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Smart displays like the Echo Show can be great for helping separated and distant family members feel close.

Organizing your kitchen can make it more functional—and beautiful. In collaboration with T Magazine, we have tips to keep your tools and ingredients in order.

Here are the ways that Wirecutter editors are reminding themselves of the outdoors while they’re cooped up at home.

These are the tools and supplies you need to start a container garden in a small area.

We spent 30 hours researching shoe-care products and methods—and it turns out, you can get all the gear to keep your shoes clean and shiny for less than $100.

Got cooped up kids or need a new option for family time? Alexa is a great game master. Here are our picks of voice-based games for any age group.

Here’s how to handle TP scarcity without ruining your local water treatment systems.

Check this EPA-approved list of common household disinfectants that neutralize the coronavirus, before you buy any more cleaning supplies.

Advice from a professional shut-in on how to maintain social relationships while you’re not in the same space as your friends.

A shoe rack that catches the light, a classic French tumbler, and other things our associate managing editor can’t live without.

When your kids run amok on your Alexa, it’s time to fight back. Alexa Routines are a parent’s secret weapon.

It won’t dice onions, but the Google Nest Hub Max is a trusty sous chef, making it easy to find and follow recipes, time tasks, and get fast cooking answers.

We hired an electrical engineer to crack open some discount Dyson battery packs, and found shoddy craftsmanship and possibly counterfeit cells.

A personal essay about why, for some people, smart bulbs might work better than an alarm clock.

Bedtime shouldn’t be a fight. Instead of picking your battles, automate them—with one of these smart-lighting sleep solutions.

The right frame, mattress, and bedding can promote better rest and pull together your entire room with a lot less effort and money than you might think.

If you want to take advantage of Presidents’ Day mattress sales, here are eight pitfalls to avoid so you can buy a mattress you’ll happily sleep on for years.

Save energy without extra effort by making small changes to your habits when using the dishwasher, dryer, and refrigerator.

These things will help give you the upper hand against closet clutter and streamline your overstuffed space.

After spending months filling nail holes, repairing cracked plaster, and talking to a painting contractor with 30 years of experience, we found the Craftsman 1½-inch Flex Stainless Putty Knife is the best putty knife for most people.

The voice assistant turns out to be an effective and impartial ally in maintaining a competitive board-gaming family’s holiday-season peace.

Here’s how we’d combine a tree, lights, and smart controls to make the ultimate custom Christmas tree.

The choice between a smart speaker and a Bluetooth speaker depends on your lifestyle and your listening habits.

Speed Queen “found a loophole” in efficiency regulations that allowed it to reintroduce its cult-classic top-loader. We tested that washer out.

There’s a limit to what you can do in a space you don’t own, but these bath upgrades make it feel a lot more like it’s yours.

In case of death: how to set up a list of important digital account info for simple and secure information sharing with family members and trusted friends.

You should usually get a window AC unit, but portables are improving; sometimes they’re better in spite of higher cost and weaker performance.

Houseplants add life, color, and improved air quality into our homes. These are the tools that help us overcome our black thumbs to become doting plant parents.

For hanging pictures, installing shelves, or adjusting the legs on the washer/dryer, we recommend a torpedo level called the Sola PH 22 Flooring Level.

Here’s what you need to get your walls looking new again—and to get your security deposit back.

Better tools can do better work. Here’s what to get when you’re ready to handle routine home problems.

We tested 10 gaming chairs and found that the inexpensive BirdRock Home Adjustable Memory Foam Chair—not an X Rocker—is the best for most living rooms.

After over 30 hours of research, interviewing eight pro house painters, and painting two rooms, we think Benjamin Moore Regal Select is the best interior paint.

After 80 hours of research and testing, we think Netatmo makes the best personal weather station for measuring local rainfall, temperatures, wind, and humidity.

We tested nine eyelash curlers, and the Shiseido Eyelash Curler remains the best one for most people. Our diverse test panel found that it created smooth curls without crimping lashes or pinching skin.