I live in an apartment complex and the worst area of the place to keep clean is the bathroom. Everyday for the last 2 years I have to clean the shower and tub before the end of my day. If it were up to me, I’d rip the thing …

I recently moved into an unfurnished apartment after staying with relatives for a few months. I had no furniture and needed a bed due to having back problems from trying to sleep on the floor. I wanted a raised air mattress that I could use every day like a …

These sixteen ounce glasses from the Dollar Tree are really very nice. The designs on the glasses are simple, but still stylish. Near the top of the glass, there is like a collar and between that collar are like little diamond shapes that go up and down and around …

When I started living alone, one of the things that I did was to buy some supplies for my small place. One very important item for me is purchasing my kitchen wares. To minimize expenses, I bought cheaper items at first so I won’t run out of budget. The …

Two years ago, we experienced the longest power outage after the super typhoon made landfall in the country leaving areas without electricity for three weeks. Candles and batteries ran out of stock every day in the grocery stores and even at the mall so I opted to buy this Mini …

If you are the type of person that feels the need to hide money in your house, then this product is really something that you definitely need to look into for a number of reasons! This is really quite an incredibly ingenious product that provides a person with a …

I have a slicer and although it can slice anything from breads to meat, I found that when it comes to slicing cooked meat this would actually become a problem. For one, the meat is too hot and by the time I let it cool down, then it is …

I wanted to get a rice cooker to make it easier to multi-task in the kitchen. I figured I would get an inexpensive one, because how hard could it be to cook rice, right? Wrong. The basket of the cooker is made of heavy duty aluminum/steel. …

I have been using these Clorox wipes for a very long time and I really love them. I have been very impressed by how well these wipes work. These wipes are sold in a canister that contains 75 wipes for 8 dollars. These wipes are a …

Whenever I wash my dishes, I like to see them shine. I don’t like to have to work too hard to get these results and try to use quality dish detergents. Since I don’t like to spend too much on my cleaning supplies, I purchased some dish soap from …

Man when it comes to my home I really like to keep it clean, love the way it makes my house look when I vacuum. I have to have something to release my anger and vacuuming is one of the ways I do it. Know it sounds crazy …

I have a Mr. Coffee FT series coffeepot at home. This is a programmable coffee pot that I got at Costco. this coffeepot has alot of interesting features. It also has a 12 cup glass carafe which is helpful if you are having friends over to enjoy coffee with …

I am not that crazy about fleece but I ran across a good deal on a couple of fleece throw blankets and decided to give it a try. Fleece is a great way to keep warm, but it is the feeling of the material that I don’t like. It …

My wife and I need to have storage bags both for home use and for our daughter when she’s at school (this includes her school lunch and for arts and crafts type projects). Since the well-known brands are usually a bit too expensive for our tastes, we do rely …

I am one of those people who really don’t like doing the dishes. I have never liked it since I was a kid. I guess, now you’ll say, who the he** likes doing the dishes! I agree but I have really sensitive skin, my sister says that my skin …

It is true; this countertop oven cannot precisely replace a conventional oven. However, it does come amazingly close. We use it to bake and or roast, broil and toast frozen pizzas, potatoes, chicken (legs and wings), casserole… Moreover, we are preparing delicious, mouth-watering garlic bread, toasted bread, bagels, even …

If you are a wine drinker then you absolutely have to have this serving tray. It holds a large amount of corks; I have mine arranged to hold over 64 corks and there’s no specific way to arrange them. It has a picture recommendation to arrange them …

Here in Trinidad a lot of people use cooking gas stoves and not the electric stoves, although they are becoming popular now. I own a gas stoves which employs the use of matches. There are two main brand of matches sold here in Trinidad. I am here to talk …

I have a theory that dishwashing liquid manufacturers are watering down their product, because lately, every product I use, there is such a small amount of suds that I have to use twice as much product. I think it’s all a conspiracy to get the consumer to have to …

I hadn’t been to a Fondue party since the 70’s and then I was watching the Food TV network one afternoon. Emeril Lagasse was doing a show on different types of Fondue cooking that you could do. He had meats with a Teriyaki dipping sauce. He had fruits with …

When we first purchased our home, we had these weird hanging lights in our kitchen that not only didn’t give enough light, they were a hazard because we were always hitting our heads on them (I don’t know how the last homeowner lived with them).
Out of pure frustration, …

One of main benefits of clothing steaming is that it makes garments look crisp and polished in a relatively short amount of time. While you may have to make several passes with an iron, the garment steamer can transform even the most wrinkled items into perfectly pressed, …

We had new carpet installed in our living room last year and it is fairly light in color, so I am finding that it shows dirt and stains easily. We have a carpet shampooer, so that is usually what I use to clean the carpets. However, when …

I love to go shopping at the Dollar Tree because I can get cleansers and even some foods at extremely low prices. I usually get the regular scent of fabric refresher, but I saw this product and decided to give it a try. I only paid a dollar for …

