Cheap and Practical Large Pin-up Board
very innovative and nice looking to boot! when i needed something similar, i used a large piece of corrugated cardboard (the side of a huge shipping box) and covered it with fabric. i use straight pins to stick items to it. its been working for over 10 years...
Make Your Own Box Fan Air Filter
my son and daughter in love in Seattle did this! the smoke was making their throats scratchy and giving them migraines. they said it worked very well.
Are these Insect Eggs?
that looks exactly like mouse droppings (poop). i have dealt with it in my own home. carpet beetle eggs are whitish. fly eggs are white(and tiny).
How to Fix Damaged Surfaces of Wood Furniture
thanks for this tutorial! i have some of those markers but was uncertain how they were used. it certainly looks like they make the furniture look MUCH better!
Removing Mold from Dish Drainer
mine wont fit in my sink so i put it in my bathtub, need to use more bleach though. now if i could just figure out something to remove the hard water buildup!
Homemade Glue Dots
what a great idea! i love glue dots for making cards - keeps the things i glue from wrinkling the paper up. im going to try this! thanks. :)
Social Security and Child Support?
i would contact Social Security. when i was payee for my son, they sent forms each year wanting to know how i spent the money i was paid on his behalf (hint: it was supposed to be related to his upkeep - rent, clothes, medicine, food, school expenses, gifts...
Re-dyeing Hair?
Semi-permanent hair color washes out in 6-12 shampoos. Wash it every day and you ought to be able to color it in a week or so. BTW, you cant lighten your hair with a semi-permanent hair color because it has no peroxide (thats what lifts the color out of your...
Homemade Carpet Shampoo That Works
In the example shown, the carpet is white. Does the lemon juice in your recipe have a bleaching effect on colored carpets?
Hydrogen Peroxide to Remove Pet Urine Odor
I used a mixture of peroxide and baking soda to get cat urine smell out of my hardwood floors after my renter moved out. she had let her cats use the floor as a litterbox -ewww! we thought wed have to replace the flooring. I sprinkled baking soda on the floor...
Cleaning a Very Burnt Saucepan
I am going to try this! my burnt pan has a nonstick finish so the aluminum foil scrubby isnt going to work. thanks!
When Are You Being Too Frugal?
or maybe she honestly didnt feel the need for one. i have never felt the need for a dishwasher.
When Are You Being Too Frugal?
for years i did not buy cupcake pan liners because i thought i could not afford them, just made my muffins and cupcakes right in the pan. when i became a little better off financially i bought a box and discovered it was less than a dollar! when i think of...
Saving Buttons
i was going to say that, if youre going to remove the buttons theres no sense in donating the garment. i work in a thrift shop and people just dont buy things without buttons. they might buy something missing one button but not something buttonless.
Waste Nothing: Creative Recycled Crafting
i remember when i was a kid my Grandma made a great footstool by weighting big coffee cans with sand (not completely full, just enough to give it heft) wiring them together in a circle with one in the middle and then covering the whole thing with upholstery...
Standing Baby Craft
These are so cute! In my area of Texas, Ive seen them dressed in little jeans and cowboy boots/hats...saw one today that even had a Skoal can in the back pocket! Around here they are called Pouters.
