Surprising Double-Duty Uses for Household Items You've Been Underestimating
We're not quite sure from whence originates our compulsion to clean come springtime, but we do know that it's there. Each year the ground thaws and we have the sudden urge to purge our medicine cabinets, closets and pantries of all that is extraneous. However, before you write off some of your less-used household items as dead weight, you should know that many of these seemingly one-trick ponies actually have a lot more to offer. Even those things that you'd toss out as garbage regardless of the season - banana peels, coffee grounds - are far from spent after they've served their traditional purpose.
Don't gather your coins in Ziplocs and head over to TD Bank. Hold on to that half-used jar of calorie-laden mayonnaise, even if you've forsaken dairy for Lent. Switched to an epilator? So what. Let that bag of emergency disposable razors continue to occupy space in your bathroom cabinet. And while it may look as though they're taking over your limited drawer space, you can, in fact, never have too many rubber bands.
Didn't your parents ever teach you not to underestimate those around you? Click through the slideshow above to learn handy double-duty uses for all your neglected household items.
By Cordelia Tai
