Useful Tips

[Merlin]

Bread Clips Can Make Sense of Your Entertainment Center

If you’re anything like me, your home entertainment center is bursting at the seams with electronic devices, including — but not limited to — a television, cable box, speakers, and video game consoles. With all that tech, it sometimes becomes hard to sort through the jungle of wires connected to these various devices.

A quick fix to this is to use the plastic clips that are used to close bags of sliced bread. Write the name of each electronic device on each, and clip it to the device’s respective wire.

[Merlin]

A Staple Remover Is the KEY to Saving Your Nails

On the list of complicated life tasks, adding and removing keys from a keyring ranks shockingly high, especially for those with nails they don’t want to break.

Luckily, there’s a simple household solution for this: a staple remover. The device’s “teeth” can easily slide the keyring open, without a busted nail in sight.

[Merlin]

Squeaky Doors and Hinges? Put Some Pam on Them

Having an issue with squeaky doors, windows, or other hinges? Spray them down with some Pam.

Yes, the kind of Pam you cook with.

[Merlin]

Clip Those Pesky Chargers

 

Tired of your numerous chargers falling to the floor and becoming a tangled mess when you’re not using them?

Attach binder clips to the back of your desk, and then feed each of your wires through a clip, keeping them separate and organized.

[Merlin]

Lollipop-Colored Drinks

If you’re looking for a fun way to spice up a summer party, you can use lollipops to turn boring, clear drinks colorful.

Just turn the lollipop upside down, plop it into a glass of water (or something stronger, if you’d prefer), and allow the candy to color the drink. It will also make your beverage much sweeter.

[Merlin]

Clean Your House With Frozen Dish Soap Cubes

A TikTok user went viral after showing how to clean your oven racks using frozen dish soap. Leaving many in disbelief and only the need to try it themselves, it turns out the method actually works as stains can be seen sliding off the oven racks with by using the frozen cubes. All you have to do is fill up your ice trays with dish soap and throw it in the freezer for a few hours.

[Merlin]

Boot Shapers

Tired of your knee-high boots flopping all over the entryway? Use pool noodles as boot shapers to keep them upright, organized, and in great shape. No need to buy expensive boot shapers when $1 noodles will do!

[Merlin]

Clean Toilet Bowl With Coca-Cola

Nobody likes to clean the toilet, so anything you can do to speed up the process, the better. Those stains that build up can easily be removed with our trusty friend, Coca-Cola. Pour a can into the bowl and let it stand for an hour. The carbonation will lift the stains, and a simple scrub with the brush should finish the job.