Covering your shelves in your fridge

I was so lucky when I found this pin that I had this exact contact paper and I was so excited.  Look how cute that fridge looks.  It just makes you happy every time you open the fridge door.  This was pretty easy to do, I just took my shelves out and measured the contact paper.  The great thing is that contact paper has measurement lines on the back so it makes it easy to cut.  I got my contact paper at a store called NPS in Salt Lake City for about 5 bucks for two rolls but you can get two rolls on Amazon for around 10 dollars. The thing I like most about it is that I can just wipe my shelves down, no more pulling them all out and washing them down when they are dirty, I can just swipe them clean.  And it looks so cute.  I love it.  Yet another reason I love Pinterest, peoples genius ideas.

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You can find the original pin here: http://sweethaute.blogspot.com/2013/08/diy-refrigerator-shelf-liners.html

Link to amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Self-Adhesive-Shelf-Liner-Midnight/dp/B00HUA958Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406563352&sr=8-1&keywords=chevron+contact+paper

Shelves in the Bathroom

We rent our house so there is not a ton we can do to change the look of things, nothing can be permanent, so I have to get pretty creative.  I loved seeing this shelf idea because in both of our bathrooms we had the ugliest, standard cupboard above our toilet and I hated them.  Every time I looked at them I wanted something different, so when I saw this pin I was inspired to do something similar.  For our first bathroom I found the chevron contact paper for 4 dollars at our local NPS store and already had the frames, they were green, so I spray painted them white.  The contact paper comes right of without a mess and the frames are just hung with thumbtacks.  For our master bath, I used vinyl and cut out red stripes, then I found the shelves I used at Ikea for 1.99, so I bought three of those and put them up.  I like it so much better, it makes such a big difference and does not drive me crazy anymore.

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Making Old or Ugly Things New

This is such a fun thing to do and so easy and you can virtually do it with about anything.  I found an owl and a Nome that were bright pink and they were so cute but I really wanted them to match my red living room, so I painted them red and they turned out perfect.  I also found the cutest lanterns at Target but they were blue so I took a can of spray paint to them as well and they now match perfectly.  Sometimes it is hard for us to think outside the box, especially when we are looking at old things but you can pretty much take anything and alter it how you want too.  I especially love the camera in this picture, I so want to do that for my house but paint it red of course.

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Original pin can be found here: http://makezine.com/craft/from_craft_kitsch_to_cool/

Covering your folding chairs

Well I did my table so I had to do my chairs too.  This time I just used the fabric and not the plastic and was it ever so easy.  I also spray painted the metal on the chairs red to match my craft room. Seriously, it took me about 15 minutes, cost me about 5 dollars and was so, so easy and the results are awesome.  I love my new chairs!!!

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.curbly.com/users/alicia/posts/14390

Covering your Card Table

I have to apologize that it has been a whole month since I last posted a test.  This summer has been super crazy and I have hardly had time to  breathe. None the less I am testing new tests this weekend and next week and I will continue testing so there should no longer be such a long break on the blog.  Thank you to all of you who have continued to follow the blog, I have been so surprised and so happy at the success of the blog and I hope that it keeps growing and continues to be a help to everyone out there.  With that being said here is a new test....

I love my card table, maybe a little too much, I use it for all of my crafting needs and it has hot glue and paint and stains all over it so I was so excited to see this new pin to cover your card table.  I actually got the idea to cover it from seeing a pin to cover your folding chairs and I thought if I can do the chairs then I can do the table and then low and behold I found this pin.  It was really easy to cover the table.  I could not find a vinyl table cloth that I loved so I just bought fabric and the plastic you can buy in yards at the fabric store(i got mine at hobby lobby).   You just unscrew that table top, staple the new fabric or table cloth to the top and then screw it back in, thats it!! Easy, peasy!! The only thing I suggest is that you make sure the staples are smaller and that you staple far enough in that when you screw it back on it does not hit the table.  I ran into a small problem of my staples being too long and coming out the other side and I also stapled them in too close to the edge so it was a lot harder to put my top back on but with a hammer and some muscle I got it done and I LOVE IT and everyone who sees it loves it.  Thank you to the genius people, once again, on Pinterest.  So for my top five, it was easy and it is effective.  I love it because I can just wipe it down so easy now.  It did not take me that long, maybe a half hour and I only spent about six dollars to do it and it is very practical for anyone to do.

