Home DIY

No one knows for sure, but chances are, it would make a terrible mess.

By Josh Clark

Overloaded outlets and poorly made power strips can cause an electrical overload that can ruin your holiday plans. How many plugs does it take to start a fire?

By Josh Clark

Window treatments come in a dazzling array of styles to suit any room's decor. Discover the many ways of dressing up your windows, including ideas such as Austrian Ambience, Masculine Style, Shuttered Spaces, Pattern without Print, and many more!

By Candace Ord Manroe

You don't need to hire professionals to take care of messy walls. Instead, you can just cover them up with our creative wall treatments. Learn to cover walls with stucco, fabric, paneling, brick, and tiles.

By Editors of Consumer Guide

Building wooden window treatments provides an easy way to add interest and extra storage inside or outside your home. Use these instructions to build a windowsill shelf, plant shelves for a window, or a window box.

By Editors of Consumer Guide

Build your own furniture to enhance the organization of your home and update the look of any room. These easy-to-follow instructions help you create a wooden bookcase, desk, telephone stand and plant stand.

By Editors of Consumer Guide

Installing carpet can be done easily in any room with the right tools and a little patience. Find out what materials you need and the steps to follow to complete a wall-to-wall carpet installation project.

By Editors of Consumer Guide

Stairways are high-traffic areas where carpeting may wear out more quickly than in rooms. Use these instructions for a step-by-step guide to replacing stairway carpeting or adding carpet to bare stairs.

By Editors of Consumer Guide

Central air conditioners require routine maintenance to keep them operating at peak efficiency. It's important to know how a system's main parts function. Learn to troubleshoot a central air conditioner system.

By Fix-It Club

You want to get a broken room air conditioner back up again right away. Fortunately, there are several simple fixes you can do yourself. Find out how to repair your room air conditioner.

By Fix-It Club

Most repairs on an oil furnace are jobs for a professional. However, regular maintenance will keep your oil furnace operating properly for years. Find out how to keep your oil furnace in top shape.

By Fix-It Club

Heating systems are usually trouble-free. But no matter what type of furnace you have, there are several things you can do to keep the system in top condition. Learn how to maintain a furnace.

By Fix-It Club

You see it everywhere, but you pay it no attention. Despite its versatility and popularity with builders, few people know where drywall comes from or how it's made.

By Bambi Turner

Shower head leaking? That's definitely annoying but not the end of the world. Shower heads are subject to several problems when it comes to leaks. Learn how to address a dripping shower head.

By Fix-It Club & Yara Simón

Plumbing is hidden away behind your walls, bringing water in and taking it back out. It may seem mysterious and complicated. Learn about the workings of plumbing, and discover easy repairs you can make yourself.

By Shane Wilson

Before you go arranging for costly plumbing repairs, make sure you've found the real problem. Read tips on plumbing troubleshooting, including common causes of mishaps and some easy solutions to fix them yourself.

By Shane Wilson

Plumbing problems usually crop up when water is coming out the faucet or going down the drain. Learn to perform home repairs on sinks, tubs, and drains, and keep water flowing smoothly through your house.

By Shane Wilson

When working with plumbing, the usual tools may not help you with certain tasks, like turning large pipes or reaching tight locations. These plumbing tools will aid you in your next home plumbing repair.

By Fix-It Club

Apply paint the speedy way with an airless sprayer. Learn when and how to use this handy device in this article.

By Fix-It Club

Plaster is both durable and good-looking, but it inevitably develops cracks. Learn about repairing cracked plaster in this home improvement article.

By Fix-It Club

Various factors go into determining how much paint you'll need for a job. These tips will help you estimate interior paint. Learn about them here.

By Fix-It Club

Painting shutters is best done with spray paint or a power sprayer. Since that's not always possible, learn how to use a brush for the job here.

By Fix-It Club

Find out how much paint you'll need to buy to cover your home in this helpful article about estimating exterior paint.

By Fix-It Club

Paint rollers come in a variety of sizes and materials. Learn about the options for your next painting job in this article.

By Fix-It Club

Learn such painting techniques as "cutting in" in this article about how to use a paintbrush, only at HowStuffWorks.

By Fix-It Club