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All About Hardwood Floors

This Old House presents a complete guide to finding the best wood floor for your home

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Take a sneak peek at TOH Detroit in our final Web series episode. New episodes return March 30

Detroit. One House at a Time | Episode 4

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For the cost of a few cases of exterior paint, plus some patching and sanding, you can have a whole new home

How to Paint Your House's Exterior

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Know the name and function of all the parts of your leaky faucet so you can decide whether you can repair it yourself...

Get a Handle on the Kitchen Faucet

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Expert advice on choosing the best formulations for your siding type, selecting the most eye-catching colors, and...

All About Exterior Paint

an interior door made into a headboard

Repurpose a paneled beauty for a bit of classic master bedroom adornment

How to Turn an Interior Door into a Headboard

interior room displaying bold use of crown molding

Highlighting the transition between walls and ceiling, this decorative trim adds character to even the plainest rooms

All About Crown Molding

Bi-fold Door Tout

The most difficult—and sometimes most frustrating—part of the installation is attaching and adjusting all the...

How to Install Bifold Doors

Mark Powers drills an angled pilot hole from the upstairs side into the rail

It only takes a few minutes to fill the unsafe and unsightly gap in a stairway’s balustrade where a spindle is missing

How to Replace a Broken Baluster

tom silva bent over a tub using a caulk gun to lay a bead along the line where tile meets tub

Take aim at old, cruddy caulk, and give your tub a fresh new seal

How to Caulk Around a Tub

a newly installed permeable-paver driveway

More environmentally friendly than asphalt or concrete, these pavers minimize runoff that can pollute waterways

How to Install a Permeable-Paver Driveway

a mortared-stone retaining wall

You, our TOH online community members, told us that building a retaining wall tops the summer to-do list. So we lined...

All About Retaining Walls

kitchen upgrade including cabinet inserts

Bring more order and a custom look to your cook space with 6 easy projects that come in a box

Stylish Kitchen Upgrades From DIY Kits

a potting bench for the garden

This handy piece of outdoor furniture will serve as headquarters for your gardening gear

How to Build a Potting Bench

window seat with drawers below for storage and a ledge

Turn unused space around the house into extra seating and storage with a minimum of carpentry—and get a snug, homey...

All About Window Seats

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From tiny sprouts a glorious garden grows. Here's how to cultivate your own—from seed

How to Start Plant and Vegetable Seeds

Roger Cook talks to Kevin O'Connor about hiring a landscape contractor

TOH landscape contractor Roger Cook details what to consider when looking for a pro to work on your yard

How to Hire a Landscape Contractor

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Download our free coloring page, then show us your finished masterpeice for a shot at cash prizes. Part 1 of this contest ends on March 30

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Nine case studies—plus 21 essential tips—for the most creative ways to turn that old fire station, mining...

Adaptive Reuse: Turning Commercial Buildings Into Homes

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11 inspiring window seat designs provide a place to perch or relax (even snooze) and add style to any room in the...

Sitting Pretty With Window Seats

large sliding barn doors hanging off a steel track running the length of this room with high windows, pendant lights, and hardwood floors

See ways to incorporate this popular portal into your decor

11 Inspirational Barn Door Ideas

post office library

How a Kentucky homeowner put her personal stamp on a dusty 1930s post office and turned it into a luxurious,...

U.S. Post Office Becomes First-Class Home

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