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20 New Uses For Everyday Items

Life isn’t quite as complicated when you have a few tips and tricks up your sleeve. It’s amazing how many unintended uses there are for everyday items (rubber bands, nail polish, muffin liners). I’ve been using a few of these for years, but was surprised at how many of them I had never thought of. Here’s to making life just a bit easier! I’ve compiled a collection of clever uses for things you probably already have in your house.

1. Clear Nail Polish To Secure Screws

Nail polish works like an invisible glue, helping those sometimes loose screws to stay in their place. Another tip: If it’s too late and your screw is already lost, a small earring stud will hold it together until you’re able to replace the screw.

2. Clear Nail Polish To Secure Buttons

Just a dab will also keep button threads from unraveling. You can apply it as a prevention or to stop an already fraying thread in the case that you don’t have a sewing kit handy.

3. Makeup Brush To Clean In Between Keys

An old makeup brush is the perfect size to fit in between the keys on your keyboard and remove dust and small Doritos crumbs.

 

 

4. Rubber Band Latch Stopper

This rubber band trick keeps a door latch from opening; perfect for a baby’s room door that needs to be kept quiet, or if you are going in and out of a door and don’t have your hands free to turn the knob. Could be very useful on moving day!

5. Rubber Band Paint Scraper

To keep the edges of your paint can clean for easy clean up and sealing, stretch a rubber band around the can and use it to wipe excess paint off of your brushes.

6. Buttons As Earring Holders

Keep those earring pairs together with buttons! This is not only useful for traveling, but if you have a large collection, it will also make them easier to find in your jewelry box.

7. Pool Noodles As Boot Stands

Keep your boots looking their best in an upright position using pool noodles. They are the perfect size, lightweight, and much cheaper than boot stands.

. Pipe Cleaners As A No-Slip Aid

I have this problem all the time, especially with my wide mouthed shirts. You can keep them from sliding off by wrapping pipe cleaners around the ends, and I’ve also seen this done with wide rubber bands looped around the top and bottom of both ends of the hanger.

9. Binder Clip As A Money Clip / Keychain

Use a binder clip to hold your paper money, then attach your keys to make it double as a key ring.

10. Light Bulb Packaging As A Photo Protector

Protect photos and documents from bending in the mail with the packaging that comes with most light bulbs. Simply remove the interior cardboard and it will fold at the crease.

11. Bag Closures As Cord Labels

With all of the different cords we have plugged into our power strips these days, it can be quite puzzling which cords go to which devices. Label them with bag closures to help lessen the confusion.

2. Muffin Wrapper As A Drip Catcher

If you have little ones, you know how much of a mess a simple popsicle can be. Poke a hole in the bottom of a muffin liner with the end of the popsicle stick, slide it up, and worry less about how many drips you’ll be cleaning up off of the furniture, floor and their clothes later.

13. Muffin Liner As A Jar Cover

A cute and quick way to decorate small jars! Top them off with a pretty ribbon and they make for fabulous gifts.

14. Shower Cap As A Shoe Cover

I’m not sure that I’ve ever actually used a shower cap, but for whatever reason I’ve started a small collection from those freebies you get at hotels. Use them to cover the soles of your shoes before packing them in a suitcase. This keeps the dirt and grime from getting on the rest of your packed items!

15. Tape As A Scoop Scraper

Place a strip of masking tape across the top of baking containers to easily get a perfect level scoop. This allows you to scoop single handed, and the tape is thin enough to where the lid will fit back on without having to remove it for future use.

16. Shower Hooks As Closet Organizers

Use those handy shower hooks to hang purses, scarves, hats, ties, belts, or anything else your closet demands!

17. Dryer Sheets To Clean Baseboards

Why? Not just because they will leave your house smelling amazing, but the fabric softener works as a dust repellent, and for you, this means less cleaning and less often.

18. Dryer Sheets To Clean Soap Scum

Soap scum AND water spots! They are the toughest and most frustrating part of cleaning any bathroom. I’m not sure exactly what it is in a dryer sheet that helps get rid of these two annoyances, but it really does seem to work! Bonus: they smell much better than that awful soap scum remover.

19. Tissue Box As Plastic Bag Storage

When your tissues run out, repurpose those pretty boxes to hold plastic bags! They work perfectly to disperse just one bag at a time.

20. Hair Straightener As A Fabric Iron

Irons work most of the time, but what about for small hems, shirt straps or in between buttons? A hair straightener fits into these small spaces much easier. You can also use one to iron and flatten out crumpled up ribbon and cloth belts.

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