Why Is My Toilet Hissing?
A water flow problem is likely causing the the toilet noise you’re hearing. Learn which toilet parts need your attention.
How to Clean a Bathtub in 7 Simple Steps
There’s nothing like a long, leisurely soak in a hot bath to soothe away the stresses of the day—that is, unless the condition of your bathtub is what’s stressing you out.
21 Clever Tricks to Make Your Home Look Bigger and Brighter
Some spaces feel tinier and more constricted than they have to, whether due to poorly placed windows or a lack of square footage. Luckily, short of knocking down walls, there are a few tricks you can use to make spaces light, bright, and airy with minimal time and effort. Try these tips to help brighten up any room in the house, from basement bedrooms to cramped living quarters.
15 Creative Uses for Club Soda
This fizzy refresher and cocktail mixer has many surprising uses beyond the bar. Here’s how club soda can simplify your household cleaning and maintenance routines.
10 Smart Ways to Upcycle Old Tablecloths
Stained or wrong-size old tablecloths aren’t doing you any good at the back of the linen closet. Here are some of our favorite ways to put yards and yards of material to good use around the house.
How To: Remove Laminate Flooring
While tearing out floors would normally seem like a headache, removing laminate flooring isn’t as a big of a challenge as you might expect. With the right tools and this handy guide teaching how to remove laminate floors, you’ll be able to pry up those planks in no time.
The 14 Best Tools for Conquering Ice and Snow
Make sure you’ve got some of these tried and true tools to help you combat the ice and snow Old Man Winter dishes out this season.
12 Home Maintenance Services You Should Book ASAP, According to Experts
Scheduling winter-preparedness projects early helps ensure the contractor has time for your job. Plus, it might save you some money.
Don’t Make These 6 Common Mistakes in Your Kitchen Renovation
In recent years, study after study has revealed a rise in the number of renovations that take place in the kitchen. Why the kitchen, you ask? It’s simple: The kitchen often serves as the epicenter of household activity. It’s the room where family members typically spend the most time, alone and together, cooking, eating, entertaining, and more. In the words of Joe Maykut, a product manager with Sears Home Services, the kitchen is “the hardworking heart of the home.” If yours isn’t up to snuff—if it doesn’t meet your daily needs, or if you’ve never cared for the way it looks—then you’ve probably pondered an upgrade. Perhaps no other remodeling project delivers such a high-impact improvement in quality of life, or does so much to boost resale value. That said, while there may be any number of reasons to redo a kitchen, there are at least as many ways for the best-intended renovations to go off the rails. Click through now for details on some of the most common mistakes homeowners just like you make with this most common of remodeling projects. This content has been brought to you by Sears Home Services. Its facts and opinions are those of BobVila.com.
The Right Way to Dispose of Batteries
The next time replacing the batteries in an appliances leaves you with a couple spent ones in your palm, you might wonder, “what do I do with these now?” The answer isn’t always straightforward. Read on to learn how to properly dispose of all the different types of batteries you might have in your home.