Bonus Online Features for May 2011
Expand your know-how with online articles and tools related to stories you've read in the magazine.
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thisoldhouse.com
Share your best time-saving tips, money-saving tricks, and homemade built-in projects, and you might see yourself in our July 2011 issue. thisoldhouse.com/yourTOH
Letter from This Old House
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Reader Mail
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Read further on how a homeowner repainted her bathroom fixtures, floor, and walls
Learn how to revive items with specialty paint
Checklist
Damage-control tips:
Give your roof a spring checkup
Fix damaged roof shingles
More how-to, videos, and articles on roof care
Email your checklist ideas
Home Solutions
New ways to use leftovers
10 uses for tennis balls
10 uses for vinegar
10 uses for expired gift cards
Before + After: Kitchen
Learn all about crown molding, from its history to its application
Build It or Buy It
Find a full cut list and tools needed to craft this bench
Photoshop Redo
Want a chance at a Photoshop Redo?
Email snapshots
Salvage Style: Headboard
Hang your headboard using a French cleat
See how a reader used a door to make a hanging daybed
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Landscaping: Grow Fruits and Veggies Anywhere
Build a raised planting bed
Build a raised vegetable garden
Watch a video of Roger Cook building a raised vegetable garden
Shopping: Ceramic Penny-Round Tile
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Weekend Remodel: Three-Piece Crown Molding
See a step-by-step video of this project
Get tips on sizing crown molding to suit your space
How to cut filler blocks for the nailing surface
See a typical sketch for laying out crown molding in a room
View an illustration of common crown molding cuts and joints
Read instructions on how to make a guide fence
Read instructions on how to cut molding for an inside corner
Read instructions on how to cut molding for an outside corner
Read instructions on how to make a cope cut
Watch a video of Tom Silva using different kinds of saws to make miter cuts
Watch a video of Tom Silva making cope cuts
Building Blocks for a Perfect Patio
Get tips on installing and caring for concrete pavers
How to lay a stone patio
How to lay a bluestone patio
Living Large in a Small Space
See a complete list of the plants used in this garden plan
Ask This Old House
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