From The Tips Box: Emergency Candles, Garage Storage

Readers offer their best tips for making impromptu emergency candles, creating cheap garage shelving, and making cleaning less tedious.

Every day we receive stacks of great reader tips. From the Tips Box is where we round up some of our favourites. Got a tip of your own to share? Add it in the comments or send it using our [contact text=”contact form”].

Learn to Make Five Emergency Candles

David shares his video for making five different emergency candles:

I created this video that shows how you can make five different emergency candles on the fly using stuff from around the house.

Make a Garage Shelf from an Old Bed Frame

Villified1 repurposes an old bed frame for some garage storage:

I mounted a very old, slightly broken, twin-sized wooden bed frame to the walls and ceiling in my garage to create a sturdy shelf for storage bins and the like. It was a simple and cheap way to get a high-mounted, large, and sturdy shelf in the garage.

Clean for Fifteen Minutes Each Day, Then Stop

Jonathan shares a tip for avoiding cleaning burnout:

I’m a college student and don’t have lots of spare time for cleaning. I’ve also noticed that if I let things get messy then spend a bunch of time cleaning them up, I get kind of burned out on cleaning and I’m more likely to let it go for several days afterward. I started cleaning for only fifteen minutes each day and then stopping even if things were still messy. I started out with a messy place and it took a while to get it clean, but I found it was much easier to keep up the habit. And you’d be amazed what you can get done in fifteen minutes.

Photo by tachyondecay.