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    Matt Jones

    Matt Jones

  • Fix little leaks that can lead to floods of repair costs

    I've made these kinds of repairs, so I can give you a quick tip, but don't think that I'm especially vigilant about checking my own leaking downspouts. I'll fess up -- I tend to react to repairs rather than anticipate upkeep for my home. In other words, when I notice the busted joints in my downspouts [...]

  • Remove wallpaper like a pro

    The first time I recall removing wallpaper -- to put up other wallpaper -- was because we were interviewing a new babysitter for our 6-year old daughter. You'll have to ask my wife why redoing the living room wallpaper all day Saturday was such a high priority to impress the babysitter;  but as I had been [...]

  • Are you properly wired?

    OK, maybe I got you to smirk a bit with my suggestive headline, but now that you're reading, I do have some serious safety tips to share for your next project involving wiring anything. I recall launching into my first home decor electrical installation -- hanging a ceiling fan -- only to be stopped dead [...]

  • Learn better brushstrokes for a prettier paint job

    I've painted -- and repainted -- many rooms in my various homes over time. My record is painting my daughter's room three times in one year, from bland-beige to beet-red to baby-blue (a teenager's room, however did you guess?). I've painted in every condition from easy-on brushwork for bedroom walls to angled applications for bathroom [...]

  • DIY tool school

    If you're a down-with-it-diyer like me, I'm sure you've come across about every home improvement tool you can imagine. Or have you? Check out some unfamiliar but very cool tools here. We'll describe the first set of three, so you'll know what may be missing from your tool set and what to get for your [...]

  • Pumpkin-carving tools are a decorating treat

    It's never too early to begin planning which jack-o'-lantern designs you'll make this year.

  • Is it 3-D — or just me?

    When it comes to 3-D wall art for home decor, well, I'm just not seeing it. Oh, my home design blogger friends have tried (passionately) to convince me that 3-D wall art is not just a fad but a visionary form of wall decor. We're long removed from the previous incarnation of this attempt at [...]

  • DIY eye: 100 hot home decor finds

    What home decorating ideas will they think of next? More to the point, which of these DIY projects will you make next? In my search of the top DIY projects on the Web, I spied a number of helpful, if typical, top 10 lists we all see at this time of year: top 10 kitchen projects, [...]

  • Is Millionaire a Real Estate Tycoon … or Robin Hood?

    A Michigan businessman has bought up every piece of property--fully 650 separate properties--for sale at a Macomb County tax auction for a cool $4.8 million. He was the only bidder. And not everyone was happy with that outcome, especially those who had hoped to bid on single homes. So what does Bill McMachen plan to [...]

  • Welcome to Yahoo! Homes

    Welcome to Yahoo! Homes, the new and leading destination for buying, selling, styling and renovating your home. We're retaining the best of Yahoo! Real Estate, including our industry-leading home listings, but now we're so much more. What's new on Yahoo! Homes? •    We've expanded our content coverage beyond buying and selling homes to showcase the [...]