How to Install Wall-Mounted Shelves: Overview
The installation becomes slightly trickier-but still very doable-if the shelf standards don't line up with the wall studs. There's no easier way to add accessible storage to a room than with wall-mounted shelving made from metal standards, ... [... more]
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Hands-Free Faucets
Pascal in stainless, about $995; Brizo. Parma in chrome, about $700; Danze. Wellspring in chrome, about $750; Kohler A novelty in public bathrooms—Look, Ma, no hands!—touchless faucets are moving into the kitchen. With pro-chef features such as ... [... more]
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How to Install a Floating Floor: Overview
A bit like piecing together a puzzle with basic tools, except there's lots of kneeling and getting up and down. It's hard to imagine a house being cozy without the warmth of wood flooring. The quickest way to get new wood underfoot is to install ... [... more]
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Bamboo: the Greener Grass
Botanically, bamboo is not a wood at all, but rather a grass. Unlike the lawn variety, bamboo is strong, hard and dimensionally stable making it a perfect candidate for flooring. And, because it matures in three years, regenerates without need ... [... more]
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How to Install Beadboard Wainscoting: Overview
There are hundreds of cuts to make and boards to join together, but the work is pleasant and it moves along relatively quickly. Wainscoting has protected walls since the 1600s, when it consisted of wood panels framed by stiles and rails. With the ... [... more]
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How to Install a Beadboard Porch Ceiling: Overview
Standing on a step-ladder with your head cocked sideways and working overhead will leave you sore the next morning, but technically, this is of moderate difficulty. Picture a warm spring afternoon-you, on the front porch glider, lemonade in hand, ... [... more]
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10 Uses: Tennis Balls
Your racket may be gathering dust in the attic, but don't throw away its partners in crime. Here's how to use tennis balls without ever hitting the court. With a utility knife, cut an X in a tennis ball and slip it over the end of an old broom ... [... more]
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Windows and doors
The shape launched a design motif that was integrated into nearly every room, even the entryway, which has an arched–top Dutch door. Pinecraft interior shutters provide privacy while allowing light to filter in. When the homeowners saw an arched ... [... more]
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Step-By-Step Guide to Installing Wainscoting
Lay out the panels and stiles from the kit, starting at the room center, to establish the final sequence and determine if you have to move any electrical outlets. Use a power sprayer to expedite the task of painting all the wainscoting parts. A ... [... more]
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How to Hang Wallpaper: Overview
Not so bad for someone with patience and precision, which are key to hanging paper straight, plumb, and perfectly aligned. Wallpaper first appeared in the 16th century, in the form of black-and-white hand-blocked prints, and it remains a favorite ... [... more]
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Home Office Solutions
When she began her work-at-home career as a freelance writer, Marilyn Zelinsky gave careful thought to her assignments — but hardly any at all to where she would actually do them. She began working on the dining room table, then moved into an ... [... more]
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10 Uses for Wine Corks
Lightweight and rot-resistant, corks can do a lot more than just plug up your favorite bottle of vino. Start saving them for a few handy projects. Glue corks side by side onto a base of 1/4-inch MDF and cut along the long ends with a saw to an ... [... more]
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