After a busy day at work, the only thing more daunting than preparing a full-fledged dinner is cleaning up a pile of dishes afterward. The Home Ec 101 blog offers a tasty meal idea that uses only a baking sheet.Photo by ndrwfgg.
If you've heard of people using newspaper to clean windows but you've never tried it—possibly for lack of faith in the cleaning ability of smudge-prone news print—check out this before and after photo and guide.
Next time an out-of-control pen wreaks havoc on your clothes or furniture and you don't have a spot remover on hand, try a little hairspray. Reader Shelley says it worked wonders after her two-year old used her couch as a canvas.Photo by gilesclement.
Some companies are really annoying about putting hard-to-remove stickers on things. Some children are even worse. Next time you encounter a stubborn sticker (regretted bumper sticker, perhaps?), leave the chemicals in the drawer and try some simple heat from a hair dryer.
Getting caught up in the idea that your desk, work bench, house, or office must be in perfect shape for you to really get stuff done can just as easily result in getting nothing done. Learn to recognize what's good enough.Photo by BLW Photography.
This clever hack is dependent on you living in a sub-freezing locale with an abundance of snow, but if you meet those requirements you can give your rugs a thorough deep cleaning using nothing more than snow.Over at the home-centric blog Re-Nest they highlight how you can clean a wool rug—no word on whether it would work with synthetic fibers—using freezing temperatures and powdery snow.
The Web Worker Daily blog reminds us that today is National Clean Out Your Computer Day. Want to do some serious PC cleaning but not sure where to start? We've got your back, so let's get with the purging.Photo by karindalziel.
If you dumped all your glassware into a sink full of water last night and went to bed after the big game, you might find some of the glasses nested tightly together this morning. Here's how to get them unstuck without breakage.Photo by evelynishere.