Another Use For . . .: 101 Common Household Items

By Vicki Lansky

Book Overview

ANOTHER USE FOR... has a 10 page index making it easier to find the solutions to household problems. Common household items are listed alphabetically, followed by five to ten additional and often surprising uses for that item. Beginning with ALCOHOL (to remove grass stains from clothing), ALUMINUM FOIL (to wrap doorknobs before painting to avoid drips), to WAX PAPER (to rub across closet rods for easy-sliding hangers.) You will be amazed at the ingenious ways you can use the ordinary things you have at home. Whimsical line drawings add a touch of humor to this clever compendium of handy suggestions for recycling, reusing or repositioning common items. Frugality is the watchword. This book should help throwaway habits and strike back at planned obsolescense.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931863253
• ISBN13: 9781931863254
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Book Peddlers, The
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Super Helpful Ideas

This was so great.... I was looking for an inexpense ways to clean. This book was extreamly helpful.

awesome

helpful,insightful.I read through the entire book in one night.I gladly shared info that I have learned....SIMPLY AWESOME INFO

Helpful?...You Bet!

I picked this book up from the library, and now I'm looking for a copy to purchase. I started reading this 143 page book, and by page 15, I knew it was hopeless because I kept finding helpful tips that I had never thought of but that I wanted to remember. However, there was too much, and I couldn't remember any of it, so I decided that I needed to have my own copy for reference. Not everything in it is helpful or applicable to me, and yes, crome does pop up frequently, but there is enough advise that I need to make it well worth it. It's also very diversified in useful utensils and in purposes, so I am sure that this book would prove just as helpful to anyone even if they thought none of the stuff I appreciated helpful and only wanted the advise that I threw aside. I haven't seen the 2004 edition, so that may be even better, I don't know.

It Never Dawned on me

I picked this up for a new frugal newsletter I've started and most of the things just never dawned on me. It's a complete book listing other uses for common items you probably have around the house from a simple cube of ice to worn out garden hoses. Very helpful for recycling for free. One thing I wondered dawned on the author, almost everything cleans chrome.