Homesteading Forum banner

Handy tips for the home

9K views 50 replies 19 participants last post by  Fishindude 
#1 ·
Thought it'd be nice to compile some handy tips for the home. I'll keep adding as I think of them.

  • The little hoop on the inside of a jacket is for putting a hangar through in order to hang. (You might think "duh,," but this was a eureka moment for me)
  • Put a kitchen garbage bag in your bathroom garbage cans. That way when you go to empty out the trash, you have extra room to throw away other stuff you're picking up.
 
#39 ·
I have the swifter with no bottle for solution. I use cut up t-shirts to dry mop the floors. I do still end up with a little pile of stuff that doesn't stick to the cloth. You can also use scraps of fleece. To scrub the floors, I use cut up towels or the dish cloths with net on one side I put a bunch of them in a little bucket of water/cleaner and scrub away. Cheaper than the wet-jet solution. I use maybe a half dozen each time. Into the washer they go.
 
#41 ·
Good tips! I already have in my mind to use some type of scrubby material on the swiffer for some stubborn parts of the floors.

That is why I went with the dry mop. I can use many various things for pads and my own solution of cleaner in a spray bottle from the dollar store.

Great stuff!
 
#47 ·
I save plastic gift cards or other similar items like the fake credit cards you sometimes get it the mail to use as pot scrapers.They're great for getting stuck on casserole bits off,and come in handy when there's stuff stuck on the stovetop,too.
This is a great idea!

My wife has a scraper that came from TupperWare way back when. It’s merely a square piece of plastic beveled at the edge. I use it all the time and wondered how I would replace it if I ever needed to.
 
#51 ·
We have a hook right beside the exterior doors with a flashlight hanging on it, very handy and always know where it's at.

Cheap carpet remnants on garage floor at entry to house. Keeps the house cleaner and a good place to take off boots. When they get dirty, I hang them on a saw horse, hose them out and sun dry. When they get bad, just throw them out and replace.

Keep some cardboard boxes in back of the car or pickup most of the time, so small items and groceries don't roll around in transport.

Keep a 6' "boat docking hook" in bed of my pickup to hook and drag things out, or push items to front of the bed. Almost never have to crawl up in the truck bed anymore.
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top