Do you have a secret trick?

Brambleberry

Most of my best tricks I learned from OSers already, so thank you to you all! 

I keep two matching cheap washing-up bowls nested together in my under-sink cupboard. I used to only have one, that I would stand all the cleaning bottles in, but then occasionally I'd need to use it and have to take all the bottles out.
By having two, I just lift out the top one with the bottles, and the other is ready to go. Less faff and hardly any noticeable effect on storage space.

YoungBlueEyes

Aye I agree Brambleberry. I learned most of my tips on here. You never know what people know though 😊

JIL

I cut pizza with scissors.

I also trim beans and cut cabbage stalks out using scissors.

If making loads of sandwiches, use an electric knife to cut into neat triangles or cut crusts off in big batches.

ariarnia

-taff said:

I have some large nappy pins that I put in the corners of the top of the duvet, the corners and along the bottom of the duvet. Keeps the duvet from sliding aorund inside and leaving you with a few inches of just divert cover at the top and a lump of duvet in the bottom.

I used to do the jelly roll but now I just put it on inside out and nappy pin the edges, it's much easier to shiggle it down.

the other option i know of is to sew buttons or toggles on the corners of your duvets and loops on the inside of your covers.  thats what the mil does. but i find the buttons to fiddly with my bad hands (arthritis) and ive been stuck with forgotten pins in things to often to be happy using the safety pin method

Longwalker

Got a dog or cat and carpeted stairs?

Leave the vacuum where it is,  and use their slicker brush whilst sitting on the stairs, working top to bottom - carpet looks like new

Fed up of cat/dog hair being left behind after vacuuming carpet? Put on your trainers or walking shoes and shuffle backwards, up and down ( even after using the Miele I find hair )

PollyWollyDoodle

Sorry what's a slicker brush?  I'm overwhelmed by cat hair 🙄

-taff

ariarnia said:

-taff said:

I have some large nappy pins that I put in the corners of the top of the duvet, the corners and along the bottom of the duvet. Keeps the duvet from sliding aorund inside and leaving you with a few inches of just divert cover at the top and a lump of duvet in the bottom.

I used to do the jelly roll but now I just put it on inside out and nappy pin the edges, it's much easier to shiggle it down.

the other option i know of is to sew buttons or toggles on the corners of your duvets and loops on the inside of your covers.  thats what the mil does. but i find the buttons to fiddly with my bad hands (arthritis) and ive been stuck with forgotten pins in things to often to be happy using the safety pin method

Sorry, I meant kilt pins not nappy pins..doh! I did spend some time sewing loops to the duvet and then pieces to tie in on the duvet covers [on two summer duvet covers] but they are, as you say fiddly and awkward and so I thought of the kilt pins instead and am using them on the winter duvet. Much easier...

Our bed is a king size but because one [or both ] of us s ia duvet hogger, the duvet is a superking so the pins never come in contact with us..

That's a tip too. Whatever bed size you have, get duvets the next size up. No idea what you do if you have a superking bed though...

-taff

PollyWollyDoodle said:

Sorry what's a slicker brush?  I'm overwhelmed by cat hair 🙄

I'm assuming the sticky brushes that peel off a strip of sticky paper.

I'd say go for a silicone brush or silicone dish washing thing [ a circle with lots of little spikes] or if you have a silicone scraper, that too.

Frith

Surely the surface area of sheets is the same no matter how you hang them out? 

elsien

I have a rubber long handled brush which is very good for getting dog hairs off the stair carpet and rugs. It’s not this one, but this sort of style. 

https://www.therange.co.uk/pets/pet-home-cleaning/beldray-pet-plus-rubber-head-brush/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4ZXvhqbD_AIV2YxoCR04jAxvEAQYAiABEgJcKfD_BwE#539548