Home Remodeling & Improvement Guide

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The classic kitchen returns

Form and function from $5,000 to $50,000—depending on degree of DIY.

Bathroom remodeling guide

You can spend a lot to upgrade your bathroom but you don't have to.

Ratings: Paints

Some of the best are sold at the big box stores.

Ratings: Flooring

Types that can withstand the traffic in a busy home.

Ratings: Roofing

Products that provide the best and longest protection.

Ratings: Siding

Test results for dozens of vinyl, plastic, and fiber-cement products.

Room-by-room interactive

Home Improvement Guide Take a room-by-room tour of the best-rated products and highest-payback projects.

See specific rooms

Kitchens

Ratings and reviews of appliances, countertops, flooring, and cabinet storage systems.

Laundry Rooms

Washers, dryers, and vacuum cleaners that stood out in our tests.

Bathrooms

Ratings of sinks, countertops, and toilets and buying advice for faucets and flooring.

See our Kitchen-planning guide

Videos

Paint Testing How our tests for toughness, sheen, and VOCs will help you find the right finish.

Home Improvement Blogs

Community

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Remodeling or simply replacing appliances? The Consumer Reports Home Improvement Guide Interactive lets you click on any room in the house and choose the top appliances, paints, flooring, and other remodeling products for your home's interior and exterior, from the kitchen and bathroom to roofing, siding, mowers, and tools. The Home Improvement Guide includes expert remodeling tips as well links to Ratings of top ranges, refrigerators, dishwashers, decking, mowers and tractors, room air conditioners, windows, washing machines, vacuums, and many more appliances, tools, and remodeling materials you need to upgrade your home.