Laying carpet

You’ve bought a nice new carpet which you plan to install by yourself. But as you read instructions in installing a carpet at home, you’ve noticed the word ‘knee kicker.’ And you wonder: ‘what is that? Do I need that in installing the carpet?”

Installing your own carpet isn’t as hard as you might think. Follow our DIY carpet installation guide to lay your new floor in 6 easy steps.

Re-laying carpet is a great way to both save money and reduce waste. Laying an old carpet in a new area – or even adjusting the way it lays in the same area – is no different than laying carpet for the first time. The only difference is...

The basement project continues. Maybe it never ends. I don't know. But the most recent completed project makes a huge impact - we finally have carpeting on the stairs going to the basement! With two kiddos (one who's still a little shaky), having safe stairs is pretty important. And we have found that just having the stairs completed makes us even more likely to go to the basement to play. (And as the temperatures rise, the cool basement will be a wonderful respite.) We didn't have a huge…

The experts at HGTV show how easy it is to install carpet squares. Results of this simple project are bold colors, customizable patterns to match any home and the lush feeling of carpet.

How to stop area rug corners from curling up. This simple tip will flatten your rug corners and prevent carpet from curling.

Whether you are working with an expanded room or just transitioning from one room to...

Installing your own carpet isn’t as hard as you might think. Follow our DIY carpet installation guide to lay your new floor in 6 easy steps.

Learn all about how to lay carpet underlay correctly so that it preserves the life of the carpet and the types of underlay and which to use

Learn how to install your own carpet with these simple steps for DIY carpet installation.