Raise your hand if there's a small cosmetic home repair that you just "haven't gotten around to." Mine is fixing my renter-friendly peel-and-stick wallpaper. Every weekend I put it on my lofty to do ...

This is the first in the occasional “House Hell” series: Our homes are our most precious and scary possessions — precious only when they do not threaten us — but the threats are never-ending. What ...

Before we adopted our dog, we tried out a few others from the Humane Society. One of them was nervous and tried to “dig” her way out of the laundry room. In the process, she scratched the trim around ...

Dear Tim: I’ve got a sliding patio door on the back of my home. There’s a moisture problem directly under the door in the basement. The gutters are clear and the patio is level. I plan to seal between ...

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