Household Hints to Save You Time and Money

Use these household hints to help you to organize your home, fight ants, and much, much more!
There is nothing more useful than a good household hint. Here are a few handy household hints that you may not have seen before.

Pest Control Household Hint: A household hint that you may not know about is that many species of ants hate the smell of mint. In fact, the tradition used to be to plant mint outside the kitchen door, partly to keep ants away.
The next time you see a line of ants invading your home, try this household hint. Cut open a mint tea bag and sprinkle a pinch of it across their path. In many cases, they will go out of their way to walk around it rather than go through the mint.
There are a few different ways to use mint to your advantage when keeping ants out of the kitchen. Planting mint outside your kitchen door is one, of course. Ants will sometimes just find another way to the kitchen though. For this household hint, a more direct approach is best. A drop of mint oil in the corners and along the back edge of your cabinets will keep mint-avoiding ants at bay. If you don’t have mint oil, sprinkling a bit of mint tea will give you the same results.

Baking Household Hint: A great household hint for the baker is to use your oven as a place for bread to rise. Many times, homemade bread falls flat because it’s not allowed to rise in a warm enough place. Most ovens have a very low setting, such as 150 degrees F. The next time you make bread, try this: Turn your oven on its lowest setting, let it heat up, then turn the oven off. Your bread can rise comfortably in the oven and you won’t have to worry about a cold or drafty kitchen ruining your hard work.
Kitchen Trash Can Household Hint: Your trash can can work as its own container for holding trash bags. Try this household hint - Instead of putting the box of trash bags under the kitchen cabinet, take the roll of bags out of the box and put the roll at the bottom of the trash can. Now, when you take out the trash, the next bag is right there. This is an especially useful household hint for those who are short on cabinet space.
Bathtub Household Hint: This household hint for the bathroom comes in handy for those who have kids, especially boys. Boys love dirt and the dirt always ends up leaving a stubborn ring in the bathtub. The next time you have a bathtub ring, try using dishwashing soap. Just squirt it directly on the dry tub. Spread it around a bit with your fingers to cover the ring and let it sit for a few minutes. Then just use a wet sponge or towel and wipe it away.
Sparkling Windows Household Hint: You’ll have to try this next household hint to believe it. The secret to sparkling, streak-free windows and mirrors? One damp washcloth and one dry washcloth. Clean an area of the window with the damp washcloth, then buff the wet area dry with the dry cloth. This will give you the prettiest streak-free windows you’ve ever seen. With no chemicals at all.
Hopefully, this list of household hints includes some new tips that will help you make your life run more smoothly.