At a certain point, past solutions can create new problems. After riddling your walls with holes and anchors to support a changing array of decor, you'll eventually find an old anchor sitting ...

Drywall—composed of compressed gypsum (a soft sulfite mineral)—creates wonderfully smooth walls. Yet insert a nail or screw into it, and it’s likely to crumble, often resulting in the fastener working ...

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One common DIY pitfall is the dreaded loose-fitting anchor. Those little plastic inserts, often included with self-assembly furniture, are essential for keeping items like shelves and armoires ...

INDIANAPOLIS — One of the most common do-it-yourself tasks is hanging items on a wall, whether it be pictures, artwork, a bookshelf or mounting a television. Most walls are built using vertical wood ...

Even if you’re not handy, there are certain universal projects that just about everyone tackles at some point in their lives, like hanging a towel rack or a shelf on the wall. And trying to hang stuff ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A couple of weeks after a product promising to secure loose drywall anchors was a DIY fail, it’s time for a DIY fix. A decorative fix, at that. See what we’re talking about in the ...