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The original pin can be found here: http://thebeardedfamily.blogspot.com/2012/05/i-should-title-this-post-reason-10900.html?showComment=1336876996387

Hanging pictures with a soda tab

This is something we have always done in our house and it has always worked.  It is such a great and easy solution.  And super cheap, too!!!!


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Original pin can be found here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/35-lifechanging-ways-to-use-everyday-objects/

Washing your pilows

This pin was so easy and worked great.  I have to say that it was so nice to lay down on a nice and clean pillow that smelled great.  Super easy, fast and cheap to do and you will be so happy to have nice, clean pillows to lay down on.


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Original pin can be found here:
http://www.acraftyfox.net/tutorial/cleaning-day-how-to-wash-down-pillows-at-home/

Transforming your ordinary stools

This was such a fun pin and I was so excited to find it.  I had not thought to cover my stools but I love that someone thought of it.  This was easy to do and made my stools look so much better than before.
Get yourself a little bit of fabric, foam and about a half hour and transform your stools to something better.

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Original pin can be found here:
 http://aloandbeholdlife.blogspot.com/2012/09/repurposed-kitchen-stools.html

PAPER CONES

THIS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY I LOVE PINTEREST BUT DISLIKE IT AT THE SAME TIME.  I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES IT IS EASIER TO JUST BUY SOMETHING RATHER THAN MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN AND OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE HAVE STORES AND USE PINTEREST TO PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS BUT WHEN YOU SELL SOMETHING THAT IS SO EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR FREE IT SEEMS SILLY TO ME. THIS PIN IS FOR A STORE THAT SELLS THE PATTERN TO MAKE THESE CONES BUT YOU CAN GET A PATTERN FOR THESE CONES ON LINE FOR FREE AND IN A SNAP.   THESE CONES ARE SUPER EASY TO MAKE, SUPER EASY TO FIND A PATTERN AND ARE AN AWESOME IDEA FOR MAKING FORMS TO MAKE TREES RATHER THAN BUYING THOSE EXPENSIVE FOAM CONES AT THE STORE.  JUST DO A SEARCH FOR CONE PATTERN AND ALL KINDS WILL POP UP FOR YOU.  SORRY TO THE PERSON WHO IS SELLING THE PATTERN FOR TAKING ANY BUSINESS AWAY FROM YOU, I AM ALL FOR USING PINTEREST TO PROMOTE BUSINESS.

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NUMBER TABLE RUNNER

I LOOOOVED THIS PROJECT!!! SOMETIMES I MAKE THINGS AND THEY LOOK HOMEMADE OR THEY DO NOT TURN OUT RIGHT BUT I MADE TWO OF THESE AND IT LOOKED STORE BOUGHT AND IT WAS NOT EVEN HARD TO GET IT TO LOOK THAT WAY.  I COULD LOVE SOMETHING THAT SIMPLE MORE THAN THIS.  THE DROP CLOTH IS THE PERFECT MATERIAL FOR THIS PROJECT AND PAINTING IT WAS SUPER EASY.  IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT MESS UP AND YOU TRACE THE LETTERS RIGHT BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS FUN TO MAKE AND TURNED OUT SO CUTE.  I AM GOING TO USE MINE TO DECORATE AROUND BACK TO SCHOOL TIME.

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ORIGINAL PIN CAN BE FOUND HERE: http://www.countryliving.com/crafts/projects/ruler-drop-cloth-table-runner#slide-2

Getting your towels fluffy

I always wonder how the same recipe or something ends up on Pinterest but with a totally different use.  This pin for getting your towels fluffy again is the same exact pin for getting rid of the mildew smell out of your towels and I am here to tell you that it does not work.  You are not going to get the results you are looking for with this pin.   Plus I am so weary of using baking soda in much else other than cooking ever since I used it to unclog my drains and it clogged them and to clean my shower head and it made it worse or to clean my stove and it left huge white streaks for months.  Baking soda is my nemesis and it does not work on things that have to do with cleaning.  There is a reason our parents quit using it and waited for something more advanced to come out for cleaning around the house, it's because it is the worst at cleaning around the house.  So if you happened to miss my point here, this does not work and you will not get the results you are searching for.

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Cleaning stinky, mildew towels

This is a different method of cleaning your stinky, mildew towels and one I do not feel worked at all and after a week the smell was back. The other test I did on the towels with Lysol worked awesome! Enough so that I washed them with Lysol three weeks ago and the smell still has not come back. I still wash them every week just not with the Lysol.  This test requires you to run the towels through two washes and then the smell comes back with the lysol version you only run it through once and the smell does not come back.

