DIY

The gap between a kitchen countertop and the tile backsplash is a dirt museum. Grease vapor condenses there, crumbs migrate in, and water from a careless sponge rinse finds a permanent home.

There is a correct order of operations for painting an accent wall, and most people get it wrong by treating the accent wall as an isolated project.

The toilet seat is the one piece of hardware in a house that nearly everyone has installed wrong at least once.

The last time a painter said the words "cut in the trim" and meant it, the room went quiet.

The plastic plate around an outlet is the most ignored piece of hardware in a typical home.

A wall anchor rated for fifty pounds fails most often because the screw pulls straight out of the plaster, not because the anchor crumbles.

The grout lines in a bathroom floor are the last thing anyone notices when they walk in, and the first thing that makes the whole room feel old when they look down.