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Add some underfoot warmth by lining the room with some cozy wall-to-wall

TOH's Team Saturday shows you how to transform a door and some sewing elastic to create a tabletop twist on classic shuffleboard

Tips from a pro on making compact rooms feel calming and comfortable

Classic hand tools can be collectible, sure—but don't relegate them to the display shelf just yet. Hit the country's largest antiques market with TOH master carpenter Norm Abram

It's an awkward corner of the house. Why not make it a space-saving dresser?

Use this guide to learn more about choosing and using polyurethane, the toughest of the clear finishes.

TOH's Team Saturday shows you how to entertain friends with a yard-size version of this ball-drop game, made from wire fencing and plant stakes

When overgrown flowers get out of hand, just split them up and make new plants

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

A bland 1980s bath gets transformed into an elegant retreat with large-scale fixtures that make the room feel more expansive

TOH general contractor shows how to handle fragile clapboards to make a seamless exterior repair

TOH's editors bring you tips for picking out beautiful but affordable tile, vanities, tubs, and more

How to create a handsome looking glass from fluted casing and corner blocks

TOH's Team Saturday shows how to cut and connect drainpipe into a rack for a simple but challenging ball-toss lawn game

Create a bold accent wall with painter's tape and a menu of complementary colors

See how This Old House general contractor Tom Silva tightens up and pares down a door swelled by summer's humidity

Quick and easy DIY underfoot updates for your kitchens, baths, living spaces, and even garages

Don't wait for the weekend to get some decent shut-eye. Here, 13 easy bedroom tweaks for a more restful night's sleep—every night.

Hang kitchen cabinets to add storage, paint or reface old ones to refresh the look of your room, and more

Catching and using rainwater can be as simple as a single plastic barrel with a gravity feed to a flower bed, or they can be sophisticated systems that supply all your water needs

TOH's Team Saturday shows how to entertain outside with this game of wood rungs that catch golf-ball bolas

Not just a grungy basement space anymore, the cleanup center can be as handsome as any other room in the house—and even more useful

TOH readers are a bunch of latter day Thomas Edisons. Here are some of the best DIY tips and tricks you've ever submitted

Rinse the tension from your bones with this calm, cascading backyard enhancement. Build it in just 8 hours

Reader Leslie Geesaman's clever reuse of a salvaged window inspires an easy way to display art and photos

These clever TOH readers used their DIY skills, negotiating tactics, and creative 
recycling techniques to realize their visions in every room they renovated


You, our TOH online community members, told us that building a retaining wall tops the summer to-do list. So we lined up the experts to help you create a sturdy and stylish structure for leveling your landscape

TOH's Team Saturday shows how making this classic Swedish lawn game takes little more than a 4x4 post and a bunch of dowels

Your pro is so professional, he'll never tell you what he really thinks of your "great ideas." Good thing This Old House is here to do the translating for you

By putting his woodworking skills to use and hunting for bargains ($4 clearance-sale paint!), TOH reader Allan Wiggins tapped his laundry room's organizational potential