[Hardware] With the internet and your local hardware store, you can do these three seemingly daunting things to improve your home

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Miller's Hardware co-owner Stace Heston says there's one thing every homeowner should be doing in the winter: insulating windows.
If you have the right tools, there are plenty of relatively quick and easy ways to improve your home. And one of those tools, perhaps one of the most useful, is the internet.

Still, it can be an unwieldy one. How-to videos for home improvement are all over the place online, with plenty of good advice and, unfortunately, plenty of bad advice. In the wrong hands, it can easily ruin a project, and sometimes cause you to inflict damage on your plumbing or electrical system.

Raena Strohmaier, co-owner of Strohmaier Construction in Spokane, says they see that a lot.

"A lot of times when homeowners get into a project and it's too much for them, they call us and realize it's over their head," she says.

Generally, she says, new homeowners should try to avoid messing with plumbing or electrical systems if they can. Instead, she recommends they stick to aesthetics — flooring, tiling, painting.

But times are tough. If you want to do some remodeling and save some money, these are three do-it-yourself projects you can get working on, as recommended from the folks at the local hardware store.

KEEP OUT THE COLD

Stace Heston, the owner of Miller's Hardware and the Ace Hardware on Ninth and Monroe on the South Hill, says there's one thing every homeowner should be doing in the winter: insulating windows.