Cardboard Nail Starter that Saves Your Fingers

Driving stubby and short nails with a hammer can be a painful experience for your fingers. Avoid crushing your extremities by putting nails into a piece of tape, cardboard or felt paper. Align and set the nails without putting your fingers in harm’s way.

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Rating: 8 (from 8 votes)

Binder Clip Straw Holder

Does your straw keep getting carried away?! Check out this simple, office-inspired hack that keeps any straw in a carbonated drink from levitating or even changing position.

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Rating: 5 (from 7 votes)

Automatic Sliding Screen Door

A simple water bottle filled with water or sand, a pulley, a string and a strong clip or attachment are all you need to turn your sliding screen door into one that always closes itself.

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Rating: 10 (from 12 votes)

Laundry Sorting Baskets

Use two expandable shower curtain rods set at an angle to make better use of the space above your washer and dryer. Adjust their separation so that plastic storage bins can span the distance but still rest on the rails via their handles.

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Rating: 19 (from 19 votes)

Easy Hack for the Chopstick-Challenged

Just roll up the chopsticks paper tightly and insert it about an inch from the end of the sticks. Then, use a hairband or rubberband to bind the chopsticks together just past the roll. Simply use the chopsticks by squeezing them together and the rubber band will do the rest!

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Rating: 5 (from 7 votes)

Cutting Cake with Dental Floss

It turns out dental floss can make for fast and clean cuts on most soft cakes. Use unscented dental floss for the cutting, unless you want a minty flavor to your cakes!

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Rating: 8 (from 8 votes)