Attractive, Heated Facial wipes dispenser
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Comments (46)leahcate, the news feature I saw was about leaving the clothes dryer running when you're not there. The danger is lint catching on fire. If you're not home to act the fire could spread quickly. My friend always left her HAIR dryer plugged in and on the bathroom counter. Due to a fault in the hair dryer, at 11 pm after it hadn't been used since 7 am, it caught on fire. They could tell the way the fire went from the unit to the outlet that the dryer was the source and not the outlet. The fire dept told her that you shouldn't leave anything with a heating element (hair appliances, toasters, coffee makers) plugged in. I think about that when I read on the bathroom forum about people having outlets put inside drawers so that they can leave their hair dryer plugged in and in a drawer. Maybe it only happened once but since I know the person it happened to I don't leave those things plugged in. Luckily she caught it early & the fire dept responded quickly. She did get a new vanity, paint, and, then of course, new towels out of it! My father was a master worrier so I have some inherited worry traits. I don't think about the big appliances that go berserk and burn the house down. I limit myself to easy to manage things like unplugging my hair dryer and not leaving the house with the clothes dryer running....See MoreI hate my stainless steel appliances!!!
Comments (133)You GO, @Kathy Linn! I resolved early-on in our kitchen design to adopt a "no-stainless" policy (more for the looks than the upkeep), and so set out to find an antique, enameled stove (for cleanability in addition to looks) and even went with copper sinks to avoid SS. My first kitchen was all-white when we bought the house, and not really in a good way - laminate countertops and mdf cabinets in addition to white appliances. It was more work keeping the countertops white than the fridge (although the door handle did yellow with time) but I was done with white by the time we moved. For our build I settled on a 1929 Glenwood, restored at a shop outside Boston. It was a splurge but like yours (which is also very handsome) one we'll never need to replace. I'd like to think if consumers start throwing the SS junk back in appliance companies' (and designers') faces and going with restored antiques or otherwise reliable, easy-to-clean appliances with actual color options that we don't have to replace after 5-10 years, maybe they'll stop telling us what we should want and start producing quality again....See MoreSkin wipes
Comments (16)I'd keep a spray bottle and a roll of paper towels handy. Or a big stack of washcloths and do a load every time you're out! Here's a cheap way to make your own baby wipes: Baby Wipes Make your own baby wipes. You need: 1 roll of Bounty paper towels 2-1/4 cups of water, 2 Tbsp. Baby bath or shampoo 1 Tbsp of Baby oil Cut the roll of towels in half (an electric knife works well) and remove the cardboard center. Mix all liquid ingredients together, put towels in a container (an old wipes container or a round Rubbermaid container works well) and pour the liquid over top of the towels. There's tons of variations out there but essentially the same basic recipe. A couple recommended boiling the water to help for mold and bacteria. Seemed to make sense. If you think you won't like the stickiness from the shampoo and oil leave them out. Perhaps some alcohol in there (I'm talking about isopropyl or rubbing, not Jack Daniels or Jim Beam. That's for later!) would help and evaporate quickly. I took a coffee can, cut a roll of paper towels in half, pulled the center core and just put them in the can plain. Cut a slot (an "X") in the lid, feed from the center of the roll through the slot in the lid and you have a nice pop up towel dispenser. Handy to keep in the car for when you need a napkin or facial tissue (or an emergency supply of toilet paper) and great to have at picnics since it won't blow away like a stack of napkins. I use the stronger towels like Bounty or Brawny. Stronger and softer than others I tried and just worked better. And it lasts quite a while too. Using the "select-a-size" type and you'll get nice little squares about the size of a napkin. The can would keep them cleaner for you. You could use them dry and have a spray bottle attached to the can too. I used a metal can because that's what I had but a plastic one would be fine too. Here's a recipe for body wipes using an udder wash recipe. Basically equal parts of vinegar and water and she added essential oil but personally, I don't like excess smells in the world. Put it in a coffee can or a large baby wipe container. You could fold the towels and put in a flat container too (like a plastic shoebox size tote with a tight fitting lid, food storage box or a Swiffer wet pad container) if you want to go to the effort of folding. Making the coffee can though, is super simple. BTW, in case you didn't figure it out, you can make cheap disposeable cleaning wipes this way. Put some of your favorite cleaner in there with the towels....See MoreWhat "normal" things don't you have-nor want-in your kitchen?
Comments (79)After not having a dishwasher for the first 28years of my life and spending 30+ minutes a day doing dishes (I cook a lot), I have been using my new dishwasher for 2 months and hope to never go without one again!! I am slightly confused about people's comments about the water/ice dispensers in fridges. Most of the standard fridge/freezers we looked at came w/ the dispensers, I feel like saying you don't want them would limit your options and/or cause you to buy a more expensive fridge (like the counter depth ones). Assuming you are getting a new one instead of an older one on craigslist etc. We did a lot of fancy custom things in our kitchen, but since we did a lot DIY we saved a lot of money. Some of the money saving choices we made were vinyl flooring (love this for comfort anyway), partially making our own cabinets, installing everything ourselves, getting a common granite (uba tuba), tiling our backsplash ourselves, and our island pendant lights. Some of our splurges were appliances (mainly- our 48" capital range), cabinet hardware, and lots of drawers, backsplash tile (although the tile we chose was reasonable, it was still more expensive than a painted wall), and stone underneath the island seating. I love seeing the choices different people make while still meeting their budget goals! :-)...See More4boys2
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