Household
Hacks for HOME
For the Bathroom
• Wine Rack Towel Holders: Impress your guests by hanging a wine rack in your guest bathroom to make your nicest towels and washcloths available for your guests. • Non-Slip Rugs: Keep area rugs from slipping by applying flexible acrylic-latex caulk on the edge and middle of the underside of the rug. • At-Home Sauna: Create your own rejuvenating 10-minute sauna by tying eucalyptus branches to the pipe that extends from the wall to your shower head. • Fog-Free Bathroom Mirrors: To prevent your bathroom mirror from fogging up, use a paper towel to rub a small amount of shampoo on your bathroom mirror. Wipe the mirror with a clean cloth. And if you want to shave in the shower, rub a little shaving cream on your shower mirror and then wipe it off. • Easy Open Nail Polish: Wrap a rubber band around the top of a nail polish bottle to make it easier to open. • Don’t Lose Small Items: Glue a magnetic strip magnet inside your medicine cabinet door to hold bobby pins, barrettes, tweezers, nail clippers and manicure scissors out of
sight and within reach. Look for magnetic strips with glue on one side.
For the Bedroom
• Foam Noodle Bed Inserts: A foam pool noodle will keep your child or elderly patient from falling out of bed. Tuck the noodle under the fitted sheet near the edge of the bed.
For the Kitchen • Bag Dispensers:
• Tack a tissue box inside your pantry or cupboard to corral and dispense plastic grocery bags when you need them. • Keep food storage and sandwich bags handy and out of the way by opening along the V-shaped perforations and tacking the flap inside your cupboard. • Frame Your Message Board: Picture frames are prettier than chalkboards. Put a pretty backing behind the glass in a thriftstore frame and hang it on the wall. Use a dry-erase pen to write love notes, lists and daily reminders. You can also use the dryerase pen on your bathroom mirror for daily reminders. • Protecting Your Takeout: When bringing home pizza or other take-out food, keep
it level by putting an empty soda bottle at the back of your car’s passenger seat so the container rests flat. If your car has heated seats, turn the passenger’s seat on to help prevent it from getting cold.
For Keys
• Color Code Your Keys: Eliminate key confusion by painting the top of each one with a different color of acrylic nail polish. Keep a color-coded list of which is which in a safe place. • Don’t Be Locked Out: If you have the kind of door that locks automatically when you close it, you have probably been locked out more than once. Prevent this by stretching rubber band around the knob on one side of the door, twisting it once, and stretching it around the knob on the other side of the door. This will hold the latch in. You could also use masking tape. • Use a Staple Remover on Key Rings: Open key rings easily with a staple remover.
12 LIFE HACKS GATEHOUSE PREMIUM EDITION