Set Yourself Free With These Spring Cleaning Life Hacks

Use a Squeegee to Remove Hair from Your Carpet

If you have a window squeegee, you may never need to buy a vacuum. Pulling cat hair out of your carpet is as easy as 1-2-3 with this nifty hack. Just rub your squeegee on the carpet until the static electricity causes the hair to create a tight ball, rinse, and repeat. 

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The More You Know

  • Help keep your home office space organized by using PVC pipe to hide cords. Just wrangle all those computer, mouse, monitor and phone cords and hide them in some PVC pipe.
  • Anybody who eats boiled eggs knows the frustration of having one crack. Throwing a little vinegar into the boiling water will keep the egg whites from seeping out.
  • Turn on the sink water and the disposer and drop in a few ice cubes. Flying shards of ice work like a sandblaster inside the disposer.
  • If you forget to bring that butter up to room temp in advance, it’s OK. You can soften butter quickly. The easiest way is to cut butter into cubes and let it sit on the counter for about 20 minutes.
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