Now that this difficult year is finally coming to a close, it is time to celebrate the good time with the family and get ready for Christmas! To have a truly festive time, however, we need to make sure that our home is in order, and that if any unexpected issues come up, that we can handle them with these incredibly simple home hacks! Have a safe and memorable, hassle-free Christmas with your loved ones this 2020.
Essential Home Hacks To Make Life A Worth Living Experience
1. Cooking Spray Can Quickly Stop A Cabinet Or Door From Squeaking
If you have found that various doors and cabinets in your home are squeaking incessantly, but cannot find that gosh-darned WD-40 can, worry not. We have an alternative use for cooking spray that will make sure that your loved ones can go about your home’s rooms without driving you crazy. Position the cooking spray nozzle against your doors and cabinets’ hinges and give them each a short spray. There you go, resistance-free utility!
Cooking Spray Can Quickly Stop A Cabinet Or Door From Squeaking
2. The Adhesive Properties Of Nail Polish For Screws
When you are done giving yourself a manicure, you might want to consider taking your favorite nail polish brand into the DIY area. Loose screws can easily lead to paintings and mirrors falling off the wall, leading to a horrid bang on the head or the destruction of your favorite pieces. If you give the screws holding your items up, a light nail polish coat, they will better be held in place.
The Adhesive Properties Of Nail Polish For Screws
3. Sealing Nail Holes With Crayons
You might even want to ask your kids if you can borrow one of their crayons before using it for this hack, as they may become quite upset with you without the proper permission. It is important that you take a crayon color that will go well with your wall that needs some fixing up. Simply press the crayon hard into the nail hole and color in the pesky mark in no time at all.
Sealing Nail Holes With Crayons
4. Tape Can Be Used To Pull Off The Ideal Caulk Edge
Caulk can be a tricky thing to get right, with many people failing to land that ideal straight edge. With a roll of painter’s tape in hand, you can do anything caulk-related perfectly. Once you have applied the painter’s tape, make sure to pull it off well before the point where the caulk has yet to set. This is a vital point as removing the caulk when it begins drying could lead to you ripping the stuff off, ruining your symmetrical efforts.
Tape Can Be Used To Pull Off The Ideal Caulk Edge
5. The Potato Hack For Taking Out Shattered Lightbulbs
Lightbulbs are incredibly delicate things that can easily get smashed even from the lightest touch. Once you have finished sweeping up the glass shards off the floor, you then need to take the still fixed remains, which can be a dangerous job without the right ‘tools.’ Go into your kitchen and chop a potato in two. Take half of the tuber and then gently stick the wet side onto the jagged bulb remains and twist it clockwise into the sharp edges firmly. Now, you can safely and securely unscrew the broken bulb.
The Potato Hack For Taking Out Shattered Lightbulbs
6. Rubber Bands Can Take Out Stripped Screws
If you loop a rubber band around a screw’s head prior to working on it with your trusty screwdriver. You will now have an added friction that will provide some much-needed traction if the screw was previously stripped. There are few DIY jobs more frustrating or time-wasting than trying to get a stripped screw to cooperate. You will thank yourself for the added effort later when the job becomes so much quicker and smoother overall.
Rubber Bands Can Take Out Stripped Screws
7. The Nail Hole Sealing Properties Of Soap Bars
If you cannot find a shade of crayon that properly matches your wall, then we have a subtler nail hole sealing hack that can be used for almost any type of wall. All that you need is a spare bar of soap that you do not mind scuffing a bit. Take your bar of soap and rub it in a counterclockwise movement throughout the nail hole. This will fill it in nicely without leaving many remains, which can be rubbed off with a heated wet rag.
The Nail Hole Sealing Properties Of Soap Bars
8. Stop Cabinet Doors From Slamming Or Rattling With A Cabinet Door Bumper
Are you tired of having to suffer through the irritations of slamming or rattling doors? If you live in a drafty home, then this next hack will make your Christmas a perfectly peaceful one. Take a spare cabinet door bumper and slot it into the doorjamb. This will instantly eliminate any chance of further slamming or rattling. You can also use this hack for drawers that constantly and irritatingly slam shut.
