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15 Genius DIY Ways To Make Your Home Smell Great. Air fresheners are a must for most homes today.

15 Genius DIY Ways To Make Your Home Smell Great

Whether you have pets, children or simply love to cook, there are always going to be odors in the home. Most people choose to cover up those odors or eliminate them with expensive sprays and plug-ins. For YOU DIY’ers however, there are some great ways to make your home smell wonderful without spending a fortune on sprays and potions. Whether you prefer plug-ins, Febreze sprays or just having a pot of potpourri simmering, you can easily give your home a wonderful scent without breaking the bank and you can choose the precise scent that you want. We have collected a wonderful list of 15 ways to give your home a better scent and these are all DIY methods. 5 Ideas/Projects per page to improve user experience, use the navigational buttons.

Simmer Liquid Fabric Softener. Bar Into Liquid Hand Soap. I have a confession to make: I hate bar soap.

Bar Into Liquid Hand Soap

It gets dirty, is annoying to handle, and takes too long to use up. Despite this, people like to give me bar soap as a gift, which I feel guilty not using. So I’ve been buying liquid hand soap at $3 a bottle and putting the bar soap in a box with the intention of finding a use for it. Then it occurred to me that I might be able to convert the bar soap into liquid hand soap. Why didn’t I think of it before? So I tried it and was thrilled to find that it works great! Glycerin is made from plant oils and is commonly used in soaps, shampoos, and moisturizers.

Ingredients: 1 c soap flakes 10 c water 1 Tbs glycerin. DIY: Gallon Of Liquid Hand Soap From A Bar Of Soap. Uses For Unmatched Socks. After the laundry is all done, there always seems to be a small pile of socks that the matches never show up for.

Uses For Unmatched Socks

Instead of throwing out those mismatched socks, find a way to use them in a different way around the house. This is a guide about uses for unmatched socks. Solutions: Uses for Unmatched Socks Read and rate the best solutions below by giving them a "thumbs up". Tip: Recycled Sock Cozies I used to recycle old socks by cutting the toe section off, then sliding the sock over my children's bottles, sippy cups, juice boxes or canned drinks. By Cblack28 from Walton, KY Tip: Use Lonely Socks to Keep Gas Off Hands When filling the gas tank on my vehicle I seem to always get the smell of gas on my hands. 21 Clever Tricks To Improve Your Car. 15 Surprising Uses for Aluminium Foil. Around the House. 1.

15 Surprising Uses for Aluminium Foil

Prevent Paint from Dripping on your Doorknobs. Wrap doorknobs and hinges in foil. No need to remove them when you’re repainting a room. 2. 3. More: How Does Your Salary Affect Your Health? Fashion & Beauty. 4. 5. 6. 7. See Also: 8 Scary Hidden Ingredients in Processed Foods. 10 Clever Uses For Toilet Paper Tubes. There’s a tube at the center of every roll of toilet paper.

10 Clever Uses For Toilet Paper Tubes

And there are many, many rolls of toilet paper. Every bathroom, every home, every business, every plumber, millions and millions of rolls. And you recycle ‘em, sure, but what if you could keep them out of the bin all together? Well you can. That little piece of cardboard can serve a multitude of functions, and I don’t just mean children’s craft projects. Saving Money On Puppy Piddle Pads. Piddle pads can be great for puppy training and dogs that need to be indoors for long periods of time, although they can be expensive.

Saving Money On Puppy Piddle Pads

This guide is about saving money on piddle pads. Solutions: Saving Money on Piddle Pads Read and rate the best solutions below by giving them a "thumbs up". Article: Adult Pads as Alternative to "Puppy Pads" Most everyone I know owns a pet. The dog I adopted, Daisy, was the only dog left when I got to the store and she looked terrified.

Normally she comes to me and gives me the look that I know means that she needs to go outside. By Nickykitty from Cullman, AL Give a "thumbs up" to the solution that worked the best! Making Homemade Puppy Piddle Pads. For training puppies and dogs unable to go out to relieve themselves, piddle pads can be helpful, but expensive.

Making Homemade Puppy Piddle Pads

This guide is about making homemade piddle pads. Solutions: Making Homemade Piddle Pads Read and rate the best solutions below by giving them a "thumbs up". Tip: Towels As Homemade Piddle Pads Purchase a roll of plastic carpet runner. Next, purchase a supply of towels from a dollar store or resale shop like the Salvation Army stores. Old T-Shirts As Swiffer Replacement. The Swiffer is a handy and quick way to keep your floors clean.

Old T-Shirts As Swiffer Replacement

However, buying the extra pads or other refills, can really add up. Make Reusable Swiffer Covers. Home » $1 and Free, cheap crafts, Headline, Office Crafts 16 April 2009 428,983 views 53 Comments by heather In the spirit of spring cleaning, I offer Merwing-Little Dear's super-easy tutorial for making your own Swiffer duster covers!

Make Reusable Swiffer Covers

When you're done using them, toss 'em into the laundry! Now you have no excuse for not mopping and dusting! You can make them out of fleece blankets from the dollar store, or better yet, microfiber dusting cloths (yes, they sell those at the DS too!). Project Estimate: Microfiber towel or fleece blanket, $1 Total cost: $1 Disclosure: this article may contain affiliate links or other forms of sponsored content. These Are Some Useful Tricks.