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How To Avoid Invasive Plants: Plant This, Not That

Create a beautiful garden using plants that won't harm your local ecosystem. Follow this guide for how to avoid invasive plants plants.
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How to Build a Spindle Headboard With Easy to Follow Steps

Building your own spindle headboard can turn a boring bed into a stylish centerpiece for your room. Read how to complete your own in our step-by-step guide.
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How to Build a Butcher-Block Island

Combine iron threaded pipe and butcher block to create a kitchen centerpiece.
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Increasing Efficiency and Elevating Design With Windows

In a home filled with glass, windows, like these classics from Marvin Windows, are critical both for design and efficiency
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Three Ways to Spiff Up a Ceiling Fan

If you have an old ceiling fan in your home, give it a refresh to improve its look and performance with these three simple steps.
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Our Best Yard and Garden Transformations Ever

Use our most stunning back- and front-yard makeovers to help inspire your outdoor rooms
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10 Uses for Golf Tees in Home Improvement Projects

Golf tees have numerous applications beyond the fairway, including home improvement projects, gardening, and crafts.
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Dahlias: Late Summer's Drama Queens

In a showstopping array of colors, sizes, and shapes, dahlias can play a leading role in your garden's end of season show.
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Quartz Countertops: Buying Guide, Costs, and Care

With the look of natural stone, minus the maintenance, quartz countertops give granite a run for its money.
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How To Replace a Corroded Water Heater Fitting

Corroded water heater fittings can damage your system. Read our article and watch our video to learn how to replace yours.
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How to Replace a Shower Valve

Learn how to replace an old shower valve with This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey.
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How to Install a Range Vent Hood

Watch as This Old House general contractor Tom Silva demonstrates the steps for installing a range vent hood.
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How To Transplant Mature Trees

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook uses muscles and machines to safely move trees to new locations
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How To Cut and Install Fiber-Cement Siding

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shares his secrets for working with fiber-cement siding.
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How To Repair a Whistling and Leaky Steam Radiator

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows how to fix a leaky, squeaky steam radiator.
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How To Install Radiant Heat

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows how to retrofit an old home with new under-floor heat.
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The Ultimate Bonus Room Just Might be a Shed

Here's how one couple built a sheltered workspace with a traditional look that enhances their home's vintage charm
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Vintage Cottage, Timeless Appeal

A classic redo brings a simple 1910 house up-to-date with an attic hangout for kids and an expansive kitchen ready to welcome family and friends
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Kitchen Is a Food Hub Made for Face Time

Bumping out 8 feet allows for a modern eat-in kitchen designed to help a couple catch up with their kids
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A Bright and Airy Kitchen for $343

Open shelves and cheery cottage-style details give a dark cook space a fresh new feel
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Save This Old House: Texas Queen Anne Farmhouse

A 1890s farmhouse was saved from demolition and is ready to be yours for the cost of moving
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TOH Tested: Portable Table Saws

These rolling workhorses with 10-inch blades have the power to rip plywood and the finesse to cut miters and dadoes. Here are five of the latest models, ranging from high-end pro to bargain DIY.
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10 Ways To Build a Better Chicken Coop That is Safe and Secure

Transform your chicken coop with our 10 easy-to-follow tips for improved safety, ventilation, and comfort for your flock.
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Save This Old House: Texas Frontier Farmhouse

The City of Garland is also giving away its oldest home, this 1870s farmhouse from the Texas frontier
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How To Build a Cedar Ice Chest

This Old House contributor Christopher Beidel shows you how to build a beautiful cedar ice chest to cool your drinks.