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27 Chemical-Free Recipes for DIY Spring Cleaning. Spring is finally near (please?)

27 Chemical-Free Recipes for DIY Spring Cleaning

, and that means it’s time for lounging in the grass, tossin’ the disc, barbecuing with friends, and scouring your living space from top to bottom. While it might be tempting to spray your whole place with bleach (that makes things “clean,” right?) , a lot of common household cleaning products are actually pretty toxic to our health. Luckily, there are alternative ways to keep things fresh and sanitary. Read on for the low-down on cleaning every area of the home, DIY style. 30 Things On Amazon That Have Tons Of Five-Star Reviews Because They Rule. If You Looked Up Clever In The Dictionary, It’d Be Pictures Of These 39 Best-Selling Products On Amazon. How to Clean Stainless Steel Appliances and Surfaces. Your Total Home Organizing and Decluttering Guide. So here we are, yet another new year with more clutter, more stuff, and more ways to ORGANIZE it.

Your Total Home Organizing and Decluttering Guide

More bins and baskets to corral it, which will for most, become next years additional clutter. You want to slap me right? (Go right ahead.) Here's a tip: Reduce it all by about thirty percent. The Kon Mari Method of Organizing Might Change Your Life. After nearly 8 years living in the same apartment, I’m maxed out on space.

The Kon Mari Method of Organizing Might Change Your Life

I’m constantly donating bags of unwanted items to the GoodWill but despite this, I still have too much stuff and not enough space to put it in. I’m constantly rationalizing why I should keep something: “If I lose 5 lbs I’ll love it … maybe it’ll be back in style someday … it was a gift …” those kind of excuses are huge contributing factors to my clutter crisis. Since I’m on a massive mission to declutter, I was excited to discover the Kon Mari Method by Japanese organizing guru Marie Kondo whose internationally best-selling book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing,” was recently released in the US. In the book, Kondo walks us through her extreme strategy for simplifying, organizing and storing your belongings. Here are 7 do’s and don’ts from the KonMari Method to help you successfully declutter so you can enjoy a tidy home forever … 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 101 Household Tips for Every Room in your Home.

100 Life Hacks That Make Life Easier. Want to learn some quick and easy life hacks that are easy to do, low cost and saves you time?

100 Life Hacks That Make Life Easier

You’re in luck. We have collected 100 of these practical life hacks into this one big list that is easy to digest because they’re all images! By tweaking little things, it can make your life much easier. Enjoy! 33 Meticulous Cleaning Tricks For The OCD Person Inside You. Clean a Dull Stainless Steel Sink. Edit Edited by Mari bun, Jack Herrick, Zack, Ben Rubenstein and 11 others Does your sink make you cringe? Is it old and dingy? How to Clean a Stainless Steel Sink. How do I Remove Scratches on a Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink? Fluster Buster: Household Tips: 26 Uses for Mint (WWII Series)

When I hear the word mint, it makes me think of tea, desserts, lamb and my favorite, Mojito's, but it has never made me think of household tips.

Fluster Buster: Household Tips: 26 Uses for Mint (WWII Series)

That is until we started putting together this list of household uses for mint. Much to my amazement, one of my favorite herbs can do so much more than just flavor my food and drinks. Mint is among many of the herbs that offer healing properties to many ailments and can be used around the house to solve common household problems. Health Always consult a doctor before using mint as a treatment Beauty Face – to clean, bring a bundle of mint to a boil in a pan of water.

Miscellaneous Ants – to repel, place mint leaves in cupboards and drawers.Ants – to repel, plant mint near doors and windows.Carpet – to freshen, mix 2 tablespoons of crushed, dried mint leaves to 1 cup of baking soda. 50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World. Life hacks are little ways to make our lives easier.

50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World

These low-budget tips and trick can help you organize and de-clutter space; prolong and preserve your products; or teach you something (e.g., tie a full Windsor) that you simply did not know before. Most of these came from a great post on tumblr. There is also a great subreddit ‘r/lifehacks‘ with some fantastic tips as well. 20. Separate egg yolks like a boss 40. Sources. 45 Uses For Lemons That Will Blow Your Socks Off. Most people are familiar with the traditional uses for lemons to soothe sore throats and add some citrus flavor to our foods.

45 Uses For Lemons That Will Blow Your Socks Off

However the diversity of applications for lemons far exceeds general knowledge and once you read the following list, you’ll likely want to stock at least a few lemons in your kitchen 24-7. 1. 7 Survival Tips That Could Save Your Life. #2 Is Awesome! Have you ever wondered how to filter water, keep away the mosquitos or how to make a solar microwave?

7 Survival Tips That Could Save Your Life. #2 Is Awesome!

These tips might save your life one day. 1. Need some light in a pinch and a candle alone won’t cut it? Grab a soda can and cut open the sides, fold them out and place the candle in. IHeart Organizing. 52 Totally Feasible Ways To Organize Your Entire Home. Make a Lamp from an Orange in 1 minute.