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Can undisputed champs like vinegar or dish detergent handle a little competition? Let's find out!

Here, the best micro real estate to rent out for a coastal getaway.

Here, five moves that may end up hurting your sale (and what to do instead).

We're all coping with our lives being upended by the virus.

Pizza on the floor, for starters.

It's all about scale.

Clutter, begone!

There are a lot of old world charms that a newly built house will never be able to replicate.

You've seen it in "Christmas Vacation" and on "The Great Christmas Light Fight": for every person who chooses a few, low-key holiday decorations for the outside of their house, there's another that almost wipes out the power grid, thanks to light-up Santas, strobe displays, and even accompanying music.

Never underestimate the power of a tufted throw pillow.

Vodka isn't just for your bar cart.

Real estate pros reveal their secrets to making any space look more elevated.

Because the little things matter when you're showing a home.

Hint: It's beloved by Chip and Jo.

Coffee table books aren't just for your coffee table.

Sometimes, it's not as easy as "there's no place like home for the holidays".

If your eyes are the window into your soul, then real estate experts say your yard is a pretty solid window into what’s happening inside your house.

Because, of course, nothing is perfect!

Plus: the math behind why.

Now that she has a moment to reflect back on her diagnosis, the treatment that followed and how her life has changed now that she’s in remission, Gaxiola says that experiencing cancer tested her in every way possible and also served to "magnify her senses."

Nothing prepares you better for co-habitating than… co-habitating.

While real estate agents wish potential buyers could let their freak flags fly, unfortunately that's not the case when people are in open house mode.

Who better to give expert bathroom cleaning advice than someone who's literally seen it all?

Don't ever settle for a "blah" coffee table!

Think the only ways to boost your curb appeal are time-intensive tasks like painting your front door or redoing your front yard? Think again.

The Dude definitely abides on this one.

While you may think your home can pretty much speak for itself, how do you know it's not saying something potentially polarizing?

When it comes to cleaning, we'll take all the help we can get. Especially if there's a centuries-old tip that's free, fast, effective, and repurposes something we'd literally be throwing down the drain.

If you walk around your apartment and think "This looks like I'm still figuring some stuff out," more than "a grown-up lives here," I'm here to help.

You remember the time that dollop of meat sauce landed on your white shirt and you started rubbing it vigorously with seltzer to try to get the stain out? That might not have been your best move.

It's pretty incredible what a hands-on day in the yard can do to improve the whole look and feel of your home's exterior.

Certain things just scream "this is from when I was a smaller, more naive version of myself!"

The headlines worsen by the day—ICE raids, mass shootings, families being separated at the border—and, no matter the age, our kids are absorbing the news at a feverish pace.Depending on your family situation and reality, this likely isn’t a brand-new worry or conversation. But given the events of the past week, it might have hit a new level—especially if your children have been privileged enough not to be directly affected until this point.

Because who better to ask than those who've lived with the MTA's failings the longest?

The walls were there for a reason!

While you may think real estate agents are too clever (and qualified!) to make rookie mistakes in the home-buying process, they're prone to the same excitement that can cloud rationality, too.