If you use rubber gloves for washing dishes or cleaning and have sharp nails, you run a chance of your nails puncturing the gloves and causing leaks. Household simplicity site Real Simple recommends adding a cotton ball to each finger of your gloves to provide a cushion that should keep your nails from puncturing the gloves. More »
Stains on stone counter-tops can be a pain to get out. Ideally, you’ll have stone sealed regularly so nothing gets through the seal, but if you’re in-between cycles or haven’t had your sealing done recently, a stray spill can turn your counter-top an unwanted colour. Thankfully, the fix is probably already in your kitchen, according to the folks at This Old House. More »
Those greasy, food-splattered stove burners are gruesome and a real chore to try to scrub clean. With an overnight soak of cheap ammonia, however, that thick coating of crud comes off like nothing, writes Vivienne at the V Spot blog. More »
The easiest way to create clutter in your home is to say “I might use this one day”. To find out whether you’re creating clutter or being thrifty, weblog Unclutterer recommends treating it like the mate of a sock you recently lost: keep it for a predetermined amount of time, then toss it. More »
Dear Lifehacker, I’d like to ask the readers a question about removing stickers from windows. I have an awful line of “safety” decal stickers on my sliding doors that I would like to remove for aesthetic reasons as they ruin my view outside. Anyone out there had any success with removing these decals? They have no purpose in my household and while I realise their removal may go against Australian Standards, it’s my house and my view. Any ideas would be much appreciated! Thanks, Sticker Situation More »
Over-the-door shoe holders are wonderful for organising lots of household items in addition to their normal function. We’ve previously covered how to use them to store pantry items and cables. Now, household weblog Whine & Cheez shares how these versatile holders can help organise your cleaning products. More »
Cleaning your pad is a chore, but it doesn’t have to suck up your entire day. Apartment Therapy suggests tackling a different area of your home every day for 20 minutes and offers a 30-day sample schedule you can adopt. More »
Mac: A desktop filled with hundreds of files in a variety of formats can be a headache to clean up, but Clean My Desktop makes it easy by sorting everything into content-specific folders based on the file type. More »
Parenting weblog Farrah Fair has a brilliant tip for those occasions when you need to fill a bucket or other container from the water faucet in a small sink. Use a standard dustpan that is designed to snap onto a broom handle. The portion of the handle that snaps on creates a perfect channel to extend the reach of your faucet over the sink to your barrel. More »
With busy schedules we rarely clean as often or as thoroughly as we would like. To combat clutter and keep your bedroom tidy between deep cleans consider adding a daily or weekly 10-minute bedroom cleaning to your to-do list. Gather your materials, give yourself a few minutes for each task and in 10 minutes your bedroom should be much less messy than when you started. More »
