With the housing market in a slump and household budgets tight, many individuals are taking on household projects on a more frequent basis.  If you’re thinking about doing a home repair or improvement project, you can use the following list of sites as resources for tips, ideas or guidance:

• eHow – Perhaps the best known of the DIY sites, eHow covers a large variety of topics, with home repair, gardening and related tasks thrown in as part of the mix.  They are a good starting point to consider when you are trying to answer a question that begins with “How do I…”
• HGTV – The website for Home & Garden Television, HGTV.com provides ideas, online tools, and guidance on how to tackle small projects around the house.
• GardenWeb – Focused predominantly on landscaping and plants, GardenWeb provides forums, online tools, and other resources that gardeners might find useful.
• DIY Network – Part of HGTV, the DIY Network covers a wide variety of home improvement projects and also features how-to videos and online discussion forums.
• DoItYourself.com – Covers a wide variety of do it yourself projects, ranging from home improvement to car repair to personal finance.  Also has online forums and a store.
• Better Homes and Gardens – Covers DIY projects including: decorating, home improvement, and gardening.  In addition, they cover other types of projects such as crafts and cooking.
• This Old House – Yet another DIY site, but has an obvious bias toward projects that you may encounter with an older home.  Recent features include “How to free a stuck window” and “How to Clean Up Mold”.
• RepairClinic.com – The place to visit if you’re looking for guidance and parts to help you fix household appliances such as air conditioners, washers, dryers, or refrigerators.
• BobVila.com – One of the original authorities on home improvement, Bob Vila’s website is currently visited by over 750k people a month.  Features videos, how-tos, design tools, home plans, and more.
• Ask the Builder – A site run by nationally syndicated columnist Tim Carter, Ask The Builder provides videos, project checklists, and access to Tim’s newspaper column.

And in the “Honorable Mention” category, both Lowes and Home Depot have DIY sections available on their websites. 

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