Unique Uses for Your Old Stuff

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Newspapers:

• Use them as cheap insulation.
• They’re great makeshift potholders.
• Use them to pad your tablecloth.
• Stuff wads into old boots, luggage or other items that have developed a bad odor. The paper will soak up the odor overnight.
• Use them to clean windows, they don’t leave streaks.

Shower Curtains:

• Use as a drop cloth when painting.
• Turn it into a car windshield cover to prevent frost build-up or heat exposure.
• Cut an old one into an apron shape to wear for messy projects.

Single Earring:

• If you lose one earring, use its partner as a lapel pin.

Soda Bottles:

• Cut the bottom off in a “petal” shape to use as a decorative container.
• You can use the top as a lid as well.

Tissue Boxes:

• Use an empty one to store plastic shopping bags. The bags will be stored in a more compact way and they’re easy to pull out.

Toliet Paper Tubes:

• Store extension cords inside them to prevent the cords from tangling.
• Keep sewing needles, batteries and other loose items inside by taping up one end.

Wine Corks:

• Use one as a pincushion.
• Glue one to back of each rocker on a rocker chair to prevent it from tipping over backward.

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