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For the Lysol version click on this link: http://thecraftpatch.blogspot.com/2012/12/cleaning-stinky-towels-better-way.html

Taking Charge of Cords

Ok, thank you to the smart person who just made my life a heck of a lot easier. Why do I not ever think of these clever solutions? This is why I love Pinterest, being able to tap into other peoples clever brains and use such smart solutions in my life.  This is such a great idea and makes it easy for you to maintain and take charge of all of your appliance cords and a solution for your computer cords. Keeps them out of the way and keeps them from getting stuck under the other appliances. Since you use a command strip you can change it out if you need to and take it off if you decide you do not want it there anymore and binder clips cannot be any easier to change out and remove if you need too.   Thank you to the smart and clever person who came up with this idea.

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Using a Dryer Sheet on a Wet Dog

The one I tried on this list was using dryer sheets on your dog after they get wet.  I have to say I was hoping this would work because I really do not like the smell of wet dog.  We gave our dog a bath and then my husband looked at me, quite weirdly, as I rubbed the dog down with a dryer sheet. This did not work, I could still smell our wet dog just as strong and it ended up being a waste of a dryer sheet. So I think the moral of the story is not much can get rid of the smell of wet dog. 
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Removing a Splinter

So I got the worst splinter the other day, I was breaking skewers in half and a long sliver of skewer went right into my finger.  I had the hardest time getting it out so I thought I would try this pin that states, if you put a baking soda/water mixture on a sliver it will pull the sliver out.  It did not work, I put this paste on and nothing happened.  I ended up having to do a little minor surgery to get the sliver out of my finger.  Just to be sure, my mom, happened to get a sliver as well and I had her try the same thing and it did not work for her either.

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Chore Card

I love this idea for chores.  I have to say we have tried so many things in our house and they always work for the first few weeks and then die down.  This has brought a whole new motivation into our household to get chores down.  Seeing the punch card get punched and seeing it get closer to the end is enough motivation to get them to keep doing their chores.  I am not sure how long this will last but for now it has worked really well. I have to say I sort of understand, I love watching my punch cards from stores get closer to that one free thing, or that ten dollars off or whatever incentive it may be.

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/92267945/diy-printable-punch-cards-4-colors-chore?utm_campaign=Share&utm_medium=PageTools

Writing on a Board

Ok, so maybe I have been spoiled, I have always had a cricut or some sort of machine to help me cut out the letters I wanted on a board and I have to say, good thing, because this did not work at all. It was hard to press the pen/pencil down to make the letter, it was a pain and it did not turn out without imperfections. I am guessing you have to have a really steady hand and A LOT of practice to get this one done in a way that looks nice.  It is still way easier to use stickers or a die cut machine to get the letters you want.

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How to clean your mildew towels

Ok, I thought this was crazy when I read this.  You are supposed to add lysol to your wash of towels and it gets rid of the mildew smell that you get in your towels.  Even after I did it and it worked I still feel weird putting lysol in my washer with my towels but it makes sense.  This was awesome, I had tried other pins to no avail and this  one totally worked.  You just add some lysol to your normal wash of towels and tadaa, the mildew smell is gone and stays away as well. Super easy, fast and cheap to do and completely effective.

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original pin can be found here: http://thecraftpatch.blogspot.com/2012/12/cleaning-stinky-towels-better-way.html

Cleaning your Blinds

I needed to do a little spring cleaning since  I had a two week break in between semesters so I decided to try this as I cleaned my blinds.  You take a mixture of vinegar and water and then use a sock to clean your blinds. I find a sock quite annoying I do not feel like it gets into the crevices well and very much prefer a towel, but that is just my preference.  Other than that this solution worked great, got off all of the dirt and grime and made the blinds look nice and white again. It was fast and easy to put together and easy to use.

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Original pin can be found here: http://keephomesimple.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-clean-dirty-blinds.html

Getting Acrylic Paint out of Clothes

Swab a little rubbing alcohol onto your acrylic stain and TADAA!! it's gone.  I am so glad I found this, I get so much acrylic paint on my clothes, I am not the cleanest painter out there.  Now I have clothes that are renewed and not ruined anymore and it cannot get much easier than this and cheap, too.

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Orignal pin can be found here: http://claudinehellmuth.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-remove-acrylic-paint-from-your.html