Why You Probably Shouldn’t Refinish Your Own Bathtub
An old, stained, scratched, and/or discolored bathtub is an eyesore, and not a pleasant place to put your naked body. But replacing a tub is not just a disruptive process,…
Use Your Duvet Cover as a Summer Bedspread
Photo: Africa Studio (Shutterstock) Sleeping in the summer heat can be pretty miserable. Of course, having air conditioning helps tremendously, but if you’re feeling hot when you go to bed,…
How to Repair a Broken Tile If You Don’t Have Any Extra
If you’ve ever sweated your way through tiling a wall only to step back and realize your grout lines follow the curvature of the Earth, you know exactly how difficult…
What’s a ‘0.5 Selfie?’
A humbling thing about working on the internet is thinking you are keeping up with all the latest trends. I spend my professional and personal life online, so I must…
You Shouldn’t Keep These Things In Your Bathroom
Photo: Nerijus Juras (Shutterstock) Unless you have a perfectly functioning exhaust fan and ventilation system, your bathroom is probably a bit on the humid side. It’s obvious after someone showers,…
The 10 Best Home Improvement Projects to Do in Winter
Photo: Nuchylee (Shutterstock) Updating your floors isn’t cheap, easy, or low-effort, but it makes a huge difference in the way a room looks and is more than worth the hassle.…
The Easiest Way to Get Rid of Old Wallpaper
Photo: Savchenko Ruslan0212 (Shutterstock) The wallpaper on the market today is very different than what you would have found in stores a few decades ago. While there have been a…
Upholster Your Furniture With an Old Sweater
Photo: joserpizarro (Shutterstock) If you have a sweater you love but no longer wear, there’s another way you can give it a new life: Better still, you can give an…
How to Finally Get Rid of That Wood Paneling (or at Least Cover It Up)
Photo: Megan Frost Photography (Shutterstock) Every decade has a “look.” You can turn on any random film or TV show and instantly know what era the story takes place in…
Your Bathroom Decor Looks Outdated
Photo: Ant Clausen (Shutterstock) We talk a lot about kitchen renovations and big garden projects that keep our homes looking modern, and while bathrooms do get their share of touch-ups,…