A New Year's gift: 101 Household hints, some of them new and simply brilliant

[Curmudgeoness]

6. You are right, I don't regret clicking this.

I love these ideas. So many great ones. I love the coat rack as a shoe rack. And the rubber bands to help you open jars.

I have a few to add that I was reminded of as I read this.

They say to use egg cartons to store Christmas ornaments, but if you have bigger ones to store, I use those plastic tomato containers that hold four tomatoes.

To keep lettuce, celery, etc. (I use this for just about all my veggies these days) fresh longer, wrap in a damp paper towel and store in a plastic bag without holes. I am shocked at how long things stay fresh.

I use curtain hangers to store my necklaces and bracelets where I can see them. I hang them from a shelf, but you could probably find a lot of places where you can hang them...even in the window (which I have thought of doing).

I use an open weave scarf tacked on my bureau mirror to hold my earrings. But you can put a scarf or just nice open weave material all sorts of places where they are easy to get to.

I got a couple of chenille throws with fringe on sale at the end of the season to use as curtains. I was shocked at the price of curtains for my bedroom and had to find a better way to do it. I got curtain clips, folded the top down so that the fringe hangs near the top and hang them with the clips. (This is because I was too lazy to sew a seam for the rod to go through.)

To prevent crying when you chop an onion, hold a match between your teeth with the head facing out and under your nose.