Labor Day

Make the Most of Your Last Summer Weekend

As long as the weather's still warm, you'll want to be outside. Outfit your outdoors with everything from lighting, to lounging, to cozy fires, and create an open-air room you'll want to live in See more

Entertain Outside

Create a Space That Appeals to Visitors

Extend indoor comforts outside to increase your home’s living and entertaining space. Here’s how
Build an Outdoor Kitchen Unit

If you’ve got some basic skills and a couple of handy friends, you too can build a grill island like this one. Here’s the lowdown
Opt for Low–Cost Kitchen Features

TOH explains which essentials are worth the money and which extras are not
Pick the Perfect Patio Party Products

Ten versatile products to help you prep and serve party food and drinks outdoors

Finish Last-Chance Summer Projects

Seed Your Lawn

Prep your lawn for next spring
Build a Fire Pit

Man’s most primal urge fulfilled—this weekend in your own backyard
Divide Daylilies

These easy-to-grow perennials just got better with a wider-than-ever range of colors, shapes, and sizes
Install a Window

From waterproofing to insulating, Tom Silva’s step-by-step guide to putting in a new window

Gear Up For Fall

Plant Fall-Blooming Perennials

perennials to renew the color in your garden after your summer flowers fade
Put Your Mower Away for the Season

An end-of-season tune-up keeps power lawn equipment in shape
Install Radiant Heating

In this how-to video, This Old House plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey explains the warming attributes of electric radiant heat
Do a Yearly Home Inspection

Fall is the time to give your house its annual physical—before winter’s harsh weather sets in