Most furniture that you get from IKEA needs to be assembled with your own two hands. Which can mean you feel a sense of accomplishment in addition to getting a new piece of furniture. Try focusing on buying or making stuff yourself to build more satisfaction with your life. But once you assemble it, it’s your pile of parts! It represents your time, your attention, and your skill in creation....

Some home improvementscost more than they’re worth, while otherscan increase your home’s value. Remodeling’sCost vs. Value reportcomes out every year. In short, replace your front door or your siding for the best bang for your buck. Head over to HouseLogic for the full details. The 6 Best Time-Tested Remodeling Projects and the Worst| HouseLogic Photo bykirybabe.

You don’t need a huge production budget to make YouTube videos. Fortunately, YouTube itself has plenty of tools to help stand out and make videos worth watching. Earn money:Advertising brings its own mess of complications. Throwing a video on YouTube and randomly sticking ads isn’t as easy as it sounds. If all of that sounds a little too much like a second job: good. However, it can be a very involved process if you really want to make a job of it....

Knowing the risks of a medical procedure is essential to making a smart decision. Risks of Imbalanced Information on US Hospital Websites|JAMA Internal MedicineviaWashington Post Photo byArmy Medicine.

If you’re losing weight, your progress will stall at some point. Even if you are doing everything right, the number on the scale will stop budging. Here’s what to do when this happens. And certainly, for some people this can be the case. For more information, check out Lyle McDonald’s article below on this topic. Adjusting the Diet| Body Recomposition Image byPaul H.

Once you get through that, you’re free to dig into all the other moreadvanced projects. An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to the Intel Edison| Instructables

But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Thompson’s letter is packed with all kinds of advice, and well worth a read in full.

Make your own from-scratch drinking chocolate thanks to this brainless, simple formula. Food52’s Heather Hands offers both a compelling reason as well as a basic recipe for making the switch. I prefer using a nice dark chocolate, something with a lot of flavor… Check out the link below for the recipe. How to Make Sipping Chocolate| Food52

What drove you to choose your career path? I was born, raised, schooled, and corn bread fed in Kansas. As a kid my toy arsenal included LEGO, Lincoln Logs, G.I. Joes, He-Man, etc. From these tools many elaborate structures and forts were built with epic battles ensuing. The biological nature of a “landscape” being alive was, and still is, poetic to me. How did you go about getting your job? What kind of education and experience did you need?...

There are lots of way to get your grilled pizza cooked to scrumptious perfectionlikeusing tortillas for the crust. verify the entire pizza cooks evenly from crust to toppings with the help of a pie tin. Turn the pie tin upside-down and cover the pizza while you grill it. confirm to adjust the cooking time to account for the frozen state of the pizza. 4 Unexpected Uses for Pie Plates| America’s Test Kitchen

Sometimes we tell ourselves we’re planning for change when we’re actually just putting it off. Our tendency to wait things out is oftentimes fueled by fear. Yes, it’s good to be prepared for a big change. But there’s a difference between preparation and procrastination. While preparation has built-in, actionable steps, procrastination is hesitant and uncertain and indecisive. It sounds like an obvious distinction. But Hunter points out that it can be pretty sneaky....

But how do you make yourself poop on command? Try a hot beveragecoffee works, but so does tea or even hot water. “It widens blood vessels in the digestive system and helps increase blood flow and GI activity. How to Make Yourself Poop| Runner’s World Photo bySelina.

That said, it still comes packed with a ton of adjustable brush sizes and color palettes. The app’s also free to check out, then $3.99 if you end up needing more projects. Forge(Free/$3.99) | iTunes App Store