Melanie Zoltan writes the Boston Home Improvement Blog for HomeStars.com. She lives in the metroWest Boston area and enjoys the Big Dig, putting a chair on the street to mark her parking spot during snow storms, driving on 128 during rush hour, and rotaries. 
When you want to DIY
Now, HomeStars is about reading, writing, and sharing reviews of home improvement contractors and retailers, and benefiting from the collective experiences of your neighbors when making a decision to hire.
But sometimes you want to do it yourself, or DIY. And sometimes you don't know what you're doing. Take my recent kitchen sink story.
My family had just moved from western Massachusetts to metroWest Boston. We sold our house in this crazy market, and the run-up to the closing meant fixing all those little problems we’d just lived with for years. The day before our house closing, we realized we needed to replace the kitchen faucet. Eighteen hours before the 10am closing, my husband climbed under the sink for a “routine” faucet removal. Five tools, four sets of knuckle skin, two trips to hardware stores, one call to my dad in Colorado, and two stripped restraining nuts later, we realized we couldn’t DIY and needed a plumber—fast!
We used HomeStars (of course!) to find a good plumber. Perhaps if I'd known about The Handy Guys and their podcast series, I'd have been better equipped to handle our plumbing issues, or other DIY crises.
The Handy Guys, Brian and Paul, join forces every week for a half-hour podcast that addresses topics ranging from lawn mower maintenance to Toilets 101. Each podcast is easy to download and comes with a long, descriptive post about the podcast itself, if you're looking for a detailed synopsis of the program before downloading.
When you're looking for DIY advice, check them out. When you're looking for a professional contractor, go to HomeStars.com
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