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Pretty much the best website ever: knockoff DIYs of retail decor. (anthropologie, ballard design, crate & barrel, land of nod, pier 1, pottery barn, restoration hardware, urban outfitters, west elm, williams-sonoma and others). Truly some of the neatest ideas ever!!
{décor inspiraton | diy : silver straw baskets, for storage & the market} by {this is glamorous}, via Flickr
Neat idea. A ball of foil in the dryer prevents static cling.
Put your phone in a glass to make the music loud enough to fill the room!
Nice clay flowerpots turned into tea lights holders @ annekata
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Make small plants grow and by cutting a large plastic soda / water bottle in half – and voila. Now you have a nice bell, you can put over your flowerpot.
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Gotcha! Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose.
For easy pancake designs..... also for storing pancake batter so you can make only a few pancakes at a time
De-tarnish ALL your silver ALL at once... line your sink with aluminum foil, add 1/2 c table salt, 1/2 c. baking soda, fill with hot water, then dump in all your silver! Let sit for about 30 min. The tarnish all transfers to the foil
Use baking soda and vinegar to fix funky towels. Over time, and with many washes, your bath towels will build up detergent and fabric softener residue, leaving them both unable to absorb as much water and smelling kinda funky when they do. Rather than give Target another lump sum, run them through the wash once with hot water and a cup of vinegar, then again with hot water and a half-cup of baking soda, as wikiHow suggests. That strips the residue from them, leaves them smelling fairly fresh ...
to get balloons to hang upside down put a marble inside before blowing up.
line flowerpots with coffee filters to keep dirt from falling out
Rubbed with waxed paper, water doesn't leave a mark on fixtures.
after cleaning your baseboards, rub drier sheets over them to keep dust from coming back
VERY detailed explanation of how to reupholster a chair.
Cut open toilet paper rolls and use as a cuff to save your wrapping paper. Definitely worth trying.
A step-by-step by Benita to make a interchancheable button pillow set.
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use a marshmallow to keep your sugar soft! Or also fresh orange peel
Fill a plastic glove with water and freeze it. For bumps and hits.
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Aluminum Foil as Glassware Scrubber To get baked-on food off a glass pan or an oven rack, use dishwashing liquid and a ball of foil in place of a steel-wool soap pad. It's one way to recycle those used but perfectly good pieces of foil you hate to throw out.
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A tiny and adorable little printer for personal use. Print out notes, reminders and updates!
What a great way to serve salad at a BBQ, no bug/fly problems!
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Making those wonderful ornament wreaths...who knew it was this easy?
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