Ordinary Household Items Used in Different Ways

There are so many items around the home that can be used for other than what they were purchased for. You can use baking soda to clean off your car battery terminals so that the connection is better. That's an old tried and true one. 

We can make our own room fresheners with essential oils, water, and powdered gelatin. http://refreshinghome.blogspot.com/2012/12/homemade-essential-oil-air-fresheners.html

Duct tape can fix a multitude of things. 

We can make our own carpet cleaning solutions for the steam cleaner. http://refreshinghome.blogspot.com/2012/12/eco-friendly-carpet-cleaning-solution.html

Linked below are some books that can take us to the next level for other uses of items that we have.

We all want to learn how to save money these days, and finding new ways to use things you already have is a great start.      

Learn how to detoxify your home, too. We don't always understand how the products we use daily can affect us in negative ways.

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• Yankee Magazine Vinegar, Duct Tape, Milk Jugs & More: 1,001 Ingenious Ways to Use Common Household Items to Repair, Restore, Revive, or Replace Just ... in Your Life (Yankee Magazine Guidebook)
• Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things: 2,317 Ways to Save Money and Time
• Home Enlightenment: Create a Nurturing, Healthy, and Toxin-Free Home