household Archives

turning single-use items into multi-purpose savers

Want to know how to dry your washing using your refrigerater? How about using the engine of your car? Creative, out of the box thinking for objects around the home.

5 reasons why you should declutter

Why should you declutter? Here are five good reasons to declutter your home.

tip tuesday – three habits that stop impulse buying and reduce clutter

One of the most important aspects of decluttering is not bringing more clutter into your home. These are three questions to ask yourself next time you’re tempted to buy on impulse and potentially add to the clutter in your home.

tip tuesday–make your own cleaner using rubbing alcohol

These tip comes from Julie, a Frugal and Thriving reader from the US. “At our medical doctor’s office, I noticed they spray and clean counters, handles etc using 1/2 water and 1/2 rubbing alcohol. This also works for mirrors and windows very well.” Other uses for rubbing alcohol include cleaning CDs and DVDs, mozzie bites, [...]

is the grass really greener? 7 questions to ask when moving to a new town

Moving to a new town is a mixture of excitement and intrepidation. Do your research first to make sure you’re making the right move.

finding time to craft Part One–making time

I’ve been working on how to get some more crafting into my day. Time is short, but I’m really missing my creative time. This week I’ve written a three part series on finding time to craft. I like to sew mostly, but the tips over the next few days are relevant for getting any type [...]

10 easy tips to save water and money in your home

This is a guest post by Lisa Shoreland of Go College. [source] Wasting water is harmful to the environment – and it’s also a good way to spring a leak in your wallet. It’s easy to forget how much you’re paying for the water you use every day, but once that bill comes, you realize [...]

Outside the box thinking

I received this email the other day after writing about how we get the washing dry in wet weather. Ophelia writes: One particular day the weather was good for drying clothes, but I could see that a storm was on its way – and I didn’t have time to bring clothes in and out unnecessarily. [...]

food for thought thursday – tiny living

I came across this video doing some research for the recent newsletter. This tiny 30 square metre apartment in Hong Kong has 24 rooms (as a comparison, the average sized home in Australia is 215 square metres). Don’t believe me? Check out the video, it’s pretty darn amazing.

tip tuesday – quick tidy strategy

We have a rule in our house: never walk up or down the stairs empty handed. We have a drop off point at the top and bottom of the stairs where items that need to be relocated back to their proper place are left for when one of us next treads the stairs. This keeps [...]