It's frustrating when something in your house breaks, especially when you consider DIY home repair options. The repairs may not need immediate attention, but eventually, you'll have to address them. A ...

Across the country, homeowners are quietly rewriting the rules of home maintenance, trading service calls for socket wrenches and smartphone tutorials. Instead of defaulting to contractors, more ...

How to Learn DIY Home Repair Basics Learning basic home improvement skills can be daunting. If you don’t know the right way to hold a wrench, it’s tempting to just call up the plumber. But don’t sell ...

I was supposed to meet Lou Manfredini, the home expert who's the face of Ace Hardware, while he was in town last month for an Ace franchise owners' convention to talk trends, but because of a busy ...

The handyman looked at the plaster dangling from the top of our downstairs window. Then, he headed upstairs to check the seal on the window directly overhead. “It needs some caulk,” he announced when ...

I called a repairman when my washer broke, and he charged $100 just to come out. To fix the problem, he estimated the cost at $250. But in the hour before he got to my house, I googled. From a YouTube ...

Without intending to brag, I can say that I’m a pretty handy guy. I’ve rewired light switches, installed overhead lamps, replaced damaged doors, and installed a sprinkler system. Here’s the thing, ...

Stardust doles out DIY advice on TikTok and Instagram and is working on a new book about the first year of homeownership. Known as the Trans Handy Ma’am, Stardust doles out DIY advice to a TikTok and ...

The first rule of home ownership is that you are perpetually unprepared for just how expensive it is. Even after years of dealing with the slow-motion collapse of your most valuable asset, you can ...

Before the viral videos—which Stardust and her production company now create in their Madison, Wisconsin, studio—she worked as a maintenance technician for 16 years. During that time, she says she ...