Couple sitting in front of partially painted red wallTop 50 Home Improvement Blogs

With DIY culture on the rise, home improvement is not just for professionals anymore. Regardless of your skill level or experience with design, remodeling, or other home improvement projects, these blogs can help you connect with other designers, painters, professionals and non-professionals, get inspired, or start a new project.

We've chosen the best 50 blogs out there for their creativity, expertise, and in many cases, fun!

Our Favorite Five - The Rest of the Best

Our Favorite Five

The Art of Doing Stuff: Karen can figure anything out. No, really, she can. Whether it’s making her own personal fire pit, trying a new recipe, renovating on a budget, figuring out your iPhone, or carving the most awesome pumpkins ever to see Halloween, Karen can do that. A Canadian DIYer, fixer upper, and figure-it-out guru, Karen’s blog has it all and is enough to inspire anyone to give that nagging project a try.

The Home Know-It-All: The Home Know-It-All is a self-professed expert on the basics of home improvement, decorating, cleaning, do-it-yourself, gardening, and easy repair projects. If you’re a new home owner, apartment renter, or just interested in this sort of thing, the projects shown here answer some of those questions we all might have if we stopped for a moment to ask.

Laurendy Home Blog: Laurendy writes about “working hard to turn my first house into my first home.” The blog includes inspirations, round ups of her favorite designers, rooms, or trends, as well as play-by-play guides of her own home-improvement projects.

  • Why we love it: Chic, affordable suggestions for your home -- especially good advice for first-time home decorators looking for inspiration on a budget.
  • Check these out: Decorating with GLEE, One Place/One Space

DIY Diva: This diva is AWESOME -- take just a minute to browse through a few of her projects, and you’ll see what we mean. If there’s a DIY home project to be tackled, she’ll try it. In addition, she has great advice and tutorials for novices, and special tips for ladies in the biz (like finding power tools for petite sized hands). These home-improvement projects have it all: the craft know how, the eye for design, and the subtle design touches.

This D*mn House: Nicole describes her blog as “a non-professional, faux home improvement blog dedicated to the insane yet diligent do-it-yourselfer”. Though her day job is in PR, she is also very dedicated to her home and blog and gets involved in every aspect of renovation.

