Category: Tips

This Is the Worst Way to Clean Before Company Comes Over
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This Is the Worst Way to Clean Before Company Comes Over

If you’re like me, then about half an hour before any house guests arrive you frantically run through the living and dining room, sweep any evidence of actually living in your apartment off of your surfaces, and jam all that...
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The Best Way to Clean Wine Stains
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The Best Way to Clean Wine Stains

So you threw your friend a cocktail party for her birthday? That’s so sweet of you! And someone spilled all the booze? Or some of it? That’s not sweet at all! Luckily, you can easily clean it up, as long...
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Does the Marie Kondo Method Work on the Fridge?
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Does the Marie Kondo Method Work on the Fridge?

I consider myself an organized gal. My house is fairly tidy, I know just where everything is, and I’ve interviewed dozens of organizing pros over the years and almost always think, yeah, I do that. And when Marie Kondo’s The...
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How To Clean Your Microwave Naturally with Just a Lemon
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How To Clean Your Microwave Naturally with Just a Lemon

We get a two-for-one deal with this one; not only is it possible to get a squeaky-clean microwave without using harsh chemicals in a spot where we also heat our food, but this is also hands-down the easiest way to...
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How To DIY Your Own All-Purpose Kitchen Cleaner
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How To DIY Your Own All-Purpose Kitchen Cleaner

You could buy a lemon-scented all-purpose cleaner at the store, or you could make your own using real lemons and some white distilled vinegar. You see, thanks to its concentration of acetic acid, vinegar is a potent cleaner and it’s...
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Can Lemon Peels Really Keep Ants Away?
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Can Lemon Peels Really Keep Ants Away?

It doesn’t matter where you live: Ants will almost certainly find you. They tend to pop up in the spring and can linger through summer, foraging through your kitchen for food. These persistent pests can sneak in anywhere they might...
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How To Restore a Rusty Cast Iron Skillet
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How To Restore a Rusty Cast Iron Skillet

The method to cleaning cast iron is something of tradition passed down to generations along with the cookware itself. Some cooks and cast iron diehards dare not let theirs near water, much less soap of any sort, and letting one...
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Try These Easy DIY Air Freshener Hacks
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Try These Easy DIY Air Freshener Hacks

Whether you’ve just cooked a pungent meal, the house has been closed up for bad weather, or someone has been sick in your home, your indoor air can get pretty stale. Even if nothing has happened, the buildup of smells...
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Repel or Get Rid Of Fruit Flies Once and For All

Are fruit flies a plague in your kitchen? With the summer heat coming (and kinda already here in some parts of the country!), plus ripe stone fruit, juicy tomatoes, and sticky cherries and grapes, tiny fruit flies can be an...
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8 Easy Ways to Make Your Fridge Work for You
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8 Easy Ways to Make Your Fridge Work for You

The refrigerator is certainly the hardest working appliance in any kitchen. (No offense, Mr. Oven!) For those who don’t cook, it’s busy holding your leftover takeout and bottles of wine; for those who do, it’s a constantly rotating repository...
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