Top 10 DIY Home Project Blogs
Whether your home needs repairs or you're just trying to make it nicer, there's plenty of help to be found online. Here's what some home-improvement heavy hitters as well as regular folks are writing about home-project how-to.
Aggregates decorative projects from other blogs, plus a few of its own. Mainly arts and crafts with a twist: a portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from Benjamin Moore paint chips and tiny gardens that sit neatly in old Altoids cans.
There are good reasons why Bob Vila has become the King of Home Improvement--and one is that bobvila.com blogs labor daily to publish new info on how to do more stuff better. On the Level focuses on remodeling and repairs.
Unusual home-electronics projects including an automated sentry, multicolor remote-controlled LED pumpkin, and how to use a high-voltage capacitor bank to destroy a troublesome watermelon.
The site of Dean Johnson's decades-old PBS home-improvement show includes hundreds of articles and video on dozens of topics. User-friendly; offers primers for absolute beginners such as what a plumbing system does, then moves up to complex topics such as how to sweat copper pipe or how to install shut-off valves.
Canada-focused site on home renovation, improvement and maintenance. Small team of writers tackles a variety of subjects from high-capacity rice cookers and assisted-living products for seniors to giving bathrooms a makeover or insulating for winter.
Home-improvement and remodeling blog that provides techniques as well as reviews of the best tools for the job.
New Hampshire-based engineer Todd Fratzel dispenses advice on major home improvements, such as overhauls of kitchen cabinetry, installation of a cupola above your house, and pumping out a septic tank. Also features numerous tool reviews and comparisons.
Subtitled "Residential electrical wiring projects made easy," this site delivers with wiring diagrams as well as step-by-step instructions for installing dozens of devices, including dimmer switches, outdoor GFCI receptacles and electric baseboard heaters.
Humorous look at newbie remodeling by "two young people falling in love with their first house." Watch them take on clogged drains, a mildewed basement and other DIY challenges.
Sure, 26-year-old Brian still lives with his parents--but he and girlfriend Chelsea decided to build their own house from the ground up. Join them, won't you?
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