Helpful Hints & Tips Archive

Cleaner Home Improvement

To catch the dust while drilling a hole, poke the drill bit through the bottom of a small paper cup

To keep your summer drinks or white wine cold, drop a few frozen seedless grapes into the beverage. As the grapes thaw,

To keep mosquitos and other biting insects at bay, tuck a few new/unused dryer sheets into your pockets.

If you purchase cilantro from the supermarket or farmers’ market, try this trick to keep it fresher longer: Untie the bunch

While silverfish are harmless, they can be annoying pests. To keep them from invading, try this home remedy: place whole cloves

Got mice? Cotton balls with a few drops of eucalyptus essential oil or peppermint oil, are great mice deterrents. Place

Before juicing lemons, oranges, or limes, zest the peels first for use in cakes, muffins, frostings, etc. Scrub or soak

Raw onions are delicious on burgers and sandwiches but they can really create strong odors in the house and on your

Grow basil in pots and flowerbeds near your doorways and windows — it’s a natural way to repel flies and mosquitos

To keep bugs away, replace your outdoor white light bulbs with yellow LED or CFL bulbs. Yellow light contains less