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How to make a beautiful lawn in one day

Simonne — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:10:32 +0000

Time is a very scarce resource nowadays. We don’t have time to wait for things to happen naturally. If you have a courtyard, then you know how much time and work you need in order to grow a very nice lawn on it. This is how to make it faster:

Step 1: measure the area you want to cover with grass
Step 2: buy some ready-made grass and earth “carpets”

Step 3: make sure the future lawn surface is flat
Step 4: cover the ground with the grass carpets

Step 5: step on them to make them uniform

Step 6: wet the lawn. In a few days, it will look like the naturally grown ones.
You can cut the lawn pieces in round shape from place to place, and you can plant some flowers in the obtained circles. The effect is guaranteed.

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Original chairs and table kit for small places

Simonne — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:04:50 +0000

Wouldn’t it be nice that some big items we use, become very small when we don’t need them? What do you think about the monument in the first photo here?

You believed it’s some kind of modern art. You were correct, it’s the art of living comfortably in small places: look what those guys are doing with the “monument”:

Some more work to go (now you start to figure out the chairs):

A few chair accessories are yet required:

Now they can rest and enjoy the result:

You still have to bring in the beers.

Cleaning products tips and tricks

Simonne — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:01:09 +0000

Isn’t it difficult these days to choose the most appropriate cleaning products? Tips and tricks written on all kind of detergent boxes, minutes after minutes of advertising for various cleaners for all purposes, promotions and coupons… you get lost in choices, even for tasks as simple as washing the laundry. I experienced many of them, and now I want to share with you the most useful 10 cleaning products tips and tricks I discovered and worked great, making me save money and time.

Dirty shirt collars can be cleaned easily if before putting the shirt in the washing machine, you rub the collar with a sponge soaked in dishwashing detergent.
Using half of the recommended dose of detergent in automatic washing machines has the same effect on the clothes as using the full quantity, if clothes are not extremely dirty.
Small scratches on glass can be removed using toothpaste
Silver jewellery also gets clean if rubbed with a toothbrush and toothpaste
Spraying furniture polish on the dust mop makes it easier to collect the dust
If you have hard to clean ashtrays, you can spray a little bit of furniture polish on them. This will make ashes not stick and dump easily
Wax spots on carpets can be removed by placing some thin paper above them and then ironing the paper surface. The wax will stick to the paper.
In case of naughty pets, you can get rid of urine stains by using some diluted dishwashing detergent.
Mildew in bathrooms goes away by using a solution of bleach and water (1 cup chlorine bleach to 5 cups hot water). Bleach not only cleans, but also disinfects.
Combs and hair brushes can be very well cleaned with shampoo, by soaking them, then scrubbing until clean.

There are probably many more tips and tricks on household cleaning. I’ll update the list when I’ll discover new ones worth trying.