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

  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

  

  Is it safe to use a wood-burning stove exterior polish on my fire hearth? I'll be using it for the holidays, but I want it to look its best. Any suggestions?