Home Fixtures

From your kitchen and bathroom to your bedroom and ceiling, home fixtures provide the small details that highlight your unique style.

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    How To Unclog a Kitchen Sink

    Get your smelly, stopped-up drain running fast again with one of these techniques.


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    This is What Happens When You Flush a Goldfish Down the Toilet (Hint: Don’t Do It)

    Here's what happens when you flush a goldfish down the toilet.


    Antique Painted Cabinets: Tips and Techniques to Try at Home

    Update the look of your kitchen by giving your existing cabinets a new, yet old look. Antique painted cabinets give...


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    How to Choose the Best Toilet for Your Home

    Buy a toilet that flushes well and fits your bathroom, budget and backside.


    10 Genius Small Master Bathroom Ideas that WOW!

    Expanding your mirror, going for a longer sink and installing a skylight are just some of the ways you can...


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    Fixing a Water-Shutoff Valve Leak

    Solution to a leak around the water valve shut-off handle


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    12 Spice Rack Ideas for Better Kitchen Storage

    Chances are, you have a spice cabinet that is unorganized, making it difficult to find what you need when you...


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    How To Clean Bathroom Chrome

    Learn the best ways to clean soap scum, mineral deposits, water spots, stubborn stains and water staining in the bathroom.

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    Getting Rid of a Sewer Smell in the Basement

    Stop sewer gas from entering the basement.


    25 Things You Can Do with a Tension Rod Other Than Hang a Shower Curtain

    If you think of the unpretentious tension rod as something that does little more than hold up curtains, think again....


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    How to Install Under Cabinet Lighting in Your Kitchen

    Add dramatic under cabinet lighting in a weekend without tearing up your walls to install the wiring.


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    20 Essential Painting Tools for Your Next Project, According to Painting Pros

    We scoured the shelves of paint stores, surfed the internet and picked the brains of painting pros to...


    How to Line Drawers and Cabinets with Shelf Liners

    Choose the right liner and you'll never regret taking a few minutes to protect your shelves, your drawers and your...


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    How to Build a DIY Floating Shelf

    A floating shelf is strong, quick to build, with no visible supports and made from only two parts


    How to Build a Wall Shelf

    Build this homemade wall shelf before lunch and spray on the finish after dinner


    DIY Box Shelves

    Build a bunch of these DIY square wall shelves for less than $100


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    Face Frame Cabinet Building Tips

    Building face frames is rewarding and achieving square face frame dimensions is not as difficult as you might think. Here’s...

    The Real Reason the Lazy Susan Got Its Name

    A lazy Susan is a round tray that rotates and is meant to sit on a countertop or table and...


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    Best Toilet Paper To Prevent Clogging Your Plumbing

    We tested toilet paper breakdown and this is what happened.


    Laminate Repair Tips: Reglue Loose Laminate

    Fix loose laminate quickly and easily before it breaks off


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    Make a Plastic Laminate Table Top

    Make a super-solid top for a desk in one day


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    How to Install Kitchen Cabinets

    With these basic techniques, you can learn how to install kitchen cabinets straight, solid and true


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    Kitchen Cabinets: 9 Easy Repairs

    Are you bugged by kitchen cabinets that don’t work quite right? Broken latches, loose door hinges, sticking drawers—are they driving...

    How To Clean Laminate Countertops

    Because laminate holds up quite well and is far less expensive than other countertop surfaces, it has remained a viable...


    How to Build a Step Stool

    The versatile flip-flop stool just might become a permanent fixture in your bathroom, especially if you have kids.


    Buying Countertops: Plastic Laminates, Granite and Solid Surfaces

    Pros, cons, costs (and some pretty strong opinions).


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    Hang Artwork and Wall-hangings Straight and Level for a Gallery Wall

    With these four techniques, you can hang just about anything on your walls, and keep it there


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    How to Install a Glass Block Shower

    A curved wall creates a unique bath area


    What Is a Bidet and How Do They Work?

    Experts say bidets are not only more hygienic than toilet paper, but can be easier on your plumbing.