Stop Cabinet Doors From Slamming Or Rattling With A Cabinet Door Bumper
9. Take Baby Powder And Silence Your Squeaky Floors
Floorboards are notoriously noisy types of flooring that will turn any stealthy midnight snack into an alarming intrusion. To silence your squeaky floorboards, take a tiny squeeze bottle and fill it with baby powder. You will now be able to fill the problematic gaps between your floorboards with this unusual lubricant. Finish by sealing the powder within the gaps with a makeup brush. You can now feast on Christmas dinner leftovers to your heart’s delight!
Take Baby Powder And Silence Your Squeaky Floors
10. Cleaning your bathroom with a dishwasher tablet
Many have used this trick, that surprisingly enough works like magic!
The watermarks that accumulate over your shower glass doors are really tricky to remove. The one way to avoid it is to wipe down your glass after every single use, that way the glass remains dry and no water-drops remain on the glass. If you’re too lazy to avoid this, the salts and scale in the water will leave stains over your glass. The simple method to clean the glass once it has been covered with water residue is to sprinkle a little bit of tap water, scrab down the dishwasher tablet over the glass, and then gently wipe it down with a damped towel. Easy tricks that can save you a lot of scrubbing…
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11. Using A Hot Iron To Fix Wooden Dents
Is your furniture looking a bit worse for wear? Do your once stunning hardwood floors look like they are having a hard time? Well, we are here to let you know that a hot iron will quickly take care of dents in no time at all. Start by wetting the dents with a tiny bit of water and then cover the damaged area with a moist towel. Now, begin moving the hot iron around the damaged spot, making sure that you keep to a circular motion.
Using A Hot Iron To Fix Wooden Dents
12. The WD 40 Hack That Will Take Care Of Childish Wall Art
While we all love to see children’s imagination and creativity run free, no one likes having their walls coated in their marker or crayon works of art. To get rid of these marking safely off sheen paint jobs only, you can take a can of WD-40 and put a bit on an old rag to clean these artworks off. If your wall was painted with flat or matte paints, then WD-40 can worsen the situation due to its oil properties. Go for a Magic Eraser for this hack.
The WD 40 Hack That Will Take Care Of Childish Wall Art
13. Using Toilet Bowl Cleaner To Get Rid Of Grout
Toilet bowl cleaner can be used to take care of grout in your bathroom’s other spots very easily. Apply a decent amount of the detergent to your affected tiles and then allow it to work into the spots for fifteen minutes. Use a toothbrush or tiny cleaning brush to then scrub the gritty stuff off and finish with a solid mopping with some heated water. Your bathroom is now in perfect condition for holiday visitors!
Using Toilet Bowl Cleaner To Get Rid Of Grout
14. The Soap Bar Treatment That Will Take Care Of Painful Leg Cramps
For those that suffer from nightly leg cramps, this hack is ideal to ensure that you can finally sleep sweetly. This is a solution that has no scientific validity to it – being more of a home remedy – but we know for a fact that it works. If you insert a soap bar within your fitted sheet, then you will make sure that your limbs’ pains go away. This might be a placebo effect that brings relief, but we urge you to try it!
The Soap Bar Treatment That Will Take Care Of Painful Leg Cramps
15. Identifying Leaks In Your Toilet Tank With The Power Of Kool Aid
Trying to identify whether your toilet tank is leaking or not can be quite the trial. If you purchase a cheap sachet of Kool-Aid, however, you can speed up your detective work amazingly. Start by taking off the toilet tank’s lid, and then empty the sachet of a preferably dark-colored Kool-Aid sachet inside. After half an hour passes, inspect your toilet bowl. If you see that it has filled with the tell-tale Kool-Aid coloring, one can be sure that a leak has sprung in the tank. For the best results, do not flush the toilet during the thirty minutes.
