Direct from the pros to you: Our annual guide to the places insiders go for those unique and hard-to-find home items

  Roger Cook's tips on how to buy the perfect tree, and what to do with it when you get home

  Essential gifts for your new neighbors

  All of these tasty home improvement-themed treats prove one thing: the way to a handyperson's heart this holiday season is, indeed, through his or her tummy

  Lightning-fast repairs you can get done before the first holiday party guest arrives

  Give the gift of clutter control

  Jazz up the buffer between the fire and the floor with colorful new tiles

  I have a 175-year-old house with original plank flooring. The planks are in pretty good shape, but the nails constantly pop up, the planks move and sag, and there is no sub floor—when you turn on the basement light, you see beams of light through the floor! But, I love the look of the floor, and would like to save it. How can I do that?