Twenty-Four Clever Ideas To Make Life Easier

Ideas to Make Life Easier Why didn't I think of that?!  We guarantee you'll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems. Hull strawberries easily using a straw. Rubbing a walnut over scratches on your furniture and floors will disguise dings and scrapes.  Use a pecan on darker wood. Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40. Stop cut apples browning in your child's lunch box by securing with a rubber band. Overhaul your linen cupboard, store bed linen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match. Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone & iPod in a bowl.  The concave shape amplifies the music. Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags. Add this item to your beach bag.  Baby powder gets sand off your skin easily, who knew?! Attach a Velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys. Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls against the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the floor. Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose. Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid. For those who can't stand the scrunching and bunching: how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet. Forever losing your bathroom essentials?  Use magnetic strips to store bobby pins, tweezers and clippers, behind a vanity door Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty soles rubbing on your clothes.  And you can find them in just about every hotel. A muffin pan becomes a craft caddy.  Magnets hold the plastic cups down to make them tip-resistant. Bread tags make the perfect cord labels. Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones, so much more fun and easier for kids to eat. Microwave your own popcorn in a plain brown paper bag.  Much healthier and cheaper than the packet stuff. Install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles. Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough over the top and voila, you have cookie bowls for fruit or ice-cream. Freeze Aloe Vera in ice-cube trays for soothing sunburn relief. Create a window-box veggie patch using guttering. Use egg cartons to separate and store your Christmas decorations.

 

 

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Posted By Karen Herrmann-Doolan, Proud Member of Nature's Sunshine Herbsplus4health.com to Health and Nutrition with Nature's Sunshine at 1/04/2012 02:03:00 PM