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Window-Box Garden
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37 Easy Outdoor Upgrades
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10 Uses for Sandpaper
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Building a Planter Bench
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Rolling Grill Table
Plant a Better Window-Box Garden
Packed with potential, these mini landscapes can benefit from a few design tricks of their own
37 Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Outdoor Rooms
Set out a daybed, weather-resistant cushions, or one of our other finds, and in a short time you'll have the ultimate staycation escape
10 Uses for Sandpaper
Scuffing up surfaces is only the beginning of this rough material's abilities
How to Build a Planter Bench
Assemble a stationary bench between sturdy planters made from stacked cedar boards
How to Build a Rolling Grill Table
Use cedar boards and lawn-mower wheels to make a portable food cart
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Outdoor Living
Read This Before You Put In an Outdoor Kitchen
Whether you covet a grill and food-prep station on wheels or a built-in BBQ island with fridge and bar seating, don't hit the home center before reading TOH's expert guide to creating a first-rate backyard cook spot -
Best of TOH
Editors' Picks: Our Favorite Blue Bathrooms
We here at This Old House happen to love blue bathrooms—which is convenient because it's probably the most common bathroom color out there. Here are 16 of our favorites
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Best Plants for a Healthy, Organic Garden
Pair these flowers and herbs with your favorite garden growers to improve soil, increase propagation, and keep harmful insects at bay—all without the help of chemicals
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Danger!
9 Highly Toxic Old Household Products
If it's been a while since you cleaned out the basement or shed, watch out for these dangerous household chemicals hiding on the back shelves
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Current Issue: June 2013
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