Home for Earthquakes and When To Hire Pros

Read our step-by-step guide on how to retrofit a home for earthquakes so that you can be prepared for this natural disaster. We cover costs, potential savings and more.
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How to Vent a Clothes Dryer in 8 Simple to Follow Steps

Venting your dryer is a simple process, but you've got to do it correctly to reap the benefits. Read how to do it yourself in our step-by-step guide.
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A Step by Step Guide To Changing Locks on a New Home

Changing locks on a new home? Learn step-by-step how to upgrade security with new locks, plus get tips on how to install new locks yourself.
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The beauty of wood, without the maintenance.

For a classic look with superior performance, check out these innovative tongue-and-groove porch planks from Aeratis, as featured in the TOH 2018 Idea House!