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Where to put used-but-usable clothes (a.k.a. alternative to "The Chair")?
I use an IVAR side panel from IKEA (any similar thing, for example a small ladder, or screwing together a few wooden bars yourself will do as well). Lean it agains a wall at a slight angle and throw ...
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How can I black out a bright bedroom at night?
If you are looking to save money and go the easiest route, I would purchase a sleep mask.
Years ago I worked the night shift for a few years and couldn't find any curtain that would truly make it ...
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How can I black out a bright bedroom at night?
When I was a kid there was a bad heat wave and we used aluminum foil on the windows to keep the sun out. I don't know exactly what you mean by "do anything to my windows" but with a few cents worth ...
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How can I overcome using the snooze function of my alarm clock?
Put the alarm clock on the other side of the room so you have to physically get up out of bed and turn it off.
If the device you use for an alarm clock supports multiple alarms also set another alarm ...
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How to get rid of Bedbugs?
Get an exterminator/pest control expert, especially if you are living close to other people. It is not just your problem if your natural remedy doesn't work, it is their problem too. The only ...
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Where to put used-but-usable clothes (a.k.a. alternative to "The Chair")?
I always install a hanging rod or hook in the laundry area for just this occasion. They're great for hanging those damp towels you'd use again if the occasion arises, or that out-and-about shirt you ...
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Where to put used-but-usable clothes (a.k.a. alternative to "The Chair")?
You can use clothes hanging wall mount inside your wardrobe door. I do the same thing with my two wardrobe. You can use both the doors according to your need.
You can buy this kind of wall mount ...
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Waking up in the morning when standard alarms fail
The priceless component in this operation is a simple plug timer:
The price on these can go from anywhere from $5 for simple rotary models to $30 for high end digital models.
The fun part is that ...
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How can I overcome using the snooze function of my alarm clock?
Obviously you do wake up and you are already in such a good shape that you manage to hit the snooze button (and not the finally-off button). So you might also realize that there is not yet an absolute ...
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How to wake up without waking up other people in the same room
There are "vibrating watches" for this. They're wristwatches that vibrate when your alarm goes off.
Or take wireless headphone (earplug) for using it with your phone.
Good luck for that :)
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How can I black out a bright bedroom at night?
There are large paper blackout shades (see example on Amazon) that block out all the light on the window's I've used them on.
They are a bit like giant sticky notes, with a sticky end that attached ...
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What is an inexpensive way to warm my sheets before getting in them?
Ah, this is an age-old question!
In times of yore, folks would use a bed warmer to hold hot coals with which to quickly heat their beds. Hot coals are generally useful things to have around; you may ...
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How can I overcome using the snooze function of my alarm clock?
Use 12 alarm clocks, each one ringing 5 seconds after the previous one, and each one being further away than the last. This way, you would have to get up, walk over, shut off, go to bed, immediately ...
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Where to put used-but-usable clothes (a.k.a. alternative to "The Chair")?
I use a clothes tree in the corner of my bedroom. It might also be called a coat tree or coat rack.
I guess that it is still as ugly as "the chair", but it takes up less room.
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How to wake up without waking up other people in the same room
this will sound ridiculous, but bear with me.When I have a specific time that I HAVE to wake up at (say for a flight or train), before I go to bed I will repeat to myself "I need to wake up at 6:30" ...
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How to stop fitted sheets from creeping off a mattress after sleeping on it?
Safety pins, invented by Walter Hunt in 1849, are one of many tools that exist for attaching soft things to other soft things without slipping or doing significant damage. Since you also desire to ...
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How to quickly cool off a room without a fan?
Keeping cool:
Main reason of feeling warm is not with the heat but with humidity. Keep a cold water bowl, may be flower pool in your room where air circulates. Also your pour the ice water in a tray ...
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How can I black out a bright bedroom at night?
I had an eye surgery a while back and needed to black out a room under similar conditions. Though in my case it was the morning sun I was trying to black out.
I have tried 2 methods.
Foil/Paper
Do ...
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How to get rid of Bedbugs?
Heat, cold, and diatomaceous earth all kill bedbugs.
Cold --
I've successfully rid a home of bedbugs by turning off the water, blowing out the pipes, pouring antifreeze in toilets, tanks, and u-traps,...
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How to read in bed without upsetting my wife?
Use E-book.
While costly, this is by far the simplest solution. E-book media can generate enough light for you to read, but be dim enough for your wife to not be disturbed. This also allows you to ...
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How can I overcome using the snooze function of my alarm clock?
Check emails and / or Facebook as soon as the alarm rings. We all have an urge to read the unread messages or look for notifications. This makes you read. Once you read, your mind wakes up... And it ...
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How can I overcome using the snooze function of my alarm clock?
The goal here is to make yourself wake up before you can turn off the alarm. There are a lot of ways to do that, one of which has already been suggested.
Move the alarm clock across the room. This is ...
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Where to put used-but-usable clothes (a.k.a. alternative to "The Chair")?
I put worn-once-but-not-dirty back in the wardrobe but change the direction of the hanger hooks so that they can be immediately identified as "half-way." Facing forward vs. facing backward.
In ...
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How can I black out a bright bedroom at night?
Use double layer of black garbage bags
I have used double layer of black garbage bags in the past. I've fixed the bags with black tape that doesn't stick much to avoid leaving marks. However, over ...
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Where to put used-but-usable clothes (a.k.a. alternative to "The Chair")?
Door hooks
I use door hooks. They are similar to the wall mounted ones, but require no drilling and can hold more weight than the sticky version.
They come in a variety of shapes and sizes ranging ...
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Sleeping in a noisy environment
I found standard cylindrical earplugs are prone to falling out because they are too long: they protrude from the ear, so every time you move your head on the pillow, the earplugs are pushed sideways.
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Trick to measure the size of a mattress
You could compare it with the size of something that has a standard size. For example a CD/DVD is 120mm, so you could count how many times you can flip one over along an edge and get a rough ...
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What can I use to keep my daughter from falling off the bed?
In case anyone doesn't have the budget for a suitable bedrail, cheaper alternatives are:
Buy a couple of swimming pool noodles and put them along the edges of the bed under the sheet. The sheet does ...
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