Your freezer is no one-trick pony. While it does excel at keeping your food fresh for as long as possible, it has a few secret talents it doesn't want you to know about. Like making soda slushies and pyro-friendly smoke mix, as well as reviving dead hard drives. Even better—it can help you do laundry. Don't Miss: No Iron? Here's a Stupid-Easy Way to Get Rid of Wrinkles So instead of stuffing load after load of laundry into your washer and dryer, let your freezer do some of the heavy lifting. It'll help clean your jeans, break in new shoes, de-stink smelly shirts, and more. Read on to see all... more

We've all done it—you're rushing out the door when all of a sudden you notice your shirt is embarrassingly wrinkled. Sure you could break out the ironing table, wait about 100 years for your iron to heat up, then carefully go over every last inch of fabric. But you're lazy, terrible at ironing, or, if you're like me, both. So don't work harder, work smarter! Don't Miss: How to Get Rid of Those "Other" Wrinkles Don't Miss: 10 Laundry Tasks Your Freezer Excels At According to Jumble Joy, all you have to do is throw a couple of ice cubes and the wrinkled piece of clothing into your dryer, set... more

Making the bed is a challenging task, but trying to put a duvet cover over top your comforter is a challenge on a whole different level. It's almost impossible to get a huge, unmanageable comforter situated right inside the duvet cover, especially by your lonesome. But this hack from Inhabitat will make it a cinch to stuff in just a few simple steps. Video: . Rather than grabbing a corner and stuffing the comforter into its cover, it's better to master the Chipotle-style burrito-rolling method. Begin by turning your entire duvet cover inside out, laying it flat against the bed, or your floor... more

Whites are the hardest color to keep looking bright and new after just a few months' time. Your sweat and oils quickly become stains, and colors from other clothes will eventually bleed into the fabric, discoloring your bright whites into something merely whitish. But before you reach for the bleach, the ultimate chemical cleaner, try some a few of these safer, less-toxic DIY solutions out instead. Don't Miss: How to Remove Sweat Stains from Clothes Don't Miss: How to Remove Almost Any Stain Using Alcohol 1. Use a Citrus Soak Instead of sending your white laundry into the washer to get... more

There are countless methods and cleaners aimed at eliminating stubborn stains from everything to clothing, carpet, and furniture. But completely removing every last trace of a stain doesn't require an arsenal of chemical cleaners and repeated cycles in the washing machine. Most stains can disappear in a matter of minutes with a dose of alcohol. What You Can Use Instead of Regular Cleaning Products Before you resort to ready-made chemical cleansers, consider reaching for some hairspray, hand sanitizer, bug repellant, or even an old bottle of isopropyl alcohol. When applied to tricky stains... more

Presented by Apartments.com When looking for a new apartment, it's hard not to notice the improvements (on large and small scale) needed prior to moving in. While your landlord may be taking care of new carpeting, cleaning the central air vents, and fresh paint on the walls, there may be some additional improvements on your list that you can take care of on your own. Here are five quick improvements you can check off your list before the big move. 1) Slap on Those Switch Plates With no furniture in your new apartment, it's way easier to spot any and all inconsistencies around electrical... more

With fragrance-filled sprays, scented candles, diffuser sticks, and other air-freshening products, the scent lasts just a few minutes and doesn't always mask what you were hoping to cover up. When it comes to the bathroom, scented toilet paper might sound like a terrible (and silly) idea, but it's best at eliminating stinky smells over a long period of time. According to Stuff Parents Need, adding scented essential oils to the cardboard tube hiding inside each toilet paper roll is the key to getting rid of lingering bathroom odors. Whether you need to refresh a stuffy bathroom, or get rid of... more

How often do you fight with your shower doors? Maybe not literally (although my elbow has smacked the hard glass many times), but when it's time to clean the bathroom, getting a few weeks' worth of soap scum and grime off the shiny, clear surface becomes an insurmountable task. Whether you use a special cleaner and squeegee or a carefully selected wipe, chances are you still battle the streaks and grit left behind. Although it might not make sense to steal cleaning supplies from the laundry room to clean your bathroom, the solution to your disgusting and spotty glass shower doors is hiding in... more

Brought to you by Tomcat. Falling snow, warm fireplace, delicious hot cocoa, quiet reading time, mouse. Quick quiz - which one is not like the other? Nothing can ruin a perfectly cozy afternoon in your home like a pest on the loose. With dropping temperatures, you may have some unwelcome residents, like mice, looking for shelter from the cold. Mice can be a serious danger for you and your family, whether it's through contamination of your food and other surfaces with their droppings, or even through fire hazards when they gnaw on the electrical wiring of your home. In order to combat these... more

