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Break These Bad Homeowner Habits
Bad homeowner habits could be damaging your house. Here's how to avoid common mistakes and what to do instead.
How to Create a Tuscan Style Outdoor Room
A leaf-covered patio gets a romantic upgrade with vintage furniture, mood lighting, and a party-ready trestle table.
12 Surprising Design Uses for Window Film and Appliqués
From privacy and light blocking to decorative accents, learn how window film can transform your space and which films our team recommends.
5 Universal Design Ideas for Your Bathroom
A few universal design strategies can make your bathroom safe and accessible for the whole family. Learn about each of them with our experts.
New Windows Transform a Historic Victorian Mansion
The Stevens Estate, in North Andover, Massachusetts, gets energy-efficient windows that stay true to the mansion's 1886 Victorian architecture
Universal Design Master Bath Redo
Reworking a cramped master bath for accessibility allows everyone room to move
IKEA Dresser: One Piece, Five Ways
You can transform a simple IKEA chest or dresser with some paint, hardware, and imagination. Here's how to update the IKEA Rast chest.
10 New Hydrangeas You'll Want to Grow Now
Updated versions of summer's favorite shrub offer an expanded range of colors—and blooms that add interest through fall
How To Wallpaper a Small Bathroom
Give your bathroom a big personality with an eye-catching wallpaper print. Learn how to buy and install the right wallpaper from our experts.
How to Repair Board-and-Batten Siding
Three durable water-table trim options to guard against rot
Surprising Office Space - in Less Than 10 Square Feet
Can you spot the home office in this room?
Tips for Cleaning and Storing All of Your Paint Tools
Three experts reveal their tips and tricks for how to properly clean and maintain your painting tools to make them last.
8 Universal-Design Ideas for Comfortable Kitchens
Universal design creates more accessible, inclusive spaces in your home. Here's how to create a kitchen with universal design principles.
How To Quick Compost in 5 Easy Steps
Do you want nutrient-rich compost without waiting for months? Learn how to produce sustainable compost in just weeks with quick composting.
15 Fun Ways to Upcycle an Old Dresser
A planter for succulents, a wine rack, a dog-food station, and other imaginative ideas for upcycling a chest of drawers
What's Their Story? Facade Fragments
Learn the history behind shapely architectural ruins
Magical Ideas for Garden Ornaments
Here's how landscape designer Wesley Rouse creates showstopping moments in his home garden using a variety of decorative accents.
All About Garden Fountains
Adding the pleasing sights and sounds of flowing water to your backyard can transform it into a relaxing retreat
5 Rules for Open Shelving in Your Kitchen, Including Style Musts
Open shelving allows you to add elegance and storage space to your kitchen. Read our guide for rules about using open shelving.
12 Essentials To Keep in Your Car
Your car is your home away from home. Stay safe and comfortable by stocking your vehicle with these items.
6 Questions for Roger Cook
This Old House landscape contractor since 1982, Roger Cook talks landscaping trends, project challenges, his favorite plants, and more
Free Home Repair for the Disabled & Low Income Earners
Where to find help for or offer assistance to people in need of home repairs.
Norm Abram's Tricks of the Trade IV
TOH compiled the latest and greatest from the master carpenter
Fireplace Summer Fronts
Summer fronts are popular decorative pieces for old fireplaces. Learn more about them and how to take care of them if you have one.
Color! 50 Boosts Under $100
Inspiring ideas, DIY projects, and cheery accents to spruce up your rooms—each for less than a C-note