Archive | March, 2013

Affordable Weekend DIY Projects

The bathroom and kitchen are obviously expensive rooms to completely makeover. However, you don’t have to replace any of your units to give your bathroom a face lift. You’ll be surprised at how removing your old sealant (caulk) and replacing it with new will make your entire bathroom look brand new. It’s not your tub […]

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Uses For Baby Oil In Housekeeping

Before we look at uses for baby oil in housekeeping, answer this question: If Olive oil is made from olives, coconut oil - from coconuts, crude oil - from crude (you’ve got to know I’m kidding right?), and corn oil is made from corn, what is Baby Oil made from? We’ve taken a short break […]

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Face Lift For Your Front Door

Here’s an easy face lift for your front door! Spring-cleaning is a fabulous way to celebrate the end of winter. But no matter how clean the inside of your home is, the first thing people see is your front door. Peeling varnish, faded paint and tarnished or rusted hardware do not give the fresh and […]

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Uses For Salt In Housekeeping

Do you know that there are several non-cooking uses for salt in housekeeping? We’ve already looked at the uses of Vaseline and saw that there’s no need to buy expensive items to do DIY work, cleaning, repairing etc around the home. Salt works in the same way too and can be a cheap alternative to a […]

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Make Your Home Beautiful With Paint

People who have lots of money can afford to buy expensive paintings, posh accessories and fancy furniture for their homes. They can decorate their walls gloriously with pictures and mirrors the rest of us can only dream of having. However, this doesn’t mean we can’t use a very common resource to our full advantage. Paint […]

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