Posts Tagged ‘household’

Motivational Tips to Hack Your Day

Admittedly most of struggle with increasing workloads. Getting through a regular day isn’t as straight forward anymore as it was maybe ten years ago. With the increased pressures we face every day, it only makes sense to find ways that help us hack our days to keep some sort of mental balance.

The sooner we take back control, the more we can eventually relax and enjoy life.

A definition of “hack”… » Continue

February 15 2008 | By Monika | Tagged: chores, cleaning, cooking, dayhack, household, Lifehack, organization, Productivity | 12 comments»

How To Be A Good House Guest or Host

The house guest/host relationship can be tense at times. When have you overstayed your welcome and how do you properly accommodate guests?

Generally, common sense and politeness prevail and there are no issues; but sometimes people don’t make the right adjustments and end up making someone feel uncomfortable.

A list of Do’s and Don’ts would be ideal, but for now enjoy these two articles: one suggesting how to be a… » Continue

September 18 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: household, relationship | 2 comments»

25 Ways To Keep A Cooler Home For Cheap

Don’t resort immediately to that air-conditioner to keep cool. Actually, if you have that luxury, go right ahead! For the rest of us, we can find solace in these handy tips to keep the house cooler in summer without breaking the bank.

Air-dry dishes instead of using your dishwasher’s drying cycle.

Use a microwave oven instead of a conventional electric range or oven.

Turn off your computer and monitor when not in

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July 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: household | 4 comments»

7 Tips For Moving

It’s hard to get used to moving, isn’t it? The Simple Dollar has a few really great tips for next time you have to move house/apartment/shack. Things I’ll definitely keep in mind myself.

Invite family and friends over a couple of days after you move. We actually found that an invasion of family and friends after the move helped us a ton. They moved furniture into appropriate places, cleared out… » Continue

July 23 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: household | 6 comments»

How To Paint Your House

Painting the outside of your house is a big job [duh, right?] but you shouldn’t instantly start looking up the professionals. You may be able to do it all yourself.

This article from HowStuffWorks covers all the basics for painting the outside of your house from prepping, dealing with plants and trees as well as estimating what you’ll need and how much it’ll all cost.

The house bath may reveal nails… » Continue

July 16 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: household | 2 comments»

62 Other Uses For Vinegar

I know, we already went through 254 uses for little old vinegar, but here are 62 more - and they’re pretty darn good ones. One thing I’ve been thinking is I have not nearly enough vinegar in the house.

Have you discovered a use for vinegar that isn’t amongst the 300+ we’ve read about?

Prevent cracked hard boiled eggs. Add two tablespoons of white vinegar per quart of water… » Continue

July 13 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: household | 8 comments»

101 Extra Uses for Ordinary Things

RealSimple.com and their new uses for regular household items! I love them! This time they’ve got a huge list of suggestions for everyday items including laundry items, office supplies and more.

Transparent Tape: Try a new color. Find out what “Hot Tamale” nail polish will look like on you. Place a small piece of tape on your fingernail, then brush on a test coat.

You may remember us posting about… » Continue

July 6 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: household | 3 comments»

25 Uses For Ziploc Bags

We encountered a few examples of Ziploc bag uses out of the ordinary at RealSimple’s article about alternative uses for household items.

Kim Roach put together a list of 25, maybe lesser known, uses of those clear bags. It may be taken for granted how many uses there actually are. The question may be, what couldn’t you use Ziploc bags for?

25 Uses for Ziploc Bags - [TheOptimizedLife]… » Continue

May 25 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: house, household | 2 comments»

Wireless Extension Cords

If I knew these existed, I would have them all around my house.

A wireless extension cord can beam to 300ft from a wall outlet to a satellite unit using microwaves in the 7.2GHz range - so it doesn’t interfere with wireless networks and Bluetooth.

I don’t think I need to get into how useful this could be - inside and out.

Warning: Even though these microwaves are about as harmful as… » Continue

May 18 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: cordless, cordmanagement, house, household | 8 comments»

101 Uses Of Everyday Household Items

This is quite the exhaustive list that goes through ten uses each of ten everyday items. We’ve covered things like vinegar and Post It notes but RealSimple have a few more. Lemons, baking soda, Ziploc bags etc.

2. Ripen tomatoes. Wrap them individually [with newspaper] and leave them out at room temperature.

101 New Uses For Everyday Things - [RealSimple]… » Continue

May 15 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: household | 6 comments»

3 Ways to Organize Sharehouse Cleaning Jobs

When you are sharing a house the hardest thing to do is get the place clean and tidy on a regular basis. Many systems have been put in place to make sure each person does their part, but not many last.

The key, I think, is to find a solution that suits the personalities of your housemates. So in regards to household chores, here is a list that might help.

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April 4 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: cleaning, cleanliness, house, household, sharing | 5 comments»

How to Clone Yourself!

How many of us have wished at times that we could clone ourselves? Delegating to a personal assistant is a simple way to reclaim hours of your time and free you up to do what you are best at doing. Think this is not for you? Think again and read on! We’re going to cover how to afford it, how to find one, how to… » Continue

March 20 2007 | By Lorie | Tagged: delegation, household, housekeeping, timemanagement | 7 comments»

Expiration Dates for 77 foods, beauty and household products

Real Simple have put together a compilation [based on information from experts] of the more unknown expirations for a range of edibles and non-edibles around the home.

Even the most productive person has a rogue jar of something that’s kept it’s place in the fridge for longer than expected. Check over the list to see if it’s still good.

Steak sauce - 33 months (After this time, color or flavor may

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March 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: food, household, kitchen | no comments»

Kitchen Organization

Not exactly everyone’s most organized area, even if your computer desk is a GTD haven. If you are lucky enough to be one of those people who cooks, a well planned kitchen is bliss.

WikiHow has the run down of 8 steps to getting things in order and a few tips to keeping it that way.
Organize according to how traffic and activities do flow, not necessarily according to how they… » Continue

March 6 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: house, household, kitchen | 5 comments»

Do-It-Yourself Side Tables

Real Simple gives some insight into how to create your own fashionable and functional side tables for cheap. The goal of the side tables is to be fashionable while providing storage for everyday items that would otherwise create clutter. Real Simple also provides links for where to buy the supplies to build your own side tables. Here’s some of what they’ve come up with:

Box Set
The… » Continue

February 22 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: DIY, household, Lifestyle, tables | 2 comments»

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