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How to Build a Key Rack For Your Wall

If you're always misplacing your keys, wallet or sunglasses, this handy key rack is the perfect project for you.

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How to Build a Wooden Clothing Rack

Is your closet overflowing with clothes? You can build this practical and stylish clothing rack in a day by following...


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Fix Stuck Wooden Drawer Slides with These Easy Hacks

Avoid sticky wooden drawers with these simple fixes.


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What to Do Within the First Year After Moving Into Your New Home

When you move into your new home, there are a number of cleaning tasks, basic projects and upgrades to consider....


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Benefits of Using RTA Kitchen Cabinets

Trying to decide what kind of cabinets you should hang in your home? Here's a look at what makes ready-to-assemble...

How to Customize Garage Cabinets for More Storage

Our garages are multitaskers. Vehicle storage, workshop, tool organizer and hangout space for friends and family. For this garage to...


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Keep Your Tools Ready with an In-Cabinet Charging Center

This sliding station keeps your tools ready to go

The Most Essential Products for New Homeowners

From cleaning supplies to tools, here's a list of everything you'll need for your new home.


The 14 Best Garage Storage Solutions for Maximizing Space

Organizing your garage is a daunting task, but we've got you covered with the best garage storage solutions to reduce...


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.


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Vintage Family Handyman Project from 1970: How to Build a Trash Compressor

To celebrate Family Handyman's 70th anniversary, we're sharing some projects from past issues, all the way back to our first...

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How to Build an Under-the-Stairs Storage Unit

Organized, easy-access storage — and lots of it!


11 Female DIYers Who Are Changing the Game

Women have carved out a powerful space for themselves in DIY. Find out more about just a few of our...


How to Increase Storage Space In Your Bathroom

Turn unused bathroom space into a hidden yet functional cabinet. 


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How to Build a Garage Storage Wall

A customizable clutter-buster that turns your garage into a mudroom.


How to Build an Outdoor Storage Bench

At first glance, this bench may look like a complex project. But take...

Saturday Morning Workshop: How To Build Hexagon Shelves

Build these modern shelves to spice up your living space and add a bit of storage.


Ikea Kallax Hack: Craft Room Storage

Ready-to-assemble (RTA) furniture isn't just inexpensive. It's also super adaptable!


Saturday Morning Workshop: How To Build An Adjustable Sawhorse

Add these ingenious, handy, adjustable sawhorses to your jobsite arsenal.


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How to Build an Outdoor Storage Bench

Elegant outside, enormous storage space inside!


DIY Entryway Bench With Shoe Storage

Build the perfect little shoe bench for your entryway


The Best Shoe Storage Bench for Your Entryway

If shoes are taking over your entryway, it's time to do something! A shoe storage bench is a simple, double-duty...


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Saturday Morning Workshop: How to Build Stacking Totes

Have a couple of hours free this weekend? Build these stacking totes using 1/2-in. plywood for an inexpensive and very...


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PVC Hacks for the Workshop

Transform scrap pieces of PVC pipe into storage sites for dowels and fasteners, courtesy of “tipfull” reader Al Miller. 


Saturday Morning Workshop: How To Build A Key Hanger With Reclaimed Wood

Spice up your entryway by creating this rustic key hanger using reclaimed wood. The whole project takes about an hour...

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Saturday Morning Workshop: How To Build a Floating Shelf with Secret Drawer

Learn how to make this sleek, modern floating shelf with a secret hiding place for your valuables.


16 Hand-Selected Reader Projects from The Family Handyman

Ranging in size, difficulty and design, these 16 reader projects are as unique as the DIYers who built them.