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Top 10 How-to Videos at ThisOldHouse.com 1 × 1. How to Choose and Use Sandpaper 1. How to Choose and Use Sandpaper Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva teaches the basics of sanding. 2 × 2. How to Heat a Garage Workshop 2. How to Heat a Garage Workshop Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey travels to Akron, Ohio to install a garage heater 3 × 3. How to Choose a New Toilet Seat 3. How to Choose a New Toilet Seat Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey discusses the…

“If you had known in advance all that your house would require—three move-out renovations in seven years—would you still have bought it?” Maya Schindler has come to see her Long Island, New York, ranch house as a member of her posse and her devotion to it is unwavering. Especially now that it’s been tailor remade for her and her family: husband, Ranaan Schul, and their kids, Naomi, 7, and Mikael, 5. Maya is a painter/installation artist and Ranaan is a mathematician—they met in high school in Jerusalem and have been together since they were 19; they’re both full-time professors at…

Millennial pink is still going strong, but we like this iteration of pink—in a shade of pale blush, on glassware—best. Here are 10 we can drink to. Above: Spotted at one of our favorite shops, March, in San Francisco: the Alpha Collection by Austrian glassware company Lobmeyr. Each piece is made of muslin glass, which is crystal mouth-blown to a thickness of .027 inches. Tumblers are $70 each; the pitcher is $240. Above: The Chroma Glassware line by Hawkins New York comes in many subtle colors, including this just-right blush; $12 for the tumbler size (pictured) and $10 for the smaller…

We’re not into drama, but when it comes to kitchen designs featuring dramatic, solid marble backsplashes, we’re on board 110 percent. Here are a few of our favorite marble-clad kitchens pulled from our archives and beyond. Above: This British inspired kitchen has counters topped with Carrara marble that continue as a backsplash. For more, see Plain English in Brooklyn Heights: A Very Proper Elizabeth Roberts Townhouse Remodel. Photograph by Dustin Aksland, courtesy of Elizabeth Roberts Architecture & Design. Above: I designed my own kitchen around a solid seamless Carrara marble backsplash and counters. For more on this kitchen (and the rest of…

If you've ever wrestled with a duvet cover, check out "How to Put on a Duvet Cover: The California Roll Way" from Crane & Canopy. This method of rolling your comforter into a duvet cover makes easy work of this chore.Step 1 Flip your duvet cover inside out. Step 2 Lay it on your bed. Step 3 Lay your comforter on top. Step 4 Roll at the closed end. Step 5 Flip the cover over the end (like one of those flip-top sandwich bags). Step 6 Zip up the cover. Step 7 Start to unroll. For more how-to videos like this…