For 92-year-old World War II veteran Carmin Yannotta, the daily activities of a retiree pale in comparison to working 30 hours a week at The Home Depot in Lake Park, Fla. “I played golf, but I wanted to do something more,” says Carmin, who served three years in General Patton’s Third Army  and retired from Honeywell after 20 years with the company. “At my age, I just really enjoy coming to…

For many veterans, returning home from a tour of duty presents a host of new challenges, from feeling out of sync with society to struggling to find a new purpose after serving our country. 

The sights and sounds of war are not easy things to forget. For veterans suffering with PTSD, unexpected triggers can be lurking around any corner. But many veterans in the southeast are finding healing in an unexpected place – a 6.3 million gallon salt-water tank at the Georgia Aquarium.“For the time I was swimming, I didn’t care about anything else at all,” said one veteran. “For those moments…

Few people own keepsakes as meaningful as Harold Murchie’s harmonica. The World War II veteran served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force and carried his harmonica into battle. He played it in the barracks to remind him of home. More than 70 years later, the same harmonica sits at his bedside at the Veterans Home of California Yountville.

On the evening of their 10th wedding anniversary, Vanessa Troyer’s husband was rushing home from work. He wanted to be the first one home to intercept a package – a surprise gift for his wife. But when he arrived at the house, the gift was nowhere to be found. Most people deal with stolen packages by complaining, or giving their neighbor’s a head’s up. Vanessa Troyer went a step further: she…

The advancements in home improvement today aren’t just flashy – they’re practical. They’re making it easier, faster and cheaper for Pros and DIYers alike to finish their jobs with greater ease.That’s not by accident. Home Depot merchants work closely with manufacturers to bring these improvements to life in tools you can only find at The Home Depot. They sort through thousands of hammers so you…

For 5-year-old Evie Owens, The Home Depot was so much more than a store.

The idea of creating your own “Smart Home” can be overwhelming, but Home Depot merchants have been hard at work to make the process easier. They’ve worked tirelessly to sort through the seemingly endless “smart” products out there so you don’t have to. From thinking thermostats that cut your energy bills to video doorbells that show you who’s outside before you open the door, the variety of…

Few think about the power of color more than Erika Woelfel, Director of Color for Behr, but selecting the company’s first-ever Color of the Year, announced by Behr today, was no easy feat.It’s a spruce-like blend of gray, blue and green they call “In the Moment” – and chances are, it’s all around you. You might see it in a throw pillow on a friend’s couch. Or outdoors in the needles of a spruce…

If you’ve visited a fancy bar, restaurant or hotel lobby in recent months, you’ve likely seen vintage light bulbs hanging and glowing a warm amber—they’re meant to conjure a hand-made feel and nod to a time when electric light was something special. When Home Depot merchant Aaron Stein saw the trend start creeping into people’s homes, a light bulb went off in his head.