Household Tips

You may not think of paper towels as a huge expense but if you are really struggling financially any expense no matter how small or big could impact your budget or maybe you just want to do your part to reduce your footprint and consume less. You could start with paper towels, I’ll be honest

Everything is packaged in that hard plastic now and you risk losing a finger trying to open it with a knife because scissors won’t even cut through it. Get out your can opener, it cuts through the plastic like it’s butter!

Use ordinary 70% Isopropyl Alcohol to clean sticky hair spray residue from your mirror, bathroom countertop and even the barrel of your curling iron. I’m sure you have some in your first aid supplies, if you don’t it’s really inexpensive at any drug store, I have the little alcohol swabs (got them free from couponing)

You want your house to smell good, you can try the sprays and plug-in devices but those are full of chemicals. The thought of your family breathing in all those toxic fumes, yuck! I do like to use candles but you have to be very careful if you have kids or pets. I’m envisioning my

If you have one of the front load HE washers you know that they can sometimes get stinky. Mine does and the user manual tells you to leave the door open to let it air out but I can’t always leave the door open because of where it is. If you read your instruction manual

Who doesn’t love bacon? We love bacon, it’s not something we eat all the time, besides just having it for breakfast there are a few meals I make that have some bacon in it. I love the convenience of being able to cook bacon without all the splattering and standing over the pan and flipping

We love our coffee here in the Pacific NW, I think it’s the drizzly dark days where it feels like it’s morning all day long so you just drink coffee all day, or maybe it’s the fact that there is a Starbucks on every corner and you can’t walk 10ft without walking into a coffee

Make your own little deodorizing, freshening sachets out of baking soda and coffee filters. I have the cone style but I think the basket style works best, fill it with baking soda and tie something around the top. You could put them anywhere, shoes, pockets of coats, hang a couple in your closet from a

I know this looks a little ghetto but if you need garment bags for nice clothes in your closet, just use large shopping bags and your own hangers. It doesn’t look great but if it keeps the dust off and protects your clothing then why not, nobody else has to see it and it’s a