Top 10 Home Improvement Blogs
Home improvement blogs always inspire us to tackle projects in our own houses. The great blogs here provide a mixture of looks at real people's houses, stylish products, and down-and-dirty DIY tips.Charles & Hudson covers home improvement tips and techniques and features new tools and news from the home design industry. There are extensive posts on home improvement for outdoor areas like decks, along with advice on remodeling and reviews of tools. DIY City Guides spotlight great home improvement resources by city.
This blog features fabulous finds for the "considered home"; posts are searchable by room. "Steal this Look" posts help you recreate the stylish rooms found in the pages of magazines and catalogs, and there's an extensive, searchable architect/designer directory.
This blog is written by a young couple remodeling their old house in Atlanta. Sarah writes, "In my attempts to DIY, there are an endless number of moments where I am doing something for the first time: caulking windows, patching large holes, painting ceilings, etc.," and offers tips on all of the above.
Cassity is remodeling her family's house on a $5,000 budget. Tutorials cover topics like redoing old furniture and recovering lamp shades.
IKEA fans come together here to share tips and favorite products. This blog is owned by IKEA; for an independent look, check out IKEA Hacker, where readers demonstrate the creative ways they have repurposed out-of-the-box IKEA products.
This design blog focuses entirely on sustainable interior design. The stylish, green finds here include wallpaper made from wine bottles and chairs made from bamboo and inner tubes. The "So, Does It Work?" posts review sustainable products like VOC-free paint.
Another great green living blog is Apartment Therapy's Re-Nest. Check out posts like "49 Creative Reuse Ideas That Will Inspire & Surprise You" and "13 Products That Are Unnecessary and Wasteful." There are tons of posts featuring blog readers' real-life green design projects.
This blog shares tons of fun ideas for remodeling home and garden. There are lots of posts on outdoor projects, like outdoor kitchens and dream decks.
This blog's tagline is "Two young people falling in love with their first house." Sherry and John have done everything from installing sinks and toilets to refinishing cabinets; it's all chronicled here. Don't miss the Budget Breakdowns posts, which reveal how much everything actually cost.
DIYdiva is "bridging the gap between 'woman' and 'powertool wielding badass' one project at a time." There are lots of really useful step-by-step projects here--learn to install a sink faucet, lay floor tile, and change your locks.
What's your favorite home improvement blog or site?
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