How to Replace a Broken Bathroom Mirror This was our old bathroom mirror. Sad looking, really. It was a 3 part medicine cabinet with mirrors that was rather brittle. Most of the mirrors broke off the hinges, and this was the only mirror left. We propped it in the corner on the sink in order …
This is a guest post by my cool pal, Laurie of Common Sense Homesteading. Papercuts and slivers are small wounds that hurt way too much for their size. I’ve learned to patch up the paper cuts with liquid bandage, which usually helps quite a bit. Working in the garden and around the woodpile (often without …
Learning how to knit is a fun, relaxing hobby. Learning how to knit your own socks? Genius! You not only get the fun of knitting itself, but you get socks! Making your own socks can result not only in higher quality, but longer wear. You can choose the yarn you want to work with, the …
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What is tallow? Well, it is the product of what happens when you render beef fat. To render tallow means that you have melted it down, and “extracted” the fat. It removes any leftover stuff in the fat, and makes it smooth, creamy, and easy to use. You are basically changing the composition. Rendering it …
There are so many items in our stores that have unnecessary packaging. Cardboard or plastic wrapping that makes it pretty on a store shelf, but does little else. Some will have BOTH, like soap. Store bought soap will often come in a carboard box, wrapped in plastic. Guess they don’t want it to spoil? Some soaps …
There are many ingredients in commercial toothpaste that I do not like giving to my family. Among them are Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Flouride. SLS and SLES are esters of Sulphuric acid – SLS is also known as “Sulfuric acid monododecyl ester sodium salt”, however there are over 150 different names by which it is …
Detergent for the dishwasher has two components that I don’t like: the trash and the chemicals in the average dish detergent. Even the ones that are “natural” are chock full of things I don’t want my family possibly ingesting… Like what’s in this detergent: Ingredient Purpose Water Consistency Sodium Carbonate Water Softener Sodium Silicate pH …
Trying to find a knife rack that holds knives by the stove instead of in a block? I thought, “no problem…they are everywhere, right?” Wrong. I found this out as we were doing our kitchen makeover, and got really frustrated. NO ONE had a magnetic knife strip. NO ONE. I thought about ordering online, but …
I buy my spices in bulk, since they are much cheaper that way… I also like never running out of favorites like cumin, cinnamon, and garlic powder. I used to put them in pint size jars, but that took up so much room in my china cabinet, and I had to move them all out …
It happens in the kitchen often. All sorts of foods are made in kitchens all over the world daily. Greasy burgers, butter for eggs splattering all over, even frying chicken. All that grease makes a huge mess. Grease that splatters all over the walls, the stove top, and even the counters. Nasty, scummy, grease splatters. It’s …
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