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Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness with Special Bulbs from The Home Depot

Posted by: Craig Allen on March 6th, 2013 | 52 Comments

Light It Up Blue on World Autism Day, April 2

The Home Depot is proud to support Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization. The organization is becoming well known for its annual Light It Up Blue campaign to raise awareness of the growing public health concern that is autism. The 2013 World Autism Awareness Day is April 2. Iconic landmarks around the world will Light It Up Blue to show their support for the cause.

In 2010, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus proposed that The Home Depot help Autism Speaks extend this campaign to consumers by selling specially-marked blue light bulbs in Home Depot stores throughout the United States and Canada. By shining blue lights on your porch or in your windows, you can join Autism Speaks, and landmarks around the world, in shining a light on autism.

Thrifty Decor Chick: Do-It-Herself Workshops

Posted by: Thrifty Decor Chick on February 13th, 2013 | 3 Comments

The Home Depot has been getting a terrific response from our free Do-It-Herself Workshops, held every month in Home Depot stores across the country. We’ve asked some of our favorite DIY and home improvement bloggers to participate, guest hosting the workshops in select cities.

Sarah, the talent behind Thrifty Decor Chick, has been blogging about thrifty home decor and DIY projects at since 2008. Sarah is always very encouraging to anyone interested in using their own two hands to make their home better. Here, she tells us how she turned a staircase into a centerpiece for her lovely home decor… and the courage it took to tackle the project.

I haven’t had any special training, just a desire to make my home beautiful without paying someone to do it all for me! Through a lot of research, practice, and some not-so-great DIY projects, I’ve come a long way over the years and learned a lot.

I find it’s all about trying – getting that courage to do something you’ve never done. I think you’d be surprised at the results! But believe me, my first attempts were not perfect. Actually most of my latest work still isn’t perfect, but it’s little stuff no one would notice.

One of my favorite projects I’ve ever done in our home was on our staircase transformation. We built our home and had carpet put on the stairs:

Blogger and host of Do-It-Herself Workshops at The HomeDepot's Carpeted staircase before picture

But for years I dreamt of beautiful wood stairs with painted risers and stained treads like those I saw in the magazines. I was lucky that our builder used nice, rounded treads on our stairs, which was half the battle.

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First Look: Gas and Electric Snow Blowers

Posted by: Thomas Chismar on December 15th, 2012 | Make A Comment

When a blizzard hits and dumps tons of white powder everywhere, skiers rejoice and homeowners cringe. When you’re faced with the task of removing snow from your driveway and walkways you can go old-school and break out the snow shovel, or move into the 21st century and fire up the snow blower.

Using a snow blower will shorten the amount of time you spend outside in the cold removing snow, and save you from some muscle-aching manual labor. We carry powerful gas and electric snow blowers from the leading brands, Toro, Sno-Tek and Ariens.

Home Depot associate Tim Seymour highlights our available snow blowers and details snow blower terminology, including single and two stage removal technology, in this week’s First Look video.

Our First Look series gives Apron Blog readers an inside look by highlighting some of the videos our store associates watch to learn about the new products and services available at The Home Depot.

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In the Wild: Christmas Shopping at The Home Depot

Posted by: Caroline Inge on December 8th, 2012 | Make A Comment

The aisles of The Home Depot are busy this time of year with folks shopping for Christmas trees, looking for gifts for the beloved DIY-er in their life, or picking up a gingerbread kit (a Black Friday special!). Check out these photos people have posted publicly to Instagram while doing some Christmas shopping at The Home Depot, or preparing for Christmas shoppers.

Above: By tamarajhair on Instagram

By laurindennings on Instagram That’s in Florida, so the snowflakes aren’t real.

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First Look: Under Cabinet and Accent Lighting

Posted by: Thomas Chismar on November 25th, 2012 | Make A Comment

A great way to add a touch of beauty and elegance to your décor is installing under cabinet and accent lighting around your home. With under cabinet lighting, the reflection off your stone countertop and the glow of the lights bouncing off stainless steel appliances lends a polished look to your kitchen.

For accent lights, installing them on bookcases, shelves, mantels, railings and curio cabinets is a great way to add ambiance to your living room, game room or den.

