Tag: landscaping
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Grow a Healthy Vegetable Garden
The benefits of vegetable gardening go way beyond cutting food costs. Here’s a guide to planning, planting, and relishing your own backyard harvest
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How to Pick The Right Mulch
Use this guide to navigate the options for the best topdressing around your plant bed
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Ceramic House Numbers
Decorative digits with handcrafted appeal are an easy way to personalize your entry
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How to Retrofit Cellulose Insulation
In this video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva explains how to install cellulose insulation
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What Really Happens in a House Fire
It only takes half a minute for a small flame to turn into a full-blown life-threatening fire. Learn how you can best protect your home, your loved ones, and your own life
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Pub-Style Mirrors
With broad frames and plenty of hooks, these mirrors add functional style just inside the front (or back) door
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Finding and Restoring Hidden Plaster Details
In an act of upside-down residential archaeology, the This Old House TV crew reveals—and rebuilds—historical plaster details entombed above a false ceiling
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Photoshop Redo: Retro Ranch Gets Reworked
A more interesting roofline and an upgraded entry improve the profile of a 1970s raised ranch
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Fast Fixes to Get Done in Early Winter
Easy ways to improve your home during the chilly months of January and February
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Furniture Face-Lifts With Overlays
Whether painted to blend in or contrast with the base color, these details are definite standouts