How-To Guides

Winter clothes last longer when they go into storage clean and dry. This guide covers washing, sorting, folding or hanging, the right container, where to store them and a mid-season...

Peel and stick backsplash goes up without mortar or grout, but the wall prep and the layout decide how it looks. This guide covers tools, cleaning, layout, cutting around outlets...

Tamping presses ground coffee into an even puck so water flows through it evenly. This guide covers what to do before you tamp, how to hold the tamper, how hard...

Weed barrier fabric works best when the bed is prepared, the strips overlap and the edges are pinned. This guide covers where to use it, how to lay it, how...

Jewelry can tangle, scratch or go missing on the road. This guide covers what to bring, how to pack necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets and watches, and where to keep everything...

The main difference between a bifold and a trifold wallet is how many times it folds, and that changes its thickness, capacity and fit. This guide compares the two and...

Careless storage is a common way to damage a fishing rod before it reaches the water. This guide covers how to store fishing rods at home, in the garage, in...

A cluttered garage often comes from tools that have no fixed home. This guide shows how to empty and sort, set up zones, pick wall and shelf storage, and keep...

Where you hang a feeder matters as much as which feeder you choose. This guide covers window distance, nearby cover, height, ways to hang a feeder, weather and what to...

A lidded bucket, a drill and a set of feeder ports make a simple gravity feeder. This guide covers the materials, marking and cutting the holes, fitting the ports, where...

How high to hang a dartboard and how far to stand: the standard steel-tip and soft-tip measurements, a step-by-step way to measure them correctly, and what to do when your...

An American mahjong set has 152 tiles, a Chinese set has 144 (or 136 without flowers) and a Riichi set has 136. This guide shows what is in each set,...