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Home Improvement

  • This step-by-step guide teaches you the best ways to clean water-based and oil-based paint off of paint brushes and provides storage and drying tips. 

    How to Clean Paint Brushes

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    12 Must-Do Fall Home Maintenance Tasks You Can’t Skip

  • Learn how to easily convert recessed light to pendant light with this step by step tutorial. This is a 5 minute update to convert canned lights to pendant.

    How to Convert Recessed Light To Pendant: A Step-by-Step Guide

  • How to Hang a Picture on a Wall

    How to Hang a Picture on a Wall

  • Don't let walls that aren't drywall keep you from hanging your favorite artwork. Here is how to hang a picture on concrete, plaster, or masonry with minimal damage.

    How to Hang Pictures on Concrete, Plaster, or Masonry

  • Whether you are renting or want to keep your walls pristine, here is how to hang pictures on the wall without using nails.

    How to Hang a Picture Without Nails

  • image collage of six staircase makeover ideas

    20 Creative DIY Staircase Makeover Ideas to Elevate Your Home

  • woman doing home improvement project in a day

    12 Easy One-Day Home Improvement Projects That Are High-Impact

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    15 Home Winterizing Tips to Save You Money

  • How to make DIY Floating Shelves in nook. Here is a complete step by step tutorial and video to show you exactly how to build strong thin floating shelves.

    How to Build Thin Floating Shelves for a Nook

  • Anika cutting a board using a jigsaw

    12 Mistakes Every Diyer Makes the First Time Around: Did You?

  • Anika installing a new backsplash in the kitchen

    Upgrade Your Kitchen Without a Full Renovation With These 12 Easy Projects

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    Experts Agree – Don’t Make These 12 Remodeling Mistakes

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    7 Brilliant Renter Friendly Home Improvement Ideas

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    7 Easy and Cheap Upgrades to Improve Curb Appeal

  • Anika sitting in front of DIY concrete accent wall

    17 Genius Accent Wall Ideas to Make Your Space Pop!

  • image collage of five DIY Closet organziers

    25 Easy-To-Build DIY Closet Organizer Ideas for Any Closet

  • If you've got a garage laundry room and you're struggling to make it look nice and function efficiently, here are some awesome ideas.

    9 DIY Ideas for a Garage Laundry Room Makeover

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