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The Rest of the Best

  1. Rural Renovation Records and Revelations: Shalom and Mike take their readers through their renovation of a 1786 historical house on the cape, including tips about renovating old houses and getting them ready to be lived in today.
  2. Our Little Box: This blog documents a young couple’s adventure in remodeling a grandparents flat into a home, as well as their experience in their rural community.
  3. Daily Home Renovation Tips: Dan and friends blog about their personal experiences with small and the large home maintenance, renovation, and energy conservation efforts. They’re just “average Joe home owners trying to get by day to day.”
  4. Bless this DIY Mess: Elaine and husband Dylan share their adventures, and often misadventures, renovating a 1920s Victorian home in Pittsburgh.
  5. Renovation Therapy: This industrious homeowner is reviving a Greek revival beauty in Upstate New York, with the occasional help of her mom and fiancé. The writing is witty, and her attention to detail absolutely breathtaking.
  6. Apartment #412: Kay writes about transforming her first small rental apartment (on a tiny budget with lots of DIY & bargain hunting) into a stylish home and posts design & decor-related things that inspire her process.
  7. Rambling Renovators: This design-savvy couple is currently working on the renovation of their new old house in the heart of Toronto. He's the architect, and she’s the designer of these fantastic home improvement projects.
  8. Remodelista: Browse ideas by room, category, or resource to spruce up an existing room or start from scratch. The “Get Inspired” section always has things to do just that: get you up and going when your home-improvement project is feeling flat.
  9. Decorology: Ashley is a web designer who loves interior design and decorating. She gives us peeks into New York City lofts and California beach houses, with great ideas for how to tackle specific areas of the house, such as fireplaces and staircases.
  10. House In Progress: This couple of home DIYers bought a gorgeous old house (read the full story of the house here), and write about their projects to make it a liveable, beautiful home.
  11. Remodelaholic: Reduce, reuse, recycle, repurpose, remodel is the motto of this blog, and they do some incredible projects on a friendly budget using green resources. If you want to not only improve your home, but help the earth while doing it, look no further.
  12. A Constructed Life: Liz, husband Joey, and daughter Addy began gutting their 1913 home in 2003, and now write about home improvement, remodeling jobs, and their family as it evolves in time.
  13. Door Sixteen: Anna and her husband live in a 1885 Victorian row house in New York and write about their home improvement adventures there, as well as in their small Manhattan apartment.
  14. Fresh Crush: This DIYer chronicles her projects to add character, personality, and unique perspective to her new home. A great resource for anyone looking to add some “ooph” to their home.
  15. 86’n It: They are two architects and a baby in the long process of renovating a 1920s house. Nikki, the main writer, is hilarious, creative, and a force to be reckoned with when it comes to home improvement red tape. Don’t miss the before and afters.
  16. Lofts and Basements: On this blog, expert writers aim to give readers information about the process of carrying out loft and basement conversions -- from early considerations through to planning and design, and getting the project done.
  17. Decoist: This blog hosts articles about all sorts of home design ideas, such as the sophistication of unique headboards or the trend of glossy finish on outdoor seating. The Decoist is updated frequently and a fantastic resource for contemporary design ideas to spruce up your home.
  18. The Brick House: Morgan is renovating a mid-century, cement brick house “in the middle of retirement hell, making it awesome and doing it on a budget.” Beautiful layout and photos of the projects.
  19. Black. White. Yellow: Jessica is an architect who shares her (mostly) contemporary design ideas and inspirations on her blog. Great ideas for little items or changes that could make a big difference for a home.
  20. The Handyguys Podcast: As you might have guessed, this is simply the written content from a fantastic series of podcasts. Brian and Paul have tons of advice and anecdotes, from their own home renovations to home makeovers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Their advice ranges from beginner to advanced, so there’s something for everybody.
  21. Storybook Ranch: Leah is a DIYer and mother of three who is constantly adding to her beautiful ranch home. She writes about motherhood and life goals as well as her home projects, so you get a bit of everything here.
  22. Cottage Magpie: Angela writes about her blog and home-improvement experience: “I am on a personal quest; a quest to create the home of my dreams, welcoming and airy, filled with cottage charm but without spending a fortune. I'm not naturally gifted in this area and I don't have any training. I'm making mistakes along the way.”
  23. #2021: Haley and Eric write about their (mis)adventures remodeling their beautiful home, posting photos and fun anecdotes along the way.
  24. Kitchen and Residential Design: Paul Anater is a kitchen, bath and residential designer who writes and maintains this blog answering design-related questions from readers and sharing projects.
  25. House Made: Beth and Meredith write about their home improvement “obsession” and their failures and successes as they remodel and improve their Spanish bungalow.
  26. That Painter Lady: Debra brings color to plain white walls, and in doing so, reinvents the spaces she is working in. In addition to inspiration and color ideas, make sure to take a look around her How-To tips.
  27. The Kelly House: Jayne lives in a 1887 Queen Anne cottage and writes not only about the history of the house and its many lives, but also about the improvements and upkeep she does to keep the Kelly House looking fantastic.
  28. This Old Crack House: This blog catalogues the transformation of one house through time: “From log house to farmhouse. Farmhouse to townhouse. Townhouse to apartment house. Apartment house to crack house. Crack house to our house. Our house to our home.”
  29. Retro Renovation: Pam runs this fantastic daily blog featuring renovation resources, vintage décor, and furnishings for anyone looking to renovate or simply freshen up a mid-mod home.
  30. DIY Insanity: This blogger sums up her site with: “Is it nuts to design, permit and build an addition to your house by yourself? Many people seem to think so, and I imagine I'll find out before I'm done.”
  31. Kathy’s Remodeling Blog: Kathy’s blog is full of complete projects, down to every small detail. Her specialty is kitchens, but she does it all. Be sure to look at the before and after projects.
  32. 416 Fixer Upper: This adventurous couple chronicles their adventures as they turn a 90-year-old house in desperate need of repair into their home.
  33. 1902 Victorian: K and D bought this home in 2004 and have been renovating ever since. They are self-proclaimed stop and starters and though they’ve “come close” to finishing a number of projects, they are still working to tie up a lot of loose ends.
  34. Reclaimed Home: This blog is a resource for DIY home renovations, green building, old homes. Though they’re not experts, they learn from every mistake and hope that their readers do, too.
  35. Home Owner Nut: “We relish the opportunity to ooh and ahh over the smartest and best executed home improvement projects and trends, and delight in ripping on those who fail to impress us. From the most stunning home transformations, to the DIY No-Nos, we're here to indulge your home remodeling sweet tooth.”
  36. Young House Love: Sherry and John are a young couple in their first home, working on improving their home, learning about DIY along the way, and raising their adorable daughter, Clara. And yes, their dog has his own blog, too.
  37. House Renovation Blog: This blog has all sorts of DIY tips, including “how-to” columns, a series on fix ups and, other questions that might snag a DIYer along their project paths.
  38. Making It Lovely: Nicole is “transforming [her] so-so house into a lovely home” and including tons of design tips for her readers. Her specialty is making everything a little more lovely, no matter how small.
  39. Making Our Home: The Martin Family keeps this blog about finding, purchasing, renovating, decorating, and enjoying their first home. It includes an insanely long to-do list to keep track of their current projects.
  40. Home is a Process: Luke and Laura are renovating their house and hoping to make it a home, though it started off as a building without plumbing or floors. These two industrious DIYers keep a beautiful blog that’s easy and fun to read.
  41. Home 4 Family: This home improvement blog is run by people who have been in the home biz for 15 years and wanted to help people work on their own projects. The blog includes DIY tips, flooring, decoration, furnishing, interior design, and roofing.
  42. Home Renovation Guide: This blog has tons of tips for renovating, repairing, and maintaining a home. Tips range from roofing and how-to guides, to information about moving, organizing, and mortgages.
  43. Apartment Diet: Nat and Tip maintain this blog. Apartment Diet is an attitude: Start small, (“start with a corner”) and you can accomplish a lot.
  44. Life in the Fun Lane: This blogger does all sorts of renovations and specializes in updating and revamping beautiful furniture. The DIY creations are amazing, and the FAQ section has all the information you need to do similar projects.
  45. A Life’s Design: This blog is a collection of lovely spaces, home inspiration, fabulous renovations, architecture appreciation, and vintage finds.

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