Clever ideas to make life easier

Some uses of ordinary items for extraordinary fixesClever ideas: use a walnut to heal furniture scratches

Via: apartmenttherapy.com

Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes.

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Clever ideas: WD40 for cleaning crayon off TV screens
Via: unplggd.com

Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40 (also works on walls).

Clever ideas: store bedlinen sets inside their pillowcases
Via: marthastewart.com

Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match.

Clever ideas: bowl as iPhone sound amplifier
Via: realsimple.com

Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music.

Clever ideas: gift wrap storage on cupboard ceiling
Via: flickr.com

Look up! Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls against the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the floor.

Clever idea: stocking over vacuum to pick up lost items
Via: instructables.com

Gotcha! Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose.

Clever idea: magnetic bobbypin storage
Via: sprwmn.blogspot.com

Forever losing your bathroom essentials? Use magnetic strips to store bobby pins (and tweezers and clippers) behind a vanity door

Clever idea: use shower caps to hold shoes when packing
Via: realsimple.com

A tip for holiday packing. Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty soles rubbing on your clothes. And you can find them in just about every hotel!

Clever idea: bread tags as cable labels
Via: unplggd.com

Bread tags make the perfect-sized cord labels.

Clever idea: use a tension rod to hang spray bottles
Via: jengrantmorris.blogspot.com

Brilliant space-saver: install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles. Genius!

Clever idea: egg cartons for Christmas ornament storage
Via: re-nest.com

Use egg cartons to separate and store your Christmas decorations.

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