Identifying Leaks In Your Toilet Tank With The Power Of Kool Aid
16. Keep Texting With Gloves On By Using Aluminum Foil
During the snowy Christmas period, you are going to spend a lot of time wearing gloves. This means that using your smartphone’s touch screen is going to become quite a headache. We would prefer you not to spend a lot of money on those fancy smartphone-friendly gloves by using aluminum foil instead. You can wrap your fingertips with aluminum foil before putting your gloves on, allowing you to gain traction on your touchscreen.
Keep Texting With Gloves On By Using Aluminum Foil
17. Utilizing Generic Home Substances To Take Care Of Blocked Drains
Any drain in your bathroom can become clogged over time with too much usage and not enough care. When you find yourself sitting in an unhygienic soup thanks to a blocked drain, it is time to get to work!Rather than putting you and your family at risk thanks to toxic detergents, we have a DIY remedy that is completely safe and easy to make. Start by boiling some water which you can then empty into the drain. Now, empty half a cup of bicarb into the drain, which can be boosted with a quarter cup of salt. Next, empty half a cup of white vinegar. Allow this mixture to soak in for ten minutes before finishing it all off by running the hot tap for a short while.
Utilizing Generic Home Substances To Take Care Of Blocked Drains
18.The Vinegar And Bread Mixture That Will Freshen Your Stinky Garbage Can
When you have used your trash can for a long time, even with quality bags, you can bet that it is going to start smelling funky in time. We have an interesting and incredibly simple hack that will refresh your trash can in less than a day. All that you need is a slice of bread, soaked in white vinegar, which you then want to place inside your empty trash can for a whole night. Take it out the following morning prior to inserting a new trash bag and witness the freshness!
The Vinegar And Bread Mixture That Will Freshen Your Stinky Garbage Can
19. Trash-Can Punctures Can Stop Suctions
Those that are lucky enough to possess a liner-filled trash can in their homes can know that taking a stuffed bag out in one piece can be a mission. Fight the suction effect that occurs when you try to take a bag out today! This can be done by making a hole in your plastic liner with a drill. There we go, no more suction! Make sure that this hole is made on the plastic liner’s side, rather than the bottom, as you will end up with a terrible leaky mess if you do the latter.
Trash-Can Punctures Can Stop Suctions
20. The Broom And Dish Soap Combination That Will Leave Your Bathtub Sparkling
Keep your back safe from injury with this next hack, as cleaning your tub the ordinary is a strenuous job indeed. Take your kitchen’s dish soap and pour it all over the bathtub as pictured below. Next, take an old broom and sweep the whole area nicely. Any scum or mildew lurking in your tub will be cleared away in the same way that the gunk on your plates and cutlery is! Finish by running the tub with hot water to take care of all the residue.
The Broom And Dish Soap Combination That Will Leave Your Bathtub Sparkling
21. The Emergency Funnel Made From Aluminum Foil
So, it’s Christmas Eve and you are putting the finishing touches into that mouth-watering big bird roast. All of a sudden, you realize that you cannot find your funnel, and the essential gravy can no longer be added to the turkey! Or maybe it can, as you have plenty of aluminum foil! Simply coil some foil into a cone and then insert it into whatever needs some tasty liquid poured into it. It’s a Christmas dinner miracle!
The Emergency Funnel Made From Aluminum Foil
22. Maintaining Chrome With Foil The Safe Rust Remover
Chrome is a surprisingly delicate metal that can easily be damaged with the wrong materials. Aluminum foil is also the perfect material to use when dealing with chrome surfaces that have gathered rust over time. You can start by pouring a bit of soapy water onto a microfiber towel before giving your chrome Christmas ornaments, for example, a good wipe. Next, wet some aluminum foil with clean water and then begin gently scraping the rust off.
Maintaining Chrome With Foil The Safe Rust Remover
23. Stop Doors From Closing When You Have Rubber Bands Lying Around
When you live alone, the otherwise simple task of carrying your groceries into your home can become a difficult task when there is no one to help you keep the door open. To avoid being slammed out of your apartment, we suggest tying a rubber band around your entrance’s doorknob. This will keep the door safely in place and allow you to zip from your car and home without fear of a very miserable Christmas.
