Simplify Your Daily Routine With These 25 Household Hacks

Do you hate diluted iced coffee? Never drink watery iced coffee again with this simple trick. Brew some coffee, let it cool and then pour it evenly in an ice cube tray. When you make yourself an iced coffee, add the coffee ice cubes instead of normal ice cubes!

Never waste your sweet herbs again! Pick the herbs left in your garden at the end of the summer and place them in ice cube trays. Add olive oil, freeze them and use them whenever you need to use herbs.

Place a bowl filled with 1 cup water and 1 cup vinegar in your microwave. Set your microwave for 5 minutes on high. Carefully remove the bowl and then use a slightly wet sponge to clean your microwave.

If your bathtub or kitchen sink is not working as well as it should, try this DIY trick: Mix 1 cup white vinegar with 1/4 cup of salt and 1/4 cup of baking soda. Pour the mixture into your sink and leave it there for a few minutes. Pour boiling water into the drain.

In the summer, your glass of wine can get warm pretty quickly. Keep it nice and cool by adding frozen grapes to your glass instead of ice cubes since they dilute the wine. Keep grapes in your freezer at all time so you never have to use ice cubes to cool down your wine.

Instead of using a knife to cut a piece of cake, use unflavoured dental floss to make perfect slices of cake.

Low battery? Put your phone on airplane mode if you want to save battery and make it charge faster. You won’t need as much time to charge it.

Use an old Tic Tac box to store all your hairpins and elastics. You will always know where they are at all times.

Separating your keys from your keychain can be difficult, especially if you don’t have long nails. Use a staple remover to separate the metal hoops of your key chain. This will make things much easier.

An easy way to clean your blender without risking cutting your fingers is to add water and soap to your blender and then turn it on for a few minutes. Make sure you don’t put too much water so the soapy liquid doesn’t overflow and go everywhere on your counter. Rinse your blender and it will be clean again!

Place your phone in a high glass or in a bowl to increase the volume.

Are the headlights on your car dirty? Instead of using pricey car cleaning products, use toothpaste to remove dust and dirt.

Easily remove egg shells from your hard-boiled eggs by adding a teaspoon of baking powder to your water when you cook your eggs.

Wrap stockings around the mouth of your vacuum cleaner to find small objects you might have lost (without the vacuum sucking them!). If you’ve misplaced your earrings under your bed, you are sure to find them with this hack.

Use a raw spaghetti to light a hard to reach wick. Brilliant!

Remove dirt and dust in your keyboard with a sticky note! Insert the sticky band in between the rows since it will attract all the dust and crumbs that have accumulated there.

You’ll never have to worry about banging your finger with your hammer with this trick. Use a comb to stabilize the nail and keep your fingers far from the hammer.

When you finish drinking your tea, don’t throw out your tea bags! Let them dry and then use them to remove unwanted odours from your shoes. You can also place some in your gym bag or in your closet to leave a nice smell.

Rolling your clothes is the ideal way to save space when packing. This technique also helps keep your clothes from getting wrinkled. You can also place your underwear and socks in your shoes to save space.

If you decided to have friends over last minute at your place and realized you didn’t have any beverages in your fridge but you do have some in your pantry, just wrap your bottled beverages in a damp paper towel and place them in the freezer. This will help them get colder faster.

Pour Coca Cola in your toilet bowl and leave it there overnight. Flush away the liquid and then clean the bowl with your usual cleaning products.

Fill a plastic bag with white vinegar and submerge your shower head or taps by attaching the bag with a rubber band. Leave the bag overnight and remove the bag the next day for a clean shower head.

If you tend to add too much water in your cooking pot when you make pasta, just remember to place a wooden spoon on top of your top. This will prevent the water from boiling over.

Use a binder clip to make sure your stacked bottles don’t move around. You just have to secure it to your fridge to avoid a big mess.

It is impossible to fill a bucket in a small sink. Try this ingenious trick that only requires a water bottle. Make sure the water is secure so it doesn’t fall.

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