House and Components
A house is much more than just a collection of rooms. Here’s everything that goes into making your house a home.
10 Best Home Improvement Projects Under $500
A little can go a long way when it comes to home improvements. For just $500 you can make some big changes to your home.
How to Build a DIY Nightstand
Learn how to build your own custom nightstand using minimal tools and moderate woodworking skills.
10 DIY Projects To Make Work-From-Home Life Easier
Don't be stuck with a lousy workspace. These 10 DIY projects will make your work-from-home experience MUCH easier.
How to Build a Mechanized Storage Lift In Your Garage
A high shelf that automatically lowers with the push of a button.
DIY Wooden Garage Cabinets
Inexpensive, enormous and surprisingly easy to build
DIY Box Shelves
Build a bunch of these DIY square wall shelves for less than $100
How to Turn a Closet Into an Office
Learn how to turn a spare closet into a super-organized home office. This project keep schoolwork and office supplies contained.
Build Your Own Melamine Closet Organizer
From anarchy to order in a weekend! Melamine panels make it easy. Build your own white closet organization system with...
How to Install Wire Shelving for a Wire Closet System
Our expert will share his secrets to help you install closet wire shelving.
12 Walk-In Closets to Die For
Who wouldn't want customized closet shelving, space for all of your shoes and boots, plus the added convenience of a...
Bathroom Vanity Storage Upgrades
Three sensible solutions for disorder down under
Sturdier Shelves
Ordinary clip-in-place shelf brackets with slotted metal supports can hold a lot of weight.
Miters on Tree Branches
Making rustic DIY decor? Learn how to cut tree branches easier with this tip.
How to Create Thick Stock
Some projects built from MDF— shelving, desktops, sometimes even trim—look more substantial when you use thicker material.
Routing to a T
An older-model drafting T-square—the kind with a wooden and plastic crosspiece—makes a great fence for routing dadoes for shelves in...
Quick and Accurate Dado Cuts
Here’s a neat trick to speed up cutting dadoes for shelves and other cabinet projects. Attach a 2-in. high wood fence...
PVC Socket Shelves
Here’s a great way to use leftover pieces of PVC pipe. Cut them into various shorter lengths and glue them...
Edge-Banding Plywood
There’s no better way to clamp wood edging strips to plywood shelves than with pieces of masking tape.
Install Toggle Bolts for an Adjustable Shower Head
Learn how to install toggle bolts!
Pencils at the Ready
Insert pencils into holes drilled in the edges of shelves, or put small screw eyes into the erasers and hang...
Swing-out Storage Kitchen Cabinets
Triple your cabinet space!
12 Home Improvement Ideas for Beginning DIYers
Here are a dozen starter projects to build your DIY home improvement skills and boost your confidence. These projects vary...
Tips for Organizing Open Kitchen Shelves
Open kitchen shelves are an effective way to open up your kitchen while gaining more accessible storage space, making them...
Super Storage-Simplified
Simple and inexpensive, with huge storage capacity.
Build Twin Closet Shelves
If one closet shelf is good, two must be better
Stackable Shelves
It's shelving, storage, a desk and work surface combined
How to Organize Your Closet: Custom Designed Closet Storage
Expert planning advice and step-by-step instructions for making every inch of storage count.
How to Build a Home Office
Stock cabinets, a cord organizer, and custom-built tops and shelves keep everything in order
How to Improve Your Bathroom Storage in Three Projects
Add space and organization to your bathroom with a larger medicine cabinet, glass shelves, and built-in cabinets.
How to Build Shelves From Dowels
I needed a way to clear the clutter off my desk, so I came up with a shelving system made...