Transform your house into a home instantly without spending anything. Taking time to clean and decorate the place where you live can make your life less messy, too. Admit it, you have always had the urge to do some general cleaning, but the problem is, you don’t know where to start so you only end [...]
Last time, we wrote about prepping your house just in case someone raids your home all of a sudden. Having your living room clean and orderly pays off when the bell rings and you find an unexpected company waiting to be invited inside the house. Where do you expect him to sit if your paperwork [...]
Some people think that the kitchen is the most important room in your house. And why not? However, you have there all sorts of greasy things lying around. It is always the dirtiest room in the house. But you can’t leave it like that because the thing is, the kitchen is where you prepare your [...]
It’s a must-know skill for most of us. You have all these ideas and plans on how to decorate your home, but how can you hang your self-made photo frame if you don’t have a lovely hook on that perfect spot in your living room? You don’t need Mr. Handyman to do the work because [...]
18 Jul
Posted by Alex as Crafts and Hobbies, Home and Garden
Now this is a real nifty trick. If you’ve been too drunk to have punched the cork into the bottle and the morning after, you decided that the bottle’s a keeper and you may want to reuse it. But you taking out the cork seems to be impossible without smashing glass. Then you won’t [...]
I was about to use “How to Clean Cobwebs” as a title but I think that would solicit “duh”-comments from a lot of people. In any case, this post is on a few tips and tricks on how to get those cobwebs and dust fuzz that you may get in hard to reach places like [...]
If your home relies on a septic tank for their property’s sanitation, then you might want to look into septic tank activators. For septic tanks to treat the waste that goes in to it, it relies heavily on the chemical process that ’s made possible by anaerobic bacteria. Yes, we rely on those little buggers [...]
13 Jul
Posted by Alex as Home and Garden, Money and Finance
This may be an issue again of bulk versus retail but I believe that purchasing cleaning items in bulk is always the better way to go. For one, you can really stock up on these things since you get to use them (unless your a slob who doesn’t do any cleaning at all) and they [...]
If you do a lot of gardening, your garden hose will be exposed to much wear and tear. Somewhere along the way, your trusty hose may eventually give and have holes and leaks along. While the best option is to replace a weatherbeaten hose, some tightwads may try to get away with a few repairs [...]
Those darned in-laws called and they’re on their way for a quick visit. But you’ve been so busy with work that you haven’t really had the time to clean up. Lest you be labeled the slob that their precious offspring married, you better do a quick clean-up. Here’s a quick guide on how to prep [...]
Fresh flowers liven up any room. Probably why people give people flowers to cheer them up. But in any case, if you’re a big fan of flowers you might want to keep some fresh ones in your home. While they don’t really last forever, you can, with a bit of care, make them last just [...]
No-deposit wooden pallets are often found in wholesale stores and establishments and warehouses that handle larger stocks. In any case, you might want to try out some of your local stores if you can get their no-deposit wooden pallets for free. Most of them discard these cheap wooden pallets anyway since the sturdy (usually with [...]
I’m a lawn kind of guy. When I’ll be hunting for a home (when it’s time for me to settle down), I’d probably opt for a piece of real estate that has a lawn. Not necessarily a sprawling one but just a nice patch of green where children and pets could run about. However, getting [...]
24 Jun
Posted by Alex as Fitness and Health, Home and Garden
With today’s hype on synthetic materials, you just don’t know what’s toxic and what’s not anymore. Unfortunately many of them can be found in homes. So if you’re planning some summer home renovations, you might want to look into the materials you would use and opt for non-hazardous alternatives like.
Cleaning toilet bowls is one thing, dealing with a clogged one can be a nightmare. Have you ever had a clogged bowl or tank once? I hope you haven’t experienced an overflowing toilet bowl. Just in case you don’t flush down any other stuff down there, you know what’s clogging it. In any case, here [...]