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Low cost, super easy ways to live well without spending lots of cash or killing the environment. Everyone wins! Plus you get to channel your inner punk rock homemaker. Want more tips and love? I'm always here: www.happykatie.com
This sounds CRAZY, but it works like MAGIC.
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Great affordable bottles - functional and perfect for decorating too!
Regrowing celery from the stalk/base end you normally throw out
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My absolute fave homemade laundry detergent (and peppermint spray cleaner) recipe - cheap, super fast and easy. Never going back to the chemical-y expensive stuff again.
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Rain barrel from a trash can. Reuse the water from your gutter to water your garden!
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Orange peels, vinegar in a quart jar, let sit for 10 days or so...strain out the liquid and use as an all-purpose cleaner. Easy, cheap, natural, smells good! Orange peels, vinegar in a quart jar, let sit for 10 days or so...strain out the liquid and use as an all-purpose cleaner. Easy, cheap, natural, smells good!
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Adhesive tile spruces up storage areas When the floor of your sink cabinet needs a spruce-up, lay down squares of self-adhesive vinyl tile. They're about a buck a square at home centers and provide an easy-to-wipe clean surface.
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Chore chart - Daily weekday chores for a cleaning-free weekend? I wonder if I could actually stick to this? :) #cleaning
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Homemade Fabric Softener What You’ll Need: 6 cups HOT water 3 cups white vinegar 2 cups Suave Refreshing Waterfall Conditioner {or other favorite scent} What You’ll Do: Mix conditioner & hot water well, until conditioner is dissolved completely. Add the vinegar, and mix well. Store in a large container {empty fabric softener container, empty large vinegar bottle, etc} Pour into a downy ball… or use approx. 2 tbsp. in the fabric softener spot in your laundry machine… then wash!
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Make your own Mrs. Meyer's liquid hand soap for nada.
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Better than pricey pore cleaning strips, almost as fun as Elmer's glue on your hands.
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Liquid laundry detergent, in bulk for next to nothing.
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Toilet paper rolls and glue = wall art awesomeness.
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Homemade giant crocheted rug, yes please. Recycle those old t-shirts, sheets and blankets!
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DIY cinder block planter - cheap, funky and perfect for weird blank spaces in your yard and along a fenceline.
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