It might sound crazy to tell you to wash your garbage before you throw it out, but that’s only because it is sort of crazy, in a Martha Stewart meets Joan Crawford by way of being mad at the dirt sort of way. But, think about it. You’ve just finished a Yoplait thick and [...]
Household Hint of the Day: September 22nd 2009
No matter how much you’d want to, you can’t put everything into the dishwasher. Besides not being the best environment for, say, golden retreivers, dishwashers aren’t safe for many household items either. Certain types of pots, pans, plates, glasses, and knives should always be washed by hand with gentle cleaning products because of the [...]
Household Hint of the Day: September 21st, 2009
Doing laundry can become less of a chore if you plan your wash more strategically. This is especially true if you live in a large condo tower and share your washers and dryers with lots of people. If you don’t have the luxury of having your own laundry facilities in-unit, it can be [...]
Household Hint of the Day: September 17th 2009
Use lemon juice and salt to get rid of the smells on your wood cutting boards. The lemon juice’s acidity kills the bacteria that’s thriving on the board…and the salt is a natural abrasive that will get into the grooves of the wood and force that bacteria out. Once again, these [...]
Household Hint of the Day: September 14th 2009
Use a lemon to clean your microwave. Just take the lemon, juice it, and add it to a microwave safe container. Add water to the container and put in the microwave — set the microwave to high and microwave the lemon water for 10-15 minutes so that enough of it is turned into steam to [...]
Household Hint of the Day: September 12th 2009
Use banana peals as natural, organic shoe polish. Bananas have oils and potassium in them that are similar to the makeup of shoe polish. Eat the banana, but leave its skin for the shoe polishing. Take the skin and rub it on your shoes the way you would shoe polish. Once the shoes are nice [...]
Household Hint of the Day: September 11th, 2009
You really don’t need to buy any expensive or fancy toilet bowl cleaner — not when a can of Coke honestly gets the job done just as well, at a fraction of the cost. There’s a reason Coke has that battery-acid after taste that we all know and love so much…and that dentists hate [...]
Household Hint of the Day: September 9th, 2009
Hairdryers aren’t just for drying your hair or scaring the dog. They’re also great for cleaning lampshades. When you dust a lampshade with a cloth, you’re really just shoving the dust and dirt deeper into the shade. What you need to do is aim the hair dryer into the inside of the shade, and [...]
Household Hint of the Day: September 8th, 2009
With winter coming soon (and don’t kid yourselves…there will be snow before Halloween, we guarantee), it’s time to start stocking up on vinegar. Why? Well, all that salt the City of Chicago uses on the streets in the winter is murder on your shoes and leather bags…and it also gets all over [...]