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Spiders are common pests that typically prefer to live outdoors. However, insects and warmth will eventually attract them into our houses. They like to spin their webs in corners, crevices and unused areas of your house. Most species are harmless and even act as a natural repellent for getting rid of other insects. However, in some cases, spiders can be very dangerous. Whichever the case may be, they are scary and people are always looking for natural ways to get rid of them. Learning how to get rid of spiders is not all that difficult. It certainly will not require you to hire an... more

If you're a Febreze fanatic, you're well aware that the "odor eliminator" can be pretty pricey, and that's reason enough to stop buying it. There are cheaper ways to stop smells from invading your home, from using lemons to de-stink a litter box or garbage disposal, to using onions or vanilla extract to neutralize paint odors, and vinegar or baking soda to kill kitchen smells. If you just can't shake yourself away from that genuine Febreze feeling, you should at least try making it yourself at home. Sure, it won't have all of the fancy long names you're used to as ingredients, but it'll cost... more

Even if you decode the laundry symbols on the tags of your clothes and follow them perfectly, using the washing machine tends to change their shape and fade colors over time. And whether you spent $20 or $200 on them, there's nothing worse than having your favorite pair of jeans ruined. While you'll probably have to wash a pair of muddy jeans, if they've just gone through normal everyday use and aren't stained, there's a super simple way to kill odors and bacteria on them without any washing at all. Put Them in the Freezer The reason jeans start to smell after being worn for a while is... more

If you don't have hangers with clips, hanging up jeans and dress pants can be frustrating. They never stay straight and constantly slide off the hangers. You can always MacGyver your own pants hangers by using clothespins, but if you don't have any, there's another way. Brian Hershberger of Acustom Apparel has a trick for keeping pants on their hangers just by folding them a different way. Instead of draping the pantlegs over the hanger together, he folds one over the other so they don't slide off. Check out the video to see how it's done. Video: . Cover Image via Rachel Johnson... more

Unless your work clothes require dry cleaning, you probably only go to the cleaner a few times a year. And for those few items in your closet for which you do, you have to then find the time and extra budget to make a trip all the way to the cleaners and back again. In the end, it can be quite the hassle. Luckily, some items that say "dry clean only" can actually be washed at home if you're careful. Yep, it's true, and likely you've already pondered the possibility but were perhaps too unsure to risk it. Well, don't dismiss the idea, because you may be right. While certain garments indeed... more

Why can't all electronic devices be waterproof like my watch? There are watches worth three times as much as my iPhone that I can wear into the hot tub without a worry in the world, but cleaning most of my electronics requires a lot of caution. If only I could toss my dusty laptop in the dishwasher... It's easy to make your own super simple screen cleaning solution for LCDs, but even then you can still end up with those annoying streaks if you wipe your screen down with the wrong tool. And don't even get me started on glass. But here are a few ways to clean those screens, glass dishes, wine... more

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Some of the most effective cleaning products can also be some of the most dangerous. Take bleach, for example. It definitely gets rid of dirt and grime, but it can cause all sorts of health problems—a DIY alternative is much safer. People are starting to pay a lot more attention to the negative side effects associated with common cleaning products, which is why natural and biodegradable cleaners are becoming more popular. If you're looking for a natural all-purpose cleaner, it doesn't get much more basic (and cheap) than this homemade citrus cleaner. All you need is some citrus peels and... more

Frankly, I never cared about the care labels on my clothing. They supposedly held some secret key to keeping clothes clean and bright, but who wants to look at little icons and a bunch of fine print for every single garment they wash? After moving out to go to college, I finally had to do all of my laundry. Of course, I completely disregarded the help attached to my duds and washed everything in warm water and dried everything on permanent press. Unbeknownst to myself, my mother had always followed the care labels when washing and drying my clothes. I would be in for quite the unpleasant... more

Getting hot and steamy can be awesome, as illustrated in the 1997 smash hit Titanic. But having the bathroom mirrors fog up during a nice hot shower can be very annoying. Getting ready in the morning can already be rush, and having to wipe down your mirrors after your shower is time wasted. Since most people like to shave or clean up after a shower, the need for a clear mirror is prime. So, if you want to save time in the morning, or hate reliving scenes from Titanic, here are a few ways to keep you bathroom mirror from fogging up. Shaving Cream Shaving cream is actually a great deterrent... more