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DIY Projects & Ideas
How-Tos
Learn how to lay edging stones to outline patios, walkways, gardens and other landscape elements. Use stone edging alone or as the perfect complement to pavers and walls. Stone borders are long-lasting, require little or no maintenance and look great with your flowers or plants.
How-Tos
Build a retaining wall to add an architectural element to your landscape design and create a raised planting bed. We'll show you how to make a retaining wall and give you retaining wall ideas for your front or backyard to make the most of your outdoor space.
Ideas & Inspiration
Until you’re staring down all your choices you don’t fully understand how many tile options there are. If you’re looking to make an investment in your home, a porcelain tile floor offers interesting patterns, colors and shapes. Built to last, this flooring is more than just pretty, it’s durable too.
Buying Guides
Whether you’re a pro or new to gardening, having the best gardening tools for the job makes the experience easier. Here we highlight some of our most popular gardening tools and explain how to use them so you can complete your garden tool set before the season starts.
Ideas & Inspiration
From small weekend projects to larger makeovers, here's what our customers did to create wow-worthy porches and decks. Get inspired and try some of these enhancements in your own outdoor space.
Browse our resources for DIY projects that you can complete. Get inspiration and ideas for home projects to build, remodel or decorate.
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Take the guesswork out of your DIY projects by using our calculators to estimate how much material you need to complete the job.
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Trends & Inspiration
From interior paint to outdoor lighting, find creative home improvement project ideas and interior design tips to make the most of your living spaces.
Get Inspired With DIY Projects and Buying Guides for Every Area of Your Home
Whether you’re looking for kitchen design how-tos or landscape ideas, you can trust Lowe’s to provide the necessary materials and inspiration. From outdoor projects, like gutter cleaning and laying pavers, to interior jobs, like remodeling a bathroom or freshening up the living room with bold painting ideas, you’ll find everything you need to get started on Lowes.com.
Kitchen and Bathroom Renovation Planning
Overhauling a kitchen is a big task. Before you start ripping out cabinetry, refinishing hardwood floors and picking new tile, use our kitchen planning guide to help you decide on a design aesthetic. From classic chic to cozy farmhouse, there are so many styles you can choose from. Our guides can help not only with ideas and inspiration but also budget creation, layout, design, project management and more. The same goes for bathroom renovation. New bathrooms also require a lot of planning. Need bathroom ideas like color palette guides, toilet buying guides and how-tos for tiling showers? We have them all.
Storage and Organization Ideas
Whether you want to outfit your bathroom with new storage solutions, get closet organization ideas or learn how to overhaul your garage, we have plenty of inspiration to get you started. From do-it-yourself (DIY) projects you can complete in a day to longer custom closet installs, peruse our DIY videos to find out how to get the job done. Our DIY videos include wire shelving installation, wood closet organization installs and more.
Buying Guides for Every Area of Your Home
When you’re making a big purchase, you want to feel confident you’re making the right choice. Unsure of the best washer and dryer features to look for? We can help you choose based on what will work best for your lifestyle — whether it’s a dual-bin washer and dryer to cut your laundry time in half or a set with Wi-Fi connectivity. Need help deciding on which flooring is best for your home? We have a buying guide for that, too. No matter what big investment you’re making, we have the knowledge to help you make the best choice.
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