Give the gift of clutter control

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

  A toilet for two, a tattoo for your tiles, and a sink that costs twice as much as your bathroom renovation. These bath products might be weird, but some of them are pretty practical as well

  Choose a live tree to extend the holiday spirit long past Christmas. Buy one now, plant it later, then watch it grow year after year

  This Old House plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey shows how to install an automatic, fully programmable thermostat

  

  Give your interior a new personality in just one weekend

  Our landscaper installed a 4-inch PVC drainpipe in our wood burning fire pit. I'm concerned this will melt. I've considered trying to cut out the pipe or putting gravel inside the diameter to prevent melting. I don't want to lose the drainage, but need a fix. Any suggestions?