Eric Hagerman
How to Install DIY Radiant Floor Heating
Use a specialized foam panel to lock the PEX tubing in place, cover it with a sand-and-cement mix, and tile away.
How to Smartify Your Home
Better to buy a hub or stand-alone devices? Sign up with the cable company? Get a Wi-Fi dog camera? Find answers to these and other questions in our connected-home guide of picks and expert advice
How to Hack-Proof Your Smart Home
A senior security researcher at the risk management firm Tripwire gives his tips for protecting your router and Wi-Fi devices
4 Smart-Home Door Locks
If you've never known life without keys, well, it's a wonderful thing. Indeed, these four smart-home door locks are all about convenience
How to Revive a Beat-Up Deck
Coat cracked and dried-out boards with sand-impregnated paint to bring them back to life
How to Faux-Age Painted Wood Furniture
If you can paint and sand, you can create this timeworn look on any new or old piece
How to Create a Faux Fabric Effect With Paint
With a little practice and a dry brush, you can create the look of textured wall coverings
How to Build a Storage Bed
This reader-inspired bed contains 23 cubic feet of storage but no room for dust bunnies
Photoshop Redo: Punching Up a Proud Farmhouse
See how a bold paint makeover brings out the best in a home's architectural detail
Photoshop Redo: Layering a Ranch With Cottage Charm
A handsome pergola-topped porch gives the eye—and visitors— good reason to linger