Take the filter out of your clothes dryer and wash it. Clean it with soap and an old tooth brush. A waxy film builds up from the dryer sheets and can shorten your dryer’s lifetime and increase your electric bill.

Mop your hard wood floors with white vinegar and water. It doesn’t take off the finish like oil soap.

Put small piles of cornmeal wherever you find ants. They eat it and take it “home,” but since they cannot digest it, it kills them. It may take a week or so.

Rather than cleaning them right away, you can put your rollers and paint brushes in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer until you are ready to use them again. Read More...

When painting, instead of using tape, try using a putty knife and a wet rag to remove paint around doors, windows, and wood work. Read More...

For a mess free paint job, try covering the paint tray with a Glad small garbage bag. When you are done painting, turn the bag inside out and throw it away - no clean up necessary

You can get many stains out of your carpet using a mixture of vinegar, salt and water. Just pour a bit of the mixture on the stain, let it sit, and then pat dry with a paper towel.

If you have older registers in your home or your registers just don't look as nice as they used to, you can clean them up by spray painting them with Rustoleum's "hammered metal" finishes.

Self adhesive wallpaper can ruin your drywall! You can buy wallpaper backing and stick the wallpaper to it, which you can then put on the wall with regular, drywall-safe wallpaper adhesive.