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• Spiders tend to dislike the taste of essential oils:
  
  For best effect, use neem oil and tea tree oil. Mix about two tablespoons of dish soap into warm water. Then, add 5 drops of tea tree oil and an ounce of neem oil.
• 1/3 of you life is spent on your bed. Invest in a good mattress, pillows and cotton or linen sheets -they absorb perspiration better.
  
• If your room is small, use mirrors on the walls. It gives the room an illusion of space (If you are a Feng Shui believer, see the tips on mirrors).
  
• Use warm flooring on bedroom floors like wood and carpet. Don't use ceramic tiles, marble or granite on bedroom floors. It is not pleasant to get out of bed in the morning and step on a cold floor. If a cold flooring material is already installed, put an area rug beside the bed.
  
• 1/3 of you life is spent on your bed. Invest in a good mattress, pillows and cotton or linen sheets -they absorb perspiration better.
  

  




• If your room is small, use mirrors on the walls. It gives the room an illusion of space (If you are a Feng Shui believer, see the tips on mirrors).
  
• Use warm flooring on bedroom floors like wood and carpet. Don't use ceramic tiles, marble or granite on bedroom floors. It is not pleasant to get out of bed in the morning and step on a cold floor. If a cold flooring material is already installed, put an area rug beside the bed.
  
• If you are starting your interiors from scratch, you can start by choosing fabrics first and base the color of you wall from it, then you can select furniture that compliments the color of walls and the fabrics that you are going to use.
• When interior designing your bedrooms, make sure the rooms are cozy and restful in appearance. Avoid bright colors like orange. Bright colors won't induce you to sleep. Neutral, pastel and warm colors are best suited for bedrooms.
• Bookshelf
  Avoid keeping books tightly against one another in a book shelf. Books should be kept in such a way that they can be easily removed.

  




• Creating space and light
  Placing mirrors in a room will give you extra light.
• Fresh Flowers
  Add a bit of sugar to the water in the vase. This will give the cut plants the nutrition they require.
  
  
• Creating more light and space
  Placing mirrors in a room will give you extra light.
• Avoid Drain Clogging
  
  Don't ever poor cooking grease down the sink! The grease solidifies when it cools and clogs up your drain.
• Drier Tips
  
  Put quick drying items together so you will use a shorter cycle for those to dry.Put less of the bulky items together so it dries faster.

  




• Tumble Drier
  
  Items put into the tumble drier need to be as loose as possible for the warm air to flow through them and dry them.
• Aluminium/Steel vessels
  
  To get rid of black stains from aluminum or steel vessels rub them with charcoal pieces. They will shine like new.
• Lights
  
  Clean lights shine brighter. It is therefore worthwhile to dust your lights - but be sure to turn off the fixture first.
• Stuffed toys - cleaning
  Put stuffed toys in a paper bag and shake baking soda into the same bag. Shake the bag until the stuffed animal is coated in baking soda. Leave the baking soda on for about thirty minutes and then brush off with a towel. This is a good way for cleaning and freshening soft toys.
• Paint brushes
  
  Keep a separate set of brushes for use in varnish as once used in varnish they are not good for use in any other medium.

  




• Opened varnish tin
  Once a varnish tin is opened a wasteful skin begins to form on top, because of which always store the tins upside down as this makes sure that the skin forms at the bottom of the tin and therefore doesn't cause problem in usage.
• Opening Jars
  
  Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.
  
• Sharpen your garbage disposal blades by putting ice in it and running it, deoderize with vinigar and baking soda.
• If short of space, wash machine dry curtains and hang them in their place without drying on a clothesline. They will solve your problem of an overcrowded clothesline and will reduce on step of the job. Pull them end to end to spread them fully and let the air dry them.
• If frying oil tends foam, add a small ball of tamarind to it, and the foaming will gradually stop.

  




• For a more decorative look frost the glasses as follows: Chill them in the freezer for 30 minutes. Pour some castor sugar in a plate. Dip the rim of each glass in this sugar. A frosty edge will form. Chill again for a few minutes. Pour liquid in carefully while serving. Insert a thin lemon sliced round, on rim for special effect.
• Just dip a small clean rag in a teeny bit of any oil (edible too) and rub on creaky hinges. You will experience quiet doors and windows in a jiffy.
• Do not use soap when cleaning a mirror because it streaks the glass. All you need to do in cleaning a mirror is to wipt it with a cloth moistened with water in which a little vinegar or ammonia has been added, and then wipe the mirror dry with a soft cloth that is lint free.
• Slip large photocorners on corners of valuable books to preserve them better and minimise their Wear and tear.
• Place a tsp. of soda bicarb in a corner of the fridge in a small crucible. This will keep smells of foods in the fridge from permeating each other.

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