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How to Replace Your Garage Floor
Your garage floor withstands some serious abuse. It sees scuff marks, dirt, debris, runoff, tracks and the heavy weight of your car, lawn equipment, and storage, as well as plenty

How to Replace Your Garage Door
What Type of Door Do You Have?
There are two common styles of garage doors and what differentiates them are their springs and their mountings. Torsion garage door styles mount on

How to Get Your Garage Ready for Winter
Getting your garage ready for the winter is not only a smart idea, but it’ll save you serious clean-up time come spring. Plus, you’ll actually be able to use your garage during

How to Pair Car Garage Door Opener to Your Garage
Whether you’ve got to connect your new vehicle’s built-in car garage door opener to the garage itself or you’ve got a separate remote that needs to be set up and linked to your

How to Open Your Garage During a Power Outage
Even in our modern day and age, our homes aren’t infallible to power failures, and it doesn’t necessarily have to take an earth-shattering storm to cause one. A power outage

How to Keep Snow and Slush Out of Your Garage
Winter is a beautiful thing to look out…from the warm confines of your house. Untouched snow covering the ground outside, snowflakes lazily drifting past your window—but there
Bathroom

Top Tips for Choosing a Rain Shower Head
Top Tips for Choosing a Rain Shower Head
I hate my shower! Well, actually, it’s my shower head that I don’t like. Granted, it’s better than the standard fixture that most bathrooms

Easy Bathroom Makeover
Easy Bathroom Makeover
When I first purchased my weekend house in Upstate New York, I knew that the bathroom would need to be remodeled.
There were many things that I liked about the

Fresh Powder (Room): The 12-Year Kitchen
Fresh Powder (Room): The 12-Year Kitchen
We can tell a lot about how previous generations lived by looking at the houses they built. For example, they clearly didn’t have as much

Kid-Friendly Bathroom Design
Kid-Friendly Bathroom Design
When my husband and I lived in New York City with our two young girls, we had a single bathroom in our one-bedroom apartment. And it was small. If you’re

Fun with Plumbing: Creating a Personalized Shower Experience
Fun with Plumbing: Creating a Personalized Shower Experience
I must admit to a certain hedonistic streak when it comes to bathing, be it a long hot soak in the winter or a wonderfully

9 Designer Tips to Maximize Small Bathroom Design
9 Designer Tips to Maximize Small Bathroom Design
Small baths can live large when designed with care. Choosing the right materials, fixtures, and fittings is key, as is thoughtful spacing
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The Five Best DIY Countertop Refinishing Kits
The Five Best DIY Countertop Refinishing Kits
How to Give Your Countertop a Beautiful and Durable New Look
Yikes, your old countertop sure is ugly! Structurally speaking, it’s

How To: Drain a Toilet
How To: Drain a Toilet
Before repairing or replacing a toilet, use this tutorial to master an essential prep task.
Whether fixing a toilet that’s running or leaking from the base,

Solved! Dealing with a Carpeted Bathroom
Solved! Dealing with a Carpeted Bathroom
Q: We recently moved into a home with wall-to-wall carpeting in the bathroom. We’d like to replace it, but that really isn’t in our budget

Open Floor Plan: Defined, Pros & Cons, and History
Open Floor Plan: Defined, Pros & Cons, and History
The phrase “open floor plan” refers to a house whose common spaces have no walls or partial walls between them. Structurally,

The 5 Best Luxury Vinyl Plank Floors to Use in Your Home
The 5 Best Luxury Vinyl Plank Floors to Use in Your Home
Looking at luxury vinyl plank (LVP) from a distance, brands tend to blend together. Come closer, step on them, install them–and

Before You Buy Ready-to-Assemble Kitchen Cabinets
Before You Buy Ready-to-Assemble Kitchen Cabinets
Ready-to-assemble (RTA) kitchen cabinets offer homeowners an option to save money on kitchen remodeling. The cabinets are delivered
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The Basics of Bathroom Design
The Basics of Bathroom Design
Good bathroom design, starts with the basics. Here are twelve pro tips to consider in your remodel or renovation.
The fun part of bathroom remodeling is

Buyer’s Guide: Tubs
Buyer’s Guide: Tubs
From bare-bones functionality to almost unimaginable luxury, today’s tubs offer a dizzying range of styles, features, sizes, and materials. Here’s

Vinyl vs. Laminate Flooring: Which Is Best?
Vinyl vs. Laminate Flooring: Which Is Best?
If you confuse vinyl flooring, especially vinyl plank, with laminate flooring, you might have a hard time deciding which to purchase and

Bamboo and Wood Flooring
Bamboo and Wood Flooring
At first glance bamboo and hardwood flooring materials may appear to be basically the same thing. They have a similar look, feel, and share many characteristics

How To: Make Your Own Toilet Bowl Cleaner
How To: Make Your Own Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Avoid the harmful chemicals in store-bought toilet cleaners by making your own DIY version.
Everyone loves a clean home, but our obsession

So, You Want to… Waterproof Your Basement
So, You Want to… Waterproof Your Basement
Basement waterproofing can be a confusing (and expensive) process. But if you’re dealing with leaky foundation walls or water welling