Stop Doors From Closing When You Have Rubber Bands Lying Around
24. Locating Studs With The Help Of A Tape Measure
Have you ever wondered just what the red indentations are in your tape measure? If there are not red markers on your tape measure, then there should be black diamonds. Such markers were inserted to identify where studs have been placed within your walling.
You can bet that there are 16-inch gaps between each stud in your home. If you need to uncover the well-hidden studs, then these red or black markers will ensure that your DIY detective work goes smoothly.
Locating Studs With The Help Of A Tape Measure
25. The Nail Polish Hack For Damaged Screens
Screens are an essential part of any home, and if you will be having friends or family staying over this Christmas season, you want to make sure that they are all in tip-top shape. Inspect each one in your home, and identify any small tears in the material. With your trusty nail polish, you can neatly seal these little holes with this secret glue. It doesn’t repair them, but it can stop the cracks from spreading further.
The Nail Polish Hack For Damaged Screens
26. Perfectly Clean Showerheads
Do you find that your shower head is not working anywhere nearly as well as it once did when your first moved in? If the pressure is coming through unevenly or weakly, then it is time to give your showerhead some loving. Unscrew your shower head and then bring it through into your kitchen. Place it in a tub and then fill it with vinegar, leaving it to soak for the night. Any minerals or gunk will disintegrate in a few hours. Give your showerhead a good clean with warm water and then place it back.
Perfectly Clean Showerheads
27. The Garage Wall Bumper Made From A Foam Pool Noodle
Again, please ask your kids if they would not mind you chopping one of their foam pool noodles into pieces! Start by chopping the noodle longways into two. Now, glue or screw the strips into both sides of your garage walls, aiming to stick the strips on to the areas that line up with your car doors. You can now avoid denting your car doors when you open them too quickly.
The Garage Wall Bumper Made From A Foam Pool Noodle
28. Always Use A Squeegee To Clean Up Pet Hair
We all love our cats and dogs dearly, but they tend to shed into our favorite carpets, which they love to relax and groom themselves on. You might then struggle to remove this hair. Fear not, as a spare squeegee will mop up all the hair in no time at all. The static electricity generated from the squeegee’s contact with the carpet will scoop up all the pet hair quickly.
Always Use A Squeegee To Clean Up Pet Hair
29. Calibrating Ceiling Fans The Right Way
If you want an affordable form of temperature control that is good for the environment (and your bank account) then look no further. During winter seasons, where we are now, you can calibrate your fan to turn at a low speed in a clockwise direction, causing the air in the room to warm up. When summer eventually comes, then you can reverse the direction to counterclockwise, which will force the cooler air downwards. This is not as effective as an air conditioner, but you are guaranteed a better relief, nonetheless. Give your thermostat some time off this Christmas!
Calibrating Ceiling Fans The Right Way
30. The Bubble Wrap Hack That Will Protect Your Windows This Christmas
If you are struggling to keep your rooms warm, then you might want to inspect your windows. They could be insufficiently winter-proofed, allowing heat to pour out of your home. While you will want to get the professionals in to treat your windows, we have an easy task to keep your home warm until they arrive. Take a cup of water and pour it onto the affected windows. Then, fit them with some bubble wrap.
The Bubble Wrap Hack That Will Protect Your Windows This Christmas
31.Avoiding Clogged Drains In The First Place
While we have some excellent clogged drain clearing hacks here, we would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the TubShroom, which will stop your drains from needlessly blocking at all. This item can be neatly slotted into your drain. It will then collect hair and other types of debris safely and neatly. This means that you can avoid having to purchase any harmful detergents and keep your bathroom completely safe for all to use.
Avoiding Clogged Drains In The First Place
32. Fix Carpet Dents Through The Power Of Ice Cubes
Do you hate having to tolerate the seemingly unfixable dents in your carpets? Ice cubes are coming to the rescue! Simply leave one on the affected areas and leave them to soak into the material. Once the cool liquid has been soaked up by the materials, you can watch as the damages magically come undone! Once the carpet has dried, you can finish the job by taking a hard-bristled brush and restoring any dents that remain.
Fix Carpet Dents Through The Power Of Ice Cubes