Today’s Tip: Nailing Baseboard

We’ve mixed old with new building products in our front porch renovation. A front porch renovation on an old house can be challenging. The 100-year-old…

We love simple, fun bedroom design ideas that can transform the room’s look and feel and give it a pop of fresh in just a…

Mark & Theresa take you inside top home improvement media of This Old House, Extreme Makeover, Fine Homebuilding, and Better Homes & Gardens to talk…

I’ve been experimenting with ways to use ceiling medallions as wreaths, which has led me to the other holiday favorite: holiday centerpiece ideas.

Here’s a kitchen/bath project I call a marriage-saver. Its not that it saves the marriage directly, I hasten to point out, but it short circuits…

Curb appeal is more than just creating a pretty face in the neighborhood, it’s a good investment in your property.

Mark and Theresa enjoyed their tour of what’s new in home improvement at the International Builders’ Show. They spent time talking with celebrities — Frank…

Monica Pedersen talks about the HGTV 2013 Dream Home Giveaway, the new Kohler Sensate Touchless Faucet, & gives tips on how to wave from a…

I love making holiday wreaths. So this year, I’m going beyond just the single wreath, and making three holiday wreaths out of ceiling medallions. Whenever I make a series of anything that aren’t exactly alike, I look for a few ways I can make them look like they go.

Phatso’s Bakery inspired what I call ‘Resort Whimsy’ design for the Food Network show ‘Save My Bakery.’ After talking with the owner for a while…

I love using holiday cards as a way to decorate, and I’ve used ribbon, clothespins, and more to display them.
But now I’ve finally come up with a way that displays my holiday cards, that I could actually use year-round to display birthday cards, artwork and other treasures from school.

There are so many good holiday card holder ideas that I can’t resist making another. And I have a new way to display holiday cards that…

 Updating curb appeal is an opportunity to try something new. “I don’t like change.” Now that’s one of the toughest statements for a designer to…

An old house gets a new door—and more. Mark checks down professional-grade techniques for safely installing a new door in an old house, and increasing…

Color trends fascinate me. I’m drawn to expressive, bold color and soft, gentle hues. There is a perfect time, place, and reason for every color…