Home Depot associate Christina Zuchegno highlights the four types of accent light fixtures that we carry, including puck, linear, ribbon and rope lights. An added benefit each of these lights offer is they can be powered in different ways. You can choose an accent light in a hardwired, battery-powered, plug-in or combination plug-in/hardwired model … and best of all, they use LED bulbs to help keep your electric bills low. See her rundown of all of them in this week’s First Look video.

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First Look: Ryobi 2200 Inverter Generator

Posted by: Thomas Chismar on October 21st, 2012 | Make A Comment

The Ryobi 2200 Inverter Generator is a portable generator that offers more power and quiet operation. It’s so quiet that a normal conversation can be heard over the generator’s gentle hum.

You can take it with you to the job site, camping trip or tailgating party. In fact, we recently tested it out first hand as we produced our Tailgating series here on the Apron blog. It quietly purred while providing hours of power.

It only takes three easy steps to start up. It offers parallel run compatibility, so running two generators at the same time for double power is an option, should you have the latest satellite and HDTV set up at your tailgates. Home Depot associate Steve Lieberman shows us these features and more on the Ryobi 2200 Inverter Generator in this week’s First Look video.

Take a look at all our portable generators available at The Home Depot.

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In the Wild: Goofing Off In The Aisles

Posted by: Laura Sullivan on October 15th, 2012 | 2 Comments

Goofing off in The Home Depot aisles

It’s just too temping for our customers: Something about being in a Home Depot store makes them want to act a little crazy. And we like it! Check out these photos of people goofing off in the aisles, tagged with our name and posted publicly on Instagram and around the web.

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First Look: Husky Garage Storage Cabinets

Posted by: Thomas Chismar on October 14th, 2012 | Make A Comment

Husky Garage Storage Cabinets offer many advantages over the competition. So if you are wanting to keep your tools, outdoor power equipment and gardening supplies in great condition and keep them secure at the same time, Husky is the brand for you.

So what advantages does Husky hold over other models? For starters, Husky floor cabinets use sturdy bolts, washers and lock nuts in the construction of their floor cabinets, versus just sheet metal screws for the competition. Also, Husky has larger dimensions and market leading shelf load capacity to the tune of 165 lbs. for Husky and just 100 lbs. for the competition.

For base cabinets, Husky offers a stainless steel work surface and welded construction. They also come 90 percent pre-assembled and have the market leading cabinet load capacity of 550 lbs., which the competition simply can’t match. And for wall cabinets, Husky offers 2 sizes: a 28-inch wide and a 48-inch wide cabinet, while the competition only has one size. Need another advantage? Consider Husky’s wall cabinets are lockable, while the competition’s wall cabinets do not lock.

Home Depot associate Kate Moran demonstrates Husky garage storage cabinets and compares them to the competition in this week’s First Look video.

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Home Depot In The Wild: Cool Details in Instagram Photos

Posted by: Laura Sullivan on October 8th, 2012 | Make A Comment

The Home Depot is a no-frills type of place. And we like it that way. But if you look a little closer, it’s easy to find snippets of the pretty and the cool in the details. Check out these photos, which were tagged with our name and posted publicly on Instagram and around the web, which showcase the artistic things that our customers and associates find in the stores when they zoom in a little bit.

Above: From hurley3062 on Instagram.

“I finally found something to do at Home Depot [while] Chad shops,” says stephouellette on Instagram.

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First Look: Flushing Stuff Down the American Standard Champion 4 Max Toilet

Posted by: Thomas Chismar on September 23rd, 2012 | Make A Comment

The American Standard Champion 4 Max Toilet has some amazing flush power, even though it only uses 1.28 gallons per flush.

To demonstrate the flushing power, Home Depot associate Steve Wiehe and American Standard’s Ken Keane put the Champion 4 Max through a variety of flushing tests. This included stuff that you wouldn’t normally flush down a toilet, but if someone were to do it, you’d just have to watch. We’re talking about a bucket of wiggly worms, marshmallows, children’s play toys and … 20 golf balls. You don’t want to miss this.

American Standard redesigned the rim of the Champion 4 Max so that once flushed, the toilet traps air within the rim, resulting in a much better cleaning on the side of the bowl. You can see this cleaning demonstration along with the golf ball demonstration in this week’s First Look video:

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