The Swedish superstore knows its stuff when it comes to creating products that look good but also give items a permanent place. On a large scale, it’s equipped with storage units, closets, garment racks, and cabinet sets, but it meets those micro-level needs, too. Everything from tiny tack holders to cord tangle prevention products has been thought up. If your goals, resolutions, or intentions for this year include tackling the messiest corners of your home, here are 16 different products from IKEA that are worth considering for the great spruce up of 2022....

Not being able to create the bathroom of your dreams because you live in a rental or can’t afford to renovate feels unfair. It’s your home after all, and you should be able to make every square inch of it better. These doable ideas will help you pull the plug on what’s ugly without remodeling. The drool-worthy bathroom floor shared here is by Monica Mangin, the blogger behind East Coast Creative....

The ranch was developed for mid-twentieth-century America. This style was one of the most popular housing types built in the US. During the 1950s, real estate developers were eager to sell dreams of family and homeownership to GI soldiers returning from WWII. As you look through these plans, consider the ways ranch-style housing remains a popular and practical choice. With no stairs to a second floor, a ranch home—new or old—can be an ideal choice for homeowners who want to age in place....

The range of materials that can be used for kitchen countertops is amazingly diverse, and some materials on the list may be surprising to you. Each material has its advantages and disadvantages, all of which need to be weighed when choosing. The more esoteric materials, such as bamboo, zinc, and stainless steel, may prove to be too expensive and hard to maintain for most people. For most homeowners, they will include materials such as slab granite, engineered stone (quartz), solid surface material, as well as traditional laminates and ceramic tile....

So just because you are stuck with apartment-rental-beige, housing tract Swiss coffee, or simply prefer a palette that speaks in a whisper instead of a scream, there’s no reason to settle for boring. For proof, check out the gorgeous bedrooms featured here. All are predominantly decorated in neutrals, but not one is boring, overly safe, or without style. These are neutrals done right.

Along Came Gunite Before the introduction of gunite—a mixture of concrete and sand—most residential swimming pools were built from plywood or fiberglass that held poured concrete. Others were constructed with a shell of reinforced concrete blocks. This costly construction process made private pools attainable mostly to the wealthy. It also made shapes other than traditional rectangles easier to design. During the post-World War II housing boom, gunite swimming pools became more of a possibility for middle-class homeowners....

Office plants can increase the humidity around a desk, help purify the air, and add visual interest to your workspace decor. There’s no limit to how many plants you should have in your office just as long as you remember to give them a drink at least once in a while. Choose from this list of low-maintenance plants that will survive in an office and many named below even thrive in an office without windows....

Check out these crowd-pleasing blue kitchens in a range of styles and hues that will make your space feel current but timeless enough to last for years to come. 

Here are 30 colorful flowers to help inspire you. USDA Growing Zones: 3 to 10Color Varieties: PurpleSun Exposure: FullSoil Needs: Humusy, medium moisture, well-drained USDA Growing Zones: 3 to 10Color Varieties: Yellow, orange, redSun Exposure: FullSoil Needs: Average, medium moisture, well-drained USDA Growing Zones: 2 to 11 (annual)Color Varieties: Red, pink, orange, yellow, green, purple, whiteSun Exposure: FullSoil Needs: Humusy, moist, well-drained USDA Growing Zones: 2 to 11 (annual)Color Varieties: Red, pink, orange, yellow, whiteSun Exposure: FullSoil Needs: Average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained...

DIY House Numbers Sign For The Mailbox from Ugly Duckling House DIY Wooden House Number Sign from The Crafty Gentleman DIY Modern House Numbers Sign for Your Front Porch from Ideas for the Home by Kenarry DIY Custom Mailbox Decals (Silhouette Tutorial) from Silhouette School Wooden Monogram DIY House Numbers from Crafts Unleashed DIY House Number Sign and Colorful Hello Sign from Sisters, What! How to Make a Stenciled DIY Address Sign from Just the Woods Coastal DIY: Mid-Century Modern Address Sign from Finding Sea Turtles Modern House Number DIY from A Beautiful Mess DIY Herringbone Address Sign from DIY Huntress DIY Mosaic House Numbers With No Grout!...

Learning to identify the most common apple tree diseases is the first step in handling worst-case scenarios. But you can avoid such scenarios altogether by buying the right cultivars and/or practicing sound horticultural hygiene. Fungi are at the heart of some of the most common apple tree diseases. In each case, for small-scale growers, prevention is preferable to treating trees after they have become diseased via fungicidal sprays. Since fungi spread from infected plants to healthy ones via airborne spores and thrive in wet conditions, prevention involves improving soil drainage, providing proper spacing, and removing diseased plant parts as soon as you find them....

If you love a well-manicured garden and perfect lawn but don’t like to use herbicides, there are some homemade weed killers you can use. Homemade weed killers are generally non-selective solutions—they kill whatever plants they touch including lawn grasses. They can also alter the composition of the soil when used repeatedly. Read labels carefully, follow safety precautions, and consult your local county extension service if you have questions about using homemade herbicides for weed control....

Classic neutral palettes such as black and white work well in just about any space. Given the tendency toward darker tones, pops of color are an important way to break up color blocks. For this role, warm metallics like gold or brass are always a good way to go. Generally, you can’t go wrong with a strong geometric pattern. This sort of bold style is all about clean lines and sharp edges, as opposed to curves and softer colors....

Bedrooms, however, are not the place most people think of using ceramic tile since these are spaces where warmth and softness are preferred. Tile is often viewed as a hard, cold, even sterile building material, and many people find it antithetical to the nature of a bedroom. But there are reasons to rethink this: Radiant heating. Ceramic tile is the perfect surface for installing electric heating mats to make a floor that oozes warmth underfoot....

It’s time to put that bottle to work around the house with these seven handy household uses for rubbing alcohol. Before You Begin Isopropyl alcohol is offered to consumers in two levels of concentration: 70 percent and 99 percent. 70 percent is best for household uses. The solution has more water which helps it to dissolve more slowly to break apart stain and grease molecules and penetrate and kill bacteria....

Laundry Room Flooring Considerations Moisture is a major concern with laundry room floors. In catastrophic events, water can issue from many different sources: an overflowing washing machine, a clogged drainpipe, or a cracked or severed water supply pipe. Even short of those emergencies, water is always present in laundry rooms; it is unavoidable. For this reason, it helps to install a laundry room floor covering that is as moisture-resistant as possible....

From homework help and Pomodoro techniques to technology tips and DIY-notebooks, here are the 7 best back-to-school organization hacks that will undoubtedly change your life (and school year). The solution: easily combine and organize all of your pages with a DIY notebook! This book can also be a space for parents to preserve their child’s schoolwork/artwork, a make-your-own assignment notebook, or a ‘scrapbook’ to collect items over the year. This way, when it’s time to get work done, everything is on hand!...