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Got a dingy bathroom or kitchen that’s making your whole space look dated? Skip the demolition and dust. Regrouting the tiles in your home can prevent tile from falling out and support the overall structure of tiled surfaces, and fresh grout lines dramatically refresh tired-looking spaces. Even spotless tiles can make an entire room feel dirty when grout is stained or dingy.

Difficulty: Moderate Time: 4-6 hours Cost: ~$200-400

Difficulty: Moderate Time: 2-3 hours Cost: ~$35 total (~$9 per window)

Difficulty: Novice Time: Planning takes 2-3 hours upfront, saves weeks later Cost: Free to ~$25 for planning apps/supplies

How Often Should You Vacuum to Reduce Microplastics? The 2025 Schedule

Difficulty: Novice Time: 10 minutes Cost: ~$5 for materials Yield/Size: Works on all screen sizes

Does your kitchen smell like a landfill? Try these simple steps to clean out the culprit. This video will show you how to clean a garbage disposal safely.

You may frequent hotels that treat your towels like your toilet paper, but some upscale hotels take pride in their towel presentation; therefore, they borrow some skills from master origami artists and apply them to folding towels and washcloths for memorable and decorative effects. But towel origami is not just for fancy hotel rooms — it's for your own bathroom — right at home! You just have to learn the art, and this video will show you how to fold ordinary bathroom towels into fancy and...

Recycling your garbage is noble and, in many places, mandatory. But it also can be very confusing. This guide will clear up the rules.

Use this safe and easy technique next time you need to replace a shattered light bulb.

One of the most prominent appliances in any kitchen is the refrigerator. Unfortunately, over time, any refrigerator will begin to build up dirt and grime on the exterior. Watch this informative video to learn the best ways to clean the exterior of your refrigerator.

Mark Donovan is remodeling a ceramic tile shower, and shows how to install a mortar shower pan. First consider the framing of the shower. Plywood, 2x4's and 2x6's provide a good foundation for the weight of the tile. Then remove the cover from the drain. Use duct tape to cover the drain hole. Staple 15-pound felt paper onto the floor of the shower, and up about an inch on the sides, trimming around the drain, to protect the wood from moisture. Then staple down metal lath to reinforce the floor...

Tiling always looks so easy when you see it done on a straight wall! But how do you do it with a crooked wall? Use a Measureright Pro to get the angle right. So if you've tiled from a straight right angle and you're just reaching the 'odd' shaped spaces between your last row of tiles and your crooked wall, you can use the tool to mark your final row of tiles so that when you cut them, they will fit right into the irregular shaped spaces between your final row of tiles and the slanting wall. The...

Getting hot and steamy can be awesome, as illustrated in the 1997 smash hit Titanic.

An interesting way to display flower pots and plants in any room.

Stuck at home? Then carve a rabbit. It's an easy whittling project for beginners during the quarantine.

How to Make a Simple Macrame Dream Catcher using Square Knots