Hot Home & Garden How-Tos
How To: Make a Forsythia and Pansy centerpiece
Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to make a bright cheery forsythia and pansy centerpiece. This centerpiece just screams springtime, and the Forsythia and Pansy are bright and wonderful.
How To: Make a fresh flower wreath
Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to make a fresh flower wreath using carnations. This fresh flower wreath is great for any occasion.
How To: Grow Cucumbers
Be cool, man. Be like a cucumber. This tutorial video will teach you to grow upwards and use vertical gardening to grow many things.
How To: Use stem strippers on fresh flowers
In this how to video, Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to use different types of stem strippers for fresh flowers. Stem strippers are important for removing thorns.
How To: Protect yourself from mosquitoes
This tutorial nature video will teach you how to avoid mosquitos. The products shown here will show you how to get rid of mosquitos.
How To: Repot a houseplant
Some houseplants have very ugly containers, or outgrow their pots. This can be taken care of easily, though. This tutorial video will teach you how to re-pot a houseplant.
How To: Make your fireplace heat efficient
Did you know you fireplace is very inefficient? It takes conditioned and treated air and pushes it out of your home. This tutorial video will teach you how to make your fireplace more efficient.
How To: How to organize and fold towels
In this tutorial video, you can learn how to fold towels to maximize space and make them look great. Maybe you'll even get a job folding towels at a prestigious towel vendor!
How To: Organize your paperback books
Have paperback books on your bookshelf in your home and office that looks anything but attractive? Used books that have had better days? Have a romance novel you don't want anyone to know you love? This how to video gives the solution to organizing your books in a very attractive and clever way.
How To: Paint concrete and stucco with masonry paint
Want to spice up that concrete or stucco? You can make your home improvement project even better with masonry paint. In this how to video, Dean and Derek add a splash of color to a project using masonry paint.
How To: Build a concrete shower base
Thinking about renovating your bathroom? It's a lot easier than you might think to remodel your bathroom. Find out how to build your own water-tight concrete base for a shower with this tutorial from the DIY network. Watch this how to video and you can build the concrete base to the shower in your bathroom in no time.
How To: Install a laundry chute
A laundry chute is a very useful thing to have in your house, especially if you have children. In this tutorial by the DIY network, host Amy Matthews designs and installs a laundry chute. Watch this remodeling how to video and you can install a laundry chute into your own home.
How To: Install tile on a shower floor
Thinking about renovating your bathroom? It's a lot easier than you might think to remodel your bathroom. See how to install mosaic glass tiles on your concrete shower floor with this tutorial. Watch this how to video and you can tile the shower in your bathroom in no time.
How To: Build a kitchen window seat
Add character and storage to your kitchen by building a window seat with this step by step tutorial. This is the perfect accessory for your kitchen or anywhere in your house. You can always use some extra seating and storage, so watch this how to video from the DIY network and make a window seat in your home.
How To: Repaint wood siding
Nothing beats a new coat of paint for freshening up wood siding. This how to video teaches you the proper steps to spruce up your wood siding with paint. Find out how you can beautify your home with this tutorial from the DIY network.
How To: Install a hand held sprayer into a sink
A hand held sprayer is a very convenient accessory for your sink. In this tutorial, see how to install a hand-held sprayer for a pet friendly utility sink. Watch this how to video and you can easily bathe your pet inside with a hand held sprayer.
How To: Install a transom window
A transom window is a traditionally fixed window over a door or an operating sash window. In this how to video, the experts form the DIY network prep and install a transom window in this historic home. Watch this tutorial and you can be installing a transom window into your own home.
How To: Level your yard
New lawns can be lumpy and can cause damage to your lawn mover, or even worse, cause you to trip and hurt yourself. This how to video gives advice to help you level your yard. Watch this landscaping how to video and you can fix up your new lawn in no time at all.
How To: Create a patio with a bocce ball court
Make your backyard into a place of recreation and relaxation with this how to video. In this landscaping tutorial, the guys from the DIY network create the perfect slate patio with a bocce court on the side for fun. Watch this step by step video and you will be playing bocce ball out on your new patio in no time.
How To: Create a take home centerpiece
Get into the giving spirit and decorate your table with this holiday centerpiece. In this flower arrangement tutorial, Dave and Henry Schmidt show you how to create a centerpiece from herbs and plants that you can disassemble, providing your guests with take-home gifts. This is the perfect project for your holiday party.
How To: Make a mini-wheelbarrow holiday centerpiece
Learn how you can make these unique and beautiful centerpiece for your holiday table with this how to video. In this flower arrangement tutorial, Dave gets pointers on how to put together a beautiful centerpiece for the holidays with a mini-wheelbarrow, candles, and more.
How To: Prepare your perennials for the winter
This how to video shows you what to do to prepare your perennials for their winter sleep. Dave teaches you methods to cover of cut back your perennial plants. Make sure your plants are safe during the cold winter months with tips from this tutorial.
How To: Deadhead plants
Sometimes we have so much to show you that we need a second video to cover all the information. Deadheading is a topic like that, because of the great variety in the way plants bud and grow.
