DIY blogs that accept guest posts include huge project-sharing communities and long-running home improvement titles. Well-known names that take outside writers include Instructables, Hometalk and Apartment Therapy, alongside hundreds of smaller DIY blogs. Pick sites whose readers match your topic, read each site's current guidelines and pitch one specific idea.
DIY readers want to do it themselves, and they need a lot of help: tools, materials, step-by-step guides and the confidence to pick up a drill. That makes the niche a natural home for tool brands, hardware shops, paint companies, builders' merchants and home improvement services.
Good DIY sites are practical and visual. They want posts that someone can follow on a Saturday morning and finish by the afternoon, with photos that show each step. Thin posts with stock photos and a link in them don't last.
This page sits alongside my free list of websites that accept guest posts, which covers sites across every niche.
Which DIY blogs accept guest posts?
These are long-running DIY publications that are known for running work from contributors, freelancers or guest writers. Each one works differently, so treat this as a starting point:
- Instructables: a long-running community where anyone can publish step-by-step projects.
- Hometalk: a home and DIY community where members share projects and ideas.
- Apartment Therapy: a home and design publisher that runs freelance pieces and reader home tours.
- Family Handyman: a long-established home improvement title that works with freelance writers.
- Bob Vila: a well-known home improvement site that publishes how-to guides from contributors.
- This Old House: a famous home renovation brand whose site runs how-to and project guides.
The community sites above let you publish projects directly, while the home improvement titles commission experienced writers and tradespeople. Guidelines change, and some sites pause submissions for months at a time, so read each site's current pitch or write for us page before you send anything.
Should you aim for the big names or smaller DIY blogs?
The famous DIY titles are worth a pitch if you have real expertise and patience, but they get far more pitches than they can use, and many only work with writers they already know. Smaller DIY blogs with a loyal readership are often the better first step. They reply faster, they're more open to new writers, and a post on a focused site that your buyers read can do more for you than a line on a huge site they never visit.
Whichever you choose, judge a site on its readers and how it looks after them, not on one metric. A site that still publishes, edits with care and has real people commenting is worth more than a bigger site that publishes anything.
Projects, renovation, crafts or the trade?
DIY sites cover a wide spread of skills:
- Project sites want step-by-step builds, from shelves to garden furniture.
- Renovation sites want posts on bigger jobs: kitchens, bathrooms, flooring and extensions.
- Craft and upcycling sites want smaller makes, furniture flips and decorating ideas.
- Trade and services sites want posts on when to call a professional and how to choose one.
Tool and hardware brands fit best on project and renovation sites. Plumbers, electricians and other trades belong on sites that explain when a job needs a professional.
What do DIY editors want?
Clear steps and real photos. DIY editors want posts that list tools and materials, explain each step and show it with your own photos. Safety matters too: say when a job needs a qualified tradesperson, and follow the building rules for the country you're writing about.
They also want experience. A tradesperson, a serial renovator or a maker with years of projects behind them will get a hearing. A generic list of "ten easy home upgrades" won't.
Free guest post or sponsored post on a DIY blog?
Free contributions are easy on community sites, where you publish projects yourself, and possible on smaller DIY blogs that welcome makers. The big home improvement titles commission their own writers. Sponsored posts suit tool and materials brands that want a project post on a schedule.
How do you check a DIY blog before you pitch?
- Read the three newest posts. Is the site still publishing, and who writes for it?
- Find the current guidelines. Look for a write for us, contribute or pitch page, and check its date.
- Look at the photos on recent projects. Original step-by-step photos show a real DIY site. Stock images and thin text show a link farm.
- Find a name. A real editor you can email beats a form that never replies.
- Ask if posts are permanent. Some sites prune old content in clean-ups.
There's more in how to check backlink quality and my guide to high DA guest posting sites. DIY overlaps with home and lifestyle, so my lifestyle blogs that accept guest posts page and my guide to websites that accept guest posts are useful places to widen your search.
How should you pitch a DIY blog?
Name the project and the result. "How to build a raised garden bed from scaffold boards in an afternoon" is a pitch. "A DIY article" is not. Include a photo of the finished project and a line on your experience.
If you represent a brand, show the product being used in the project and make the post work with other tools too. DIY editors will happily name a good drill, but they won't publish an advert for one.
Pitch with the seasons. Garden projects in spring, decorating before the holidays and draught-proofing in autumn all bring waves of searches, and editors plan for them early.
Can you place a DIY post on my blog?
Yes, when it's about marketing or running a home improvement business: getting leads for trades, reviews for builders, social media for makers, or the tools a trade business runs on. lilachbullock.com is a marketing blog that's been publishing since the dial-up days, with thousands of indexed articles, and my readers are business owners, marketers and entrepreneurs, mostly in the USA and the UK. Project guides suit the sites above better. Guidelines are on my home improvement page.
How placing a post on my blog works
- Email [email protected], or start on my write for me page, with your target URL, topic and niche.
- I reply with whether it fits and which format I'd pick: a new sponsored post or a link insertion into an existing, indexed article.
- You send the article, or I choose the right existing article for your link.
- I edit, publish and send you the live URL.
Accepted posts usually go live within 24 to 48 hours of everything being agreed. Placements are permanent. I invoice by PayPal, and if you're an agency, I never contact your client.
If you're weighing up where to place a post, how buying a guest post on my blog works explains what you get and what I turn down.
Placing a DIY post? Email [email protected] with your target URL, topic and niche, or start on my write for me page. Agencies and repeat buyers are welcome.
Frequently asked questions
Which DIY blogs accept guest posts?
Well-known examples that take outside writers include Instructables, Hometalk, Apartment Therapy, Family Handyman, Bob Vila and This Old House. Check each site's current guidelines before you pitch, because they change.
Do DIY blogs need original photos?
Almost always. Editors want your own step-by-step photos of a real project, and many won't accept stock images at all.
What should I pitch a DIY blog?
Pitch one clear project with a list of tools and materials, safe step-by-step instructions and your own photos of the result.
Can I place a DIY guest post on lilachbullock.com?
Yes, if it's about marketing or running a home improvement business. Email your target URL, topic and niche and I'll tell you if it fits.