Tips for Homemakers

This page is a collection of some great household tips, how to organise things @ your home and make your life much more easier and simple so that a lot of time and effort can be saved. I always appreciate my sister for keeping things organised and always on place at home. Anyways, check out some of these tips .. 

Great Household Tips

Water  straight from the tap becomes cloudy when frozen. To make ice cubes crystal clear, allow a kettle of boiled water to cool slightly and use this to fill your ice cube trays. 

To prevent potatoes budding, add an apple in the bag

Add half a teaspoon of baking soda to the water when hard-boiling eggs to make the shells incredibly easy to peel off.

To tell if eggs are fresh, immerse them in a bowl of water. Fresh eggs will lie on the bottom, while stale eggs will float to the surface. 

To decorate a chocolate cake beautifully, lay a piece of lace over the cake and sprinkle icing sugar over the top.

To sharpen scissors, simply cut through sandpaper.

Store bed sheets inside their pillowcases for easy storage and access

Organise scarves by tying around trouser hangers to store in your wardrobe

Wrap rubber bands around the ends of a coat hanger to prevent dresses from slipping off.

If your new shoes are to tight put the nozzle of your blow dryer into shoe and turn on low. When shoe gets warm, stuff with paper or socks to stretch it.                                                                   

To remove the smell of smoke, place bowls of white vinegar around the house to absorb the odor.

Before storing clothes that have been dry cleaned, remove them from the plastic bag, as the bag may cause clothes to yellow.