You never know when you’ll need glue but not have any. If you have the milk, vinegar, baking soda and a few tools, you can whip up a batch yourself.
Summer Pierre found the instructions online and decided to make this great, printable poster illustrating them.
You know, if there were more illustrated how to’s like this, [...]

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When you’re moving, sometimes it’s all you can do to get everything packed and ready for the day the truck arrives. But you know as soon as you get to the new place, you’re going to be frustrated if you can’t find the items you most need when you need them. Just a little bit [...]

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Whether you’re done with your maternity wear or have found a bargain maternity shirt you couldn’t resist, CoffeePotPeople has a great tutorial for converting that shirt into an Empire waist shirt. The result is what you see in the picture here: a cute, fashionable shirt that looks like it was made this way to begin [...]

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Even if you find a way to keep your cords neat and tidy, you still need to be able to identify which plug goes with which component so you can unplug what you need to, and not something else.
Here’s a really super-easy, cheap way to do it:

Cut an index card into thin strips - maybe [...]

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Apartments can look desolate without something decorative on the walls. But nail holes for paintings can come out of your security deposit when you leave, and painting anything interesting almost definitely will.
Britsteiner at Instructables has another option for you: she uses ConTact paper as her medium, and found it was sticky enough to stay [...]

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For all you newcomers and anyone else who wants to make sure they didn’t miss anything, check out this list of our most popular posts from May in no particular order. Bonus: I threw in some oldies but goodies from previous months, too.

Cooking for Vegetarian Guests - Sarah addresses your questions about cooking for vegetarian [...]

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While shopping for things for my new apartment, I found the coolest gizmo: a double shower curtain rod. I could hang the shower curtain on one rod and use the other to hang up towels or laundry I didn’t want to bake in the dryer, and because they were on separate rods I wouldn’t have [...]

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I recently discovered that my dresser drawers don’t come out. They’re bolted to the track somehow. And there’s a slab of wood between each drawer. Manufacturers make them this way to prevent drawers falling out, but it has a  side effect you’re much more likely to encounter: when something gets jammed behind the drawer, it [...]

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Why would you need a microphone that works underwater? Maybe to see what your band sounds like when heard underwater. Or maybe to record splishy-splashy noises to soothe a baby who’s still adapting to an air environment. Or maybe you just want to freak out your goldfish. Either way, Instructables has the answer on how-to:
Underwater [...]

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In about two years, I plan to buy a house and finally have a bit of yard where I can start composting. I want to grow my own veggies, and it’s a pity to throw food waste down the garbage disposal and yard waste into the garbage when much of it is perfect for making [...]

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