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August 6, 2012

Timely DIY projects for all around your home and yard, plus favorite collections, tips and contests.

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Featured Project: How to Paint a Room Fast

Paint Fast With Professional Looks

Painting fast would seem to be at odds with getting great results, but that's how painting contractors make their living. You, too, can paint faster without sacrificing quality by using the tips shown here. Some of these methods are contrary to the painting advice you've been hearing for years, but they work—they'll save you time and leave you with a professional-looking finish.

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You Can...

	Learn How to Paint Mess Free
	Find 10 Organization Projects to Maximize Your Storage
	Fix Almost Anything in Your House
	Turn Your Kitchen Into Your Dream Kitchen

FAVORITE COLLECTIONS

floor repair	Trim Carpentry	Tile Backsplash

repair your own flooring Learn tips and techniques to repair your sub-floor carpet, hardwood, vinyl, and tile flooring.	Become trim master All the trim essentials—start to finish—plus a clever way to get those miters tight.	Learn to tile a backsplash Tiling a backsplash is one of the easiest ways to upgrade an old, tired kitchen on a tight budget.

FROM THE DIY COMMUNITY

Top Pinned Closet Organization Project

Triple Your Closet Storage
Build a closet organizer for half the cost of buying one. Using this simple design you can build an organizer to fit your closet this weekend.

Make your closet more efficient »

Slanted Bookshelves

Why a slanted bookshelf?
If you don't want a run-of-the-mill bookshelf for your books and you are tired of your books falling over, this bookshelf is what you need.

Books won’t tip over on these bookshelves »

15 Ways to Make a Small Bathroom Big

Storage solutions
If you are saddled with a small bathroom, consider one or more of these space-enhancing products.
- provided by bobvila.com

Make the most of the space you have »

Chip It! by Sherwin-Williams

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With the free ColorSnap® mobile app from Sherwin-Williams, match real-world colors with paint colors, then save and share.

See and use all of our color selection tools! »

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