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How to Build Outdoor Fireplaces
Outdoor fireplaces can be breathtaking additions to homes, giving backyards a decorative and functional focal point. However, outdoor fireplaces demand thoughtful assessments even before you begin construction, especially if you intend to make an outdoor...
How to Choose Outdoor Hanging Plants
Outdoor hanging baskets are a great way to add color and vibrancy to a garden, while conserving space. Baskets can be hung from trees, porches, eaves and poles in a yard. You can buy hanging plants at garden centers and home improvement stores. However, c...
How to Choose a Parenting Style
Parenting is a difficult job with no clear instructions for doing it “right.” Children’s personalities and abilities vary and change over time, which can make it difficult to find the right parenting style for your child. Though choosing a parenting style...
How to Accentuate Cleavage
Looking to add a bit of feminine pizzazz to your appearance? Accentuating your cleavage might be that additional flare you've been searching for. Utilizing your cleavage as an accessory is a great way to spice up your day-to-day or night out ensembles. Ac...
How to Use an Elliptical Machine
An elliptical trainer or cross-trainer (X-trainer) is a stationary exercise machine that you can use for stair climbing, walking, running, or sprinting exercises. It can be a great, low-impact cardio that burns calories. Like any exercise machine, proper...
How to Choose Colors That Flatter Skin Tone
Before you buy a new wardrobe, wedding clothes or other special occasion attire, it's best to know how to choose colors that flatter your skin tone. Choosing the wrong color can make your skin and hair appear dull, while the right colors for your skin ton...
How to Travel Great Britain by Train
Train travel throughout Britain is accessible and affordable. You can reach most cities by train and purchase things like hop-on and hop-off passes that make traveling between cities a breeze. Because of that, it’s a great method of travel for both reside...
How to Set up a Mosquito Net
Mosquito nets are used to prevent mosquitoes from biting while a person is asleep. They are essential for malaria prevention, as well as avoiding other mosquito-borne diseases, but are also important for comfort in tropical countries whether you are sleep...
How to Buy Clothing for Women over 50
Fifty is nifty! And turning 50 doesn’t mean that stylish women have to settle for ho-hum fashion. Though women's bodies change over the decades, there are many styles available that are flattering for every shape and size. If you are approaching 50 or are...
How to Choose Makeup for Your Skin Tone
When you’re choosing makeup, you need to know 2 important things about your skin. The first is the overtone – your visible skin color, and how light or dark that color is. The second is the undertones, which is a more subtle coolness or warmth that’s unde...
How to Get Rid of Menstrual Cramps
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, more than 50% of people who have a period will suffer from cramps for at least 1-2 days.[1] X Trustworthy Source American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Professional...
How to Extend Wireless Range of a Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
This wikiHow teaches you how to increase the distance at which you can reliably use your wireless keyboard and mouse. While most wireless keyboards and mice have a maximum effective operating distance of about 30 feet (9 m), it can be difficult to reach e...
How to Make Your Life Good
The idea of living "the good life" has endured since the ancient times. Aristotle and Plato included moral and political ethics as a means to happiness, understanding that a good life isn't one built solely on individual values. A good life is one that is...
How to Set up a Google Alert for Craigslist
Want to get updated with the latest Craigslist postings? You can use Google Alerts to get notified when the product you want gets listed. Due to some changes that Google has made, this is no longer as effective as it used to be, but you can still get lots...
How to Grow African Violets Indoors
African violets, also known as Saintpaulia, are great plants for indoor growth because of their beauty, resilience, and relatively simple care. These dainty flowering plants look great in hanging baskets, in a large planter with a variety of colors, or in...
How to Divide Personal Property After a Death
There are several different methods of dividing up personal property after a death depending on the circumstances that exist at the time of the death. If the deceased has a will, the will can dictate how the property should be divided; if not, a probate c...