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These unusual tips and tricks will help you make the most out of things you already have, and things you may normally throw away. You’ll find surprising uses for things like coffee grounds, aluminum foil, borax, your phone’s camera, and more! Discover how to use things like tension rods, a lazy Susan, empty milk jugs, coffee filters, clothes hangers and many other items to make life easier or help you organize and create. There are hundreds of amazing hacks on these pages, so have fun!

8 Alternative Uses for Dishwasher Pods for a Cleaner Home

Some of the many uses for dishwasher detergent tablets include cleaning outdoor furniture, cleaning and deodorizing trash cans, and removing coffee and tea stains from mugs and cups.

10 Smart Slow Cooker Hacks You Need to Know

crockpot hacks

20 Ways to Give Your Old Coffee Grounds a New Purpose

You can use coffee grounds to keep fleas off your dog, repair small scratches in wood furniture, and refresh black and brown clothing that has faded.

7 Unexpected Ways to Use Leftover Pickle Juice

Pickle Juice

11 Surprising Uses for Baby Oil That Can Make Your Life Easier

Uses for baby oil

9 Things You’ll Want to Cook in a Panini Press Immediately

panini press

9 Highly Useful Things You Can Do with Salt

salt

13 Brilliant Command Hook Hacks That Will Make Your Life Easier

command hooks

13 Highly Practical Things You Can Do With Wax Paper

uses-for-wax-paper

What Is Washing Soda and How to Use It

How to clean a toilet using washing soda.

9 Unexpectedly Useful Things You Can Do With A Paper Bag

Uses For Brown Paper Bags

8 Vinegar Cleaning Tips That Will Make Your Bathroom Sparkle

Cleaning with Vinegar

15 Smart Ways to Reuse Plastic Containers

collage:yogurt containers filled with office supplies/seedlings in a plastic container/scooping dry dog food with a small plastic container/pouring liquid fabric softener onto a sponge in a plastic container

7 Undeniably Brilliant Ways You Need to Use Your Turkey Baster

turkey baster

21 Household Problems That Are Easy to Solve With WD-40

Uses for WD-40 collage: spraying on floor mats, spraying in toilet, spraying on stain, spraying on car window

10 Ways an Ordinary Rubber Band Can Make Your Life Easier

rubber bands

13 Amazing Things You Can Do With a Can of Cooking Spray

Ways to Use Cooking Spray

11 Brilliant Things You Can Do With a Freezer Bag

Freezer Bag Hacks

9 of the Best Ways to Use Plastic Wrap Around the House

uses for plastic wrap

8 Surprising Uses for Eggshells

Surprising Uses For Eggshells

22 Great Ways to Use Microfiber Cloths

Ways to use microfiber cloths include on your face, for washing dishes, and cleaning almost anything around the house.

33 Genius Uses for Ordinary Household Vinegar

uses for vinegar

9 Surprisingly Good Reasons to Leave Your Bubble Wrap Intact

bubble wrap

21 Uses for Lemon Peels That Are Surprisingly Practical

A great use for lemon peels is to dry them and then powder them; you can use your lemon peel powder to make a lemon sugar scrub for soft skin; use lemon peels to make scented cleaning vinegar by soaking lemon peels in vinegar.

11 Reasons Why OGT Readers Love This Unusual Whisk

Danish Dough Whisk Favorites

These 9 Uses For Bungee Cords Are Seriously Helpful

Uses for bungee cords include hanging up paper towel rolls, keeping shopping bags under control in the car, toting your yoga mat, and even adding curtains to a curtain rod with no hardware.

The Surprising $2 Tool That Every Household Needs

Using a box cutter to open an Amazon box.

10 Uses For Paper Plates That Go Way Beyond The Obvious

A series of pictures showing how to clean plates in the microwave.

9 Ways That Chalk Is Seriously Useful Around The House

uses for chalk

12 Useful Things You Can Do With a Can of Hairspray

Learn the uses for hairspray when spraying a rose on a fabric.
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