How to Install a Motion Sensor Light in Your Hallway

The hallway in my house has a light switch at one end only. Coming home with groceries meant walking the […]

The Easy Way to Patch Small Nail Holes in Drywall

After I took down a row of framed photos, my living room wall looked like it had chickenpox. Fifteen nail […]

How to Fix a Wobbly Toilet With Shims in 15 Minutes

A wobbly toilet is one of those things you notice every time you sit down and then forget about until […]

How to Fix a Garage Door That Won’t Close All the Way

My garage door started closing partway and then rolling back up. It did it for a week before I looked […]

How to Stop a Drafty Window Without Replacing It

My bedroom window has a draft that I felt every winter, especially at night. Replacing the window was way out […]

How to Fix a Flickering Light That Is Not the Bulb’s Fault

A light in my hallway flickered for weeks. I changed the bulb twice, and it kept flickering, which meant the […]

Install a Programmable Thermostat Without Wiring It Wrong

I am not an electrician. When I decided to replace my old thermostat with a programmable one, I almost backed […]

How to Make a DIY Headboard for Under Fifty Dollars

Bedroom furniture is ridiculous. I looked at headboards online and the ones I actually liked started at three hundred dollars. […]

How to Fix a Cracked Vinyl Floor Tile So Nobody Notices

I dropped a cast iron pan on my kitchen floor and put a crack clean through a vinyl tile. For […]

How to Fix a Noisy Refrigerator Rattle in Five Minutes

My fridge developed a rattle that sounded like a tiny machine gun every time the compressor kicked on. I was […]