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How to Replace a Kitchen Sink

Richard Trethewey installing a kitchen sink

Installing a new kitchen sink with This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey

Attic Becomes A Suite Retreat Upstairs

Untapped space tucked under the roof becomes a light-filled bedroom, bath, and home office

How to Prune a Tree

An arborist's rules on how to shape up a small ornamental tree to make it more attractive and healthy

Comfortable Easy Chairs

Add a special seat in the family room with one of these luxurious armchairs

How to Replace a PVC Sink Trap

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows how to replace a leaky, glued-together kitchen-sink trap

1.Replacing a Kitchen Sink
2.Suite Attic Retreat
3.Pruning a Tree
4.Comfy Easy Chairs
5.Replacing a PVC Trap

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The $967 Kitchen Revamp

after photo of the under a thousand dollar kitchen remodel

Warm brown paint, glass mosaic tile, and fresh fixtures update a drab old kitchen... more

A Practical Kitchen Design With Period Appeal

remodeled kitchen in spanish colonial revival house

A 1930 Spanish Revival house finally gets the stylish, high-performance kitchen it deserves... more

Using Tile in the Bathroom

Whether it is the focal point or just a backdrop, tile can define zones, distinguish style, and add pizzazz... more

Stylish Kitchen Upgrades From DIY Kits

kitchen upgrade including cabinet inserts

Bring more order and a custom look to your cook space with 6 easy projects that come in a box... more

Best Whole House Before and Afters 2009

Last year you submitted thousands of remodels to us. Then you voted on your favorites. Check out your top picks—and ours—as you get ready to enter this year's Reader Remodel Contest... more

Best Kitchen Before and Afters 2009

a reader remodeled kitchen after in Davenport, WA

You submitted thousands of remodels to us. Then you voted on your favorites. Here are some of your top picks and ours... more

Choose Paint Colors With a Color Wheel

How to pick a complementary color scheme for your next paint job... more

A Kitchen Opens Up for Better Flow

couple and their dogs inside their newly remodeled kitchen

How making connections to the dining and family rooms and annexing a little space here and there righted the wrongs in a narrow galley... more

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This Old House: Roxbury House Project

For its 30th anniversary, TOH works with a nonprofit to renovate a foreclosed Second Empire for two deserving families

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Tip of the Day

"Don't leave cans of gasoline sitting around in yard tools during winter, because the fuel will absorb water, which makes motors run rough. Funnel whatever's left into your car's tank, then buy fresh gas come springtime."
— Craig Murray, owner, Liffco Power Equipment, Mineola, NY