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Tips: 26

This is a new idea: a persistent post for your tips only.

We get a lot of emailed tips, and we blog as many as we can, but some get left on the cutting room floor. So, in addition to sending us emails, we're going to experiment with taking tips right here (you can still email us).

We'll be pulling the best tips to posts on the front page, but this will insure that the all tips are shared immediately.

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Comments (6)

Could somebody please tell me where to get a mirror like this one?
I've looked high and low!
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/fall-colors-2007-east/18-christoronto-winter-antidote-034080

posted by Sweet Pea on 2007-10-22 13:04:01
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I like collecting cool glass jars and bottles to reuse as containers for sundries, like popping corn, nuts, sugar, etc. Sometimes the jars will look nice, but still smell like what they orginally contained...pickles, hot sauce, Indian seasonings. Then I read somewhere that you could stuff newspaper in the jars and seal them overnight and the smell will get absorbed by the newspaper. I tried it and it totally worked. Though, depending on how strong the smell is, I've had to leave the newspaper in for longer than a day.

posted by flyinglimegreen on 2007-10-23 10:27:42
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I have a very light-weight lamp that was always getting knocked over by cats. I finally thought to put 2-sided mounting tape on the bottom and stick it to the end table it's on. Now it stays upright.

posted by circlebloom on 2007-10-24 11:04:03
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Sweet Pea, you need to put this question on Open Thread. No questions allowed here. And it would help if you pointed which mirror you're referring to.

posted by anne on 2007-10-24 11:48:51
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That's a great tip, limegreen. I wonder if the crumpled up newspaper would work in those smelly old suitcases and trunks as well.

posted by anne on 2007-10-24 11:50:28
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Use Museum Putty if you don't want things to be knocked over. It is designed to secure objects to shelves and to be removed without leaving a residue. It is a MUCH better solution than standard tape. Museum Putty is widely available and inexpensive http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?PRODID=68647&CATID=233

posted by Taureg on 2007-10-26 20:11:02
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