Home Life Hacks You'll Wish You Knew Sooner

Get Pet Fur Off Of Furniture With A Squeegee

Instead of spending endless cash on lint rollers that hardly pick up a thing, use a squeegee to get rid of all that excess hair... it'll come off easily in a single pass!

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The More You Know

  • Carrots take away the acidity in tomato sauce by adding subtle sweetness. If you find your sauce has gotten too acidic, peel a whole carrot, simmer it with the sauce and remove before serving.
  • Give your dishwasher a break by measuring ingredients directly into your mixing bowl using a digital scale.
  • If you have all matching clothes hangers in your closet and sometimes you get one of the really cheap, plastic ones when you need an anti-slip hanger. One solution is to wrap pipe cleaners around the clothes hanger.
  • If you accidentally got permanent marker on a piece of furniture, don't lose hope just yet. Using a small dab of non-gel toothpaste, rub the marker stain in a circular motion with a soft cloth and it should buff right out.
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