How To: Build outdoor rooms with plants
One landscape idea that's getting a lot of attention these days is outdoor rooms. More and more people are starting to enjoy the practical benefits of dividing their yards into discrete spaces. There are many reasons to create outdoor rooms. You might want to entertain in one area and sit and contemplate in another. One area might be for the kids or even pets, while the other is for cooking. See how to use hedges and other plants to create rooms with this how to video.
How To: Move houseplants back inside for the winter
If you're like me, you put some or all of your houseplants outside for the summer. Now that fall is here, it's time to think about moving them back in for the long winter ahead. This how to video shows a few steps you can take to prepare your plants for indoor conditions. Following these easy steps should help ensure your plants winter over successfully, so you can get them outside again next spring.
How To: Make an upholstered headboard from a closet door
This tutorial teaches you how to make a headboard from an old closet door and a red recycled curtain fabric. You will need a closet door or plywood cut to size, batting, fabric, a staple gun, foam, scissors, a circular saw, and an exacto knife. Watch this how to video and you can spice up your bedroom with this homemade headboard.
How To: Make hard drive wind chimes
Learn how to reuse a crashed hard drive or two for a set of wind chimes with this great tutorial. Easy to make and sound great. You will need a #6 and a #8 tork screwdriver, an exacto knife, a pair of needle nose pliers, a phillips and a flat screwdriver, red fishing line and an old hard drive.
How To: Make unique shelves for storage
In this how to video by Decor It Yourself, we tackle DIY shelves. With a few design details & up-grades you can make your shelving look fantastic. Watch this video and you can hang these cool shelves in your home. At the end of this video you will find a great project to store your remote control organizer.
How To: Make sliding sun shades
In this tutorial, Michelle shows us how to make beautiful energy saving wooden sun shades that slide along bard door tracks. These slatted sun shades are perfect for the summer to keep the sun out but leave enough space to let the breeze through. This is an advanced woodworking project and it involves either hand tools or power tools. Watch this how to video and you will be hanging sunshades all over your house.
How To: Make a placemat from yard waste
Learn how you can make placemats from materials from your garden that you usually would throw away with this how to video. This is a great eco-friendly way to decorate your table. Watch this tutorial and you can recycle your yard waste into beautiful placemats for your home.
How To: Manage storm water runoff with a homemade rain chain
Storm water runoff can cause damage to the foundation of your house as well as to the environment through soil erosion and water pollution. A great solution to this problem is a rain chain. This tutorial teaches you how to make and hang an unique rain chain from recycled material.
How To: Use toner and glaze techniques on woodwork
This 3 part tutorial teaches you paint, toner coat and glaze techniques to refinish cabinets. These techniques breathe new life into old or outdated woodwork and cabinets. Watch this woodworking how to video and you will learn to refinish your cabinets with glaze in no time.
How To: Make a decorative wooden bucket
This tutorial teaches you how to make a decorative wooden bucket. This project is suitable for a use as a planter or inside a wishing well. You will need a piece of plywood, a couple of strips of wood, a piece of rod for the handle, two copper straps, nails, and staples. Watch this step by step how to video and make a decorative wooden bucket for your garden.
How To: Make a desert terrarium
This tutorial teaches you how to make a desert terrarium. These plants are very hardy, easy to care for and look great. This how to video gives complete instructions and suggestions on how to make a good looking desert terrarium.
How To: Plant and care for miniature plants
This how to video gives you some great ideas for having plants in small spaces. These miniature plants are easy to care for and are perfect to have in a condominium or apartment. Watch this gardening tutorial and learn how you can have a garden of miniatures in your apartment.
How To: Prune needleleaf evergreen trees in summer
In this landscaping tutorial, Dave gets expert advice about pruning needleleaf evergreen trees from evergreen expert Henry Patt. If you have these types of trees and want to keep them growing healthy, or stop your evergreens from growing at all, check out this how to video.
How To: Make a European dish garden
In this flower arrangement tutorial, Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to make a beautiful and unique European dish garden using silk flowers. A true dish garden has no drainage, is packed with plants growing on top of each other in plastic cups, and tends to live on and on in air conditioning and indoor lighting. This dish garden is made with fake flowers so it needs no maintenance. Watch this how to video and you will be making this European dish garden in no time.
How To: Use a stem cutter
In this flower arranging tutorial, Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to use a stem cutter for fresh flowers. A stem cutter makes it possible to cut very thick stems and large bunches of stems at once. This is a very helpful tool when you are doing large flower arrangements. Watch this how to video and you will be using a stem cutter in no time.
How To: Use a rose stem stripper
In this how to video, Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to use rose stem strippers. Rose strippers remove the thorns from the stem easily, without damaging the bark on your rose stem. This makes it easier to handle roses when putting together a floral arrangement. Watch this tutorial and you will be using a rose stem stripper in no time.
How To: Make a candle centerpiece using a pick machine
This flower arrangement tutorial shows you how to make a candle centerpiece using a pick machine. A pick machine attaches steel picks to the stems of your silk flowers. This makes arranging your flowers in floral foam much easier. Watch this how to video and you will be making this beautiful candle flower arrangement in no time.