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8 Things You Can Clean with Lemons

by andrea on March 27, 2013

The following post is from Andrea of AndreaDekker.com:

source: Simple Organized Living

I love lemons! I love baking with lemons, decorating with lemons, using lemon-scented soaps and candles… and cleaning with lemons.

Lemons are a frugal way to naturally clean and disinfect so many areas of your home — plus your whole house will smell lovely after you’re finished cleaning!

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Quick Tip: Easy DIY Fruit Fly Trap

by Mandi on July 11, 2011

DIY fruit fly trap

I don’t know about you, but warm days and lots of fresh fruit and veggies on the counter inevitably lead to an abundance of fruit flies in our home. Since the little buggers multiply at an alarming rate, the situation can quickly get out of control, but I hate the idea of putting all of my produce in the fridge just to keep them away.

Thankfully, this DIY fruit fly trap works perfectly. Use it to catch the flies that are already taking over your kitchen and then keep it out to capture any new ones before they reproduce!

All you need is:
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Quick Tip: Utilize Your Top Shelf

June 6, 2011

The following post is from Alexis Anne of Clean Smart Simple Style: If I had more storage space, my house would be spotless. At least, that’s what I tell myself! Things don’t sit out because I’m lazy, they sit out because I just don’t have room to put them away. Right? Sound familiar? It’s true [...]

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Quick Tip: Take It Out of the Package

June 2, 2011

Decluttering your home often means getting rid of things so that there’s less stuff taking up space physically. But sometimes, it’s not the amount of stuff you have but the way it’s organized. One of the easiest ways to declutter visually, especially inside cabinets, closets, drawers, etc. is by taking things out of their packages. [...]

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Quick Tip: A Simple Solution for Plastic Grocery Store Bags

April 30, 2011

As I’m putting the finishing touches on my ebook, How to Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too — all about being a mother and pursuing your own passions — I’m reposting some of my favorite posts from the archives! If you want to be notified when the ebook is ready, just submit your email [...]

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7 Quick Tips for Organizing Socks

April 27, 2011

As I’m putting the finishing touches on my ebook, How to Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too — all about being a mother and pursuing your own passions — I’m reposting some of my favorite posts from the archives! If you want to be notified when the ebook is ready, just submit your email [...]

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Quick Tip: Declutter When You're Frustrated

February 22, 2011

As I’ve been focused on the book project for the past month, I’ve been in “survival mode” at home. The basics are getting done, but we’ve lowered our standards and I’m starting to see clutter build up around our home — a pile here, a messy closet there. But I’ve noticed a funny thing — [...]

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Quick Tip: Use Baskets to Contain Your Stair Piles

July 7, 2010

I don’t know about you, but I seem to have perpetual piles at both the top and bottom of our staircase that need to be taken either upstairs or downstairs. I use the pile method rather than making 127 trips up and down the steps each day, but the piles themselves are ugly and distracting. [...]

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