Cheap and cheerful home-help hacks to save on bits and bobs for your pad
IT is all the little bits and bobs for the home that can really add up. We fork out around £557 a year on extra cleaning products and kitchen items that we they rarely even use. But these tricks to save you doubling up will help . . . GRATE STUFF: Cheese graters can be a nightmare to […]
IT is all the little bits and bobs for the home that can really add up.
We fork out around £557 a year on extra cleaning products and kitchen items that we they rarely even use.
But these tricks to save you doubling up will help . . .
GRATE STUFF: Cheese graters can be a nightmare to clean and cause a bit of a mess — but mums have taken to Facebook forum Extreme Budget DIY & Life Hacks to reveal a great trick — simply use a cheap potato peeler.
Get one for as little 99p on eBay.co.uk — far less than a grater at Argos for £8.50.
SAVING: £7.51
AIR WE GO: No one likes a whiffy kitchen but you do not need to buy a pricey air freshener, such as Airwick Air Freshener Freshmatic Pure Spring Kit, £5 at Tesco.
Instead, fill a saucepan with water and add a sliced lemon, a few sprigs of rosemary and ½tsp of vanilla extract. Bring to a simmer and it will create a sweet scent throughout your kitchen.
SAVING: Around £5
NO STAIN STRAIN: Instead of buying expensive washing- machine water softener, such as Calgon 2-in-1 water softener powder, £4 at Wilko, try adding a scoop of soda crystals, £1 at Asda, to each wash.
Soda crystals are also good at getting tea or coffee stains out of mugs when washing up — so a double whammy.
SAVING: £3
ZAPPY DAYS: Fabric upholstery always gets mucky but instead of deploying Scotchgard cleaner, £5.99 at Robert Dyas, use bicarbonate of soda, 59p at Aldi.
Cover a sofa with the powder and, after 20 minutes, vacuum it using a brush attachment. It should then smell nice and fresh, too.
SAVING: £5.40
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Top swap
YOU can’t beat a cuppa and a biccy. But, don’t pay £1.19 for 300g of McVitie’s Rich Tea biscuits, from Waitrose, when you can buy two 370g packs of Morrisons own version, for 70p.
SAVE: 49p – and get 440g more biscuit
Deal of the day
NEW members who sign up to topcashback.co.uk can get up to £15 cashback on their Pizza Hut order until March 1.
Cheap treat
PAXO Southern Fried breadcrumbs are perfect to make your own fakeaway.
Currently £1 at Asda, grab a pot before it goes up to £1.29.
Shop & save
SIMPLE Kind To Skin face wipes are half price at Tesco, down to £1.50 from £3.
SAVE: £1.50
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Reader’s saving tips
ANITA WALDER, of Pulborough, West Sussex, says: “Save potato peel, drizzle it in veg oil and sea salt and pop on a baking tray in the oven as the meal cooks to save waste and make a nice crispy starter snack.”
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