
12 Hot Color Trends for the Bedroom
While recent bedroom color trends have hovered around warm neutrals, edgier colors are now showing up in bedroom designs. Here...


How to Pour a Perfect Concrete Slab
A concrete driveway makes a beautiful gateway to your home that can last for decades if it’s installed correctly. But...

20 Ideas to Make Your Home Sell Faster
When getting your home ready to sell, there are steps you can take in order to sell your home faster...


Buy and Install the Best Wi-Fi Security Camera for Your Needs
There are three basic types of Wi-Fi security cameras on the market. Some cameras are made solely for indoor or...

12 DIY Projects You Can Check Off Your List This Weekend
These DIY projects may not be pin-worthy, but you'll feel fantastic when you check each one off your to-do list....


10 Tips for Winter Composting
There's no reason to let compost go dormant over the winter. Keeping your compost active year-round offers a range of...

13 Incredible Tiny Home Kitchens
A tiny home kitchen runs the gamut from extra fancy to simple and utilitarian. Here's a collection of incredible tiny...

12 Simple Steps to Become a Better DIYer
There's a real learning curve on the path to DIY mastery, and it comes complete with peaks, valleys and plateaus....


9 Simple Steps for Interior Paint Prep
If there's a secret to achieving a professional quality paint job, it's this: Preparation matters. Without proper interior paint prep,...

10 Simple Steps for Exterior Paint Prep
The secret of a good paint job is that most of the hard work is done before a brush ever...

16 Useful Tools for Collecting Leaves
With fall comes of the promise of leaves, clumping up on your grass and matting down on your flowerbeds (even...

10 Ornamental Grasses to Grow in Your Yard
Ornamental grass is beautiful, boisterous and bountiful. They're also easy to grow and pretty much deer- and drought-tolerant. Here are...

10 Reasons to Hire a Home Inspector When Buying Your First Home
Hiring a home inspector is not mandatory when you buy a home. However, a home inspection can be one of...

Must-Know Garage Storage Tips for Weekend Mechanics
Whether your garage could be confused with a Nascar trailer or you just like to change your brakes, these tips...

How to Remove Rust from Concrete
This cheap and easy method for removing rust stains on concrete comes directly from an editor's hands-on, DIY experience.

12 Common Home Emergencies and How to Deal with Them
When a home emergency happens for the first time, homeowners can get a little paralyzed. Questions like, "What do I...


8 Essential Tasks Every Homeowner Should Know
There are some basic tasks that every homeowner should know how to do. Knowing how to do these 9 things...

20 Ways to Make Your Home Look Attractive on the Market
Want to make your house stand out from the rest of the housing stock, follow these 20 tips on how...

How to Effectively Clean Mini Blinds
If you let your mini blinds build up too much dust and dirt, they can be impossible to clean. The...

7 Tips for Water Softener Maintenance
A water softener removes minerals from water; that means cleaner laundry, a longer life for water-using appliances, less mineral buildup...

KEEN Utility Boots
Keen is a footwear brand based in Portland, Oregon. We are big fans of their boots and wanted to find out...


30 Best-Ever Storage Tips
All homeowners face the never ending battle against clutter. And when we find a winning strategy, we share it with...

Clamping and Gluing Tips and Tricks
Health gurus say to "treat your body like a temple". Well, here at Construction Pro Tips we have a similar...

8 Brilliant Ways to Use a Razor Blade
Everyone knows you can use a utility razor blade to cut stuff, but this humble tool is one of the...

10 Wildflowers That Do Well in Home Gardens
Wildflowers are a good option for the gardener who wants plants to do the "heavy lifting" without a lot of...


10 Real-Life Wood Workbench Plans and Inspiration Photos
Fan Spotlight: These readers shared photos of their completed garage workbenches, many of which were built using our plans! Scroll...


23 Tips on How to Get Moisture Out of the Basement
Add some value to your home with a finished basement! Check out these tips for making sure you start...


21 Top Tool Storage Tips, Tricks and Ideas
DIYers tend to accumulate all kinds of tools for all kinds of projects. The key to staying efficient, though, is...


15 Home Maintenance Tips for the Fall Season
Getting your home in shape for cooler months isn't rocket science. Set aside some time now to complete these simple...