Kristie Pryor

I have painted more exteriors than I can count over the last decade, and I have learned one hard truth: the best exterior house paint is not always the most expensive bucket on the shelf. It is the one matched to your siding, your climate, and how long you plan to stay in the home. … Read more

Spending a weekend peeling flaking paint off my old back porch is exactly why I started testing deck treatments seriously. After three summers of trial and error on my own 400-square-foot cedar deck, plus dozens of conversations with contractors, I learned what actually holds up versus what looks good in the can. This guide breaks … Read more

After a winter of road salt eating through my garage floor and oil drips leaving ghost stains on the concrete, I went down the rabbit hole of finding the best garage floor sealers. I tested eight products over three months across two garage floors (a 400-square-foot single-car and a 600-square-foot two-car). My short answer: a … Read more

I refreshed my kitchen floor last spring with peel and stick vinyl tiles, and I have been hooked on this category ever since. After my own kitchen project went smoothly, I wanted to see how the rest of the market stacked up. Our team spent six weeks testing ten different peel and stick floor tiles … Read more

I’ll never forget the morning I opened my fridge and watched an entire row of spice jars slide down the door and shatter on the floor. It was the moment I realized that not all magnetic spice jars are created equal. After that disaster, our team spent six weeks testing eight sets of magnetic spice … Read more

I spent three months testing wall-mounted storage solutions in my own kitchen, hanging and re-hanging pots, pans, and utensils until I figured out which systems actually hold up to daily cooking. The best pegboard kitchen wall systems do something most cabinet shelves can’t: they put your most-used tools right at eye level, within arm’s reach, … Read more

If you have ever opened a cabinet and watched a stack of pots avalanche onto your foot, you already know why wall mount pot racks exist. I lived with that chaos in my last apartment for three years before I finally did something about it, and now I cannot cook without one. This guide is … Read more

I tested 8 hanging pot racks in my own kitchen over 3 months, loading them with cast iron skillets, Dutch ovens, and every everyday pan I owned. After watching dozens of pots swing, sag, and stay put, I can tell you which ones actually earn their spot on the best hanging pot racks list for … Read more

I rolled into my first DIY epoxy job seven years ago thinking the coating itself was the hard part. It wasn’t. The coating went down easy. The concrete beneath it, however, wasn’t ready, and within eighteen months the tires from my daily driver had lifted two bald patches near the garage door. That mistake cost … Read more

I have stepped on more bathroom scales than I care to admit. Over the past three months, our team tested 12 of the most popular smart bathroom scales on the market, weighing in daily and comparing readings against clinical-grade equipment. We wanted to know which ones actually track your weight loss journey faithfully and which … Read more