I got this Hema Mixer few years ago as a birthday present from my husband. I was so happy that I finally got what I want. At that time, I did not have good mixer for baking a cake in the house. That’s why when I saw this mixer,I …

If you think I’m reviewing eggs, think again. Eggies is a ShowCase product. The concept is pretty simple actually. Eggies is a small egg shaped container for me to easily hard boil my eggs. After seeing the in store presentation, I decided to try this out. For $10, I …

I live in a former walk-up attic. It was converted into an apartment years ago (decades) and a family with children lived up here for at least 10 years. Those kids played inside the crawlspaces and pulled much of the insulation down. The apartment runs a …

I wanted some thing very handy for my bathroom. I wanted a cleaner which I can use as multipurpose. I want an additional cleaning product to clean my bathroom sink, bathtub, and also shower area ,work top etc.
I find AVIVA lemon all purpose Cleaner in store . It …

It has always been a hassle when I’ve tried to remove rust stains and I just assumed that they could be removed. This was recommended to me and I’m glad I found out about it. This stuff really does work wonders when it comes to …

The Philips HR 2094 Aluminium Liquidiser is a good quality and a very useful device in my home. The product comes with detachable knife unit for easy cleaning, fruit filter for clear juicing of fruits, and 50 ml. measuring cup. It has Anodised Aluminium finish, fingerprint resistant, scratchproof …

For the last few years I’ve been obsessed with vintage Halloween decorations, especially the paper products from the 40s and 50s. So when I saw this clearly vintage inspired cat candy container at Cost Plus World Market I snapped it up. In the store I really liked that it …

This is a nice and inexpensive little toaster. It is great for a small family , and perfect for a young adult going to college or moving out for the first time. It works as well as I thought it would , and I’m very happy with it. Sunbeam …

I experienced a huge problem with ants in my home this summer, so I bought a package of three Pic Ant Traps. I had tried using Raid and other sprays to get rid of the ants, but the ones I could not get rid of were around my kitchen …

I like to keep my fabric as fresh as possible, especially my living room furniture. Because I am a smoker this is extremely important. I don’t like company coming over to smell that my house smells like an ashtray. I’ve tried a few different refreshers and odor eliminators. The …

I could not believe that three (3) months after typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana brought thirty (30) feet of muddied water to my place there was still so much dust that gathered everyday. We had to sweep the floor and dust the house every few hours, and the worst part was that …

KitchenAid K45SS Classic 250 Watts Stand Mixer. This was a great mixer even though I still don’t have this. I opted for one that had a large bowl but if I couldn’t have afforded that I wouldn’t have stuck with this one. This product seemed very durable and …

I am really into keeping my house germ free and clean. I am always sure to take the time to clean my home daily. There are a few cleaning items that I really like better than others. One of my favorite cleaners is Comet disinfectant cleanser with bleach. …

FP is an Italian firm that has been working in the cleansing sector since 1973; they also have their own web page www.effepinet.com. The centre of the firm is in Verona, Italy. Sometimes I buy their softeners because they aren’t very expensive and I must say that some of …

Recently I was forced to purchase a new storm door for my home. My old door, an aluminum clad wood core storm door, had rotted out. By the time it was eight-years-old it was in such bad condition I had to get it replaced. I don’t know about you, …

About once a month, the local grocery stores seem to get in a battle with each other and hold competing meat sales. On those weekends, you can be sure we will be at all of them buying the best cuts of meat at the best prices and it’s not …

Living by yourself comes with it that you will wash your own clothes. From time to time, I would send some of my clothes to the laundry shop but if I have more time, I wash it myself in the washing machine. I was so amazed that detergent brands have …

I had seen this product in the store several times, and it always looked interesting and handy. Although I wasn’t sure at first if I actually needed it, I decided to purchase it when I found myself always baking cupcakes for the kids, for school, for birthday parties, …

Spectracide Fire Ant Mound Destroyer works hard on fire ant mounds. I use this product in my yard because without it, the fire ants would take over. What I like best about Spectracide Fire Ant is that the application is easy and the poison effectively kills the queen ant. …

Halloween Spirits Disposable Plates And Napkins Value Pack is a Windy City Novelties product that sells for almost nine dollars. For nine dollars, thirty paper plates and thirty napkins come in a package. What I like about these paper plates and napkins is how attractively designed they are. Both …

This is Home Depot’s largest moving box and they run for a dollar twenty-seven a piece. Since this is the largest moving box, it’s also the hardest to carry because of its size and also usually because of its weight. Two people really should carry one of these because …

This Red Rose candle from Sebnini was a Christmas present, the giver obviously knowing my tastes very well as I adore both the design and the scent of the candle.
It is a ‘tinned candle’ with tightly fitting lid to preserve the scent while not being used, the label …

I wanted a different air freshener, I was tired of having the same old scents in my home, so I bought Alibi brand Zinger Citrus air freshener. Having bought other Alibi products in the past, some good, some not so great, I wasn’t sure how this air freshener would …

We have plenty of machines in our homes and more often than not they get jammed and breakdown . Just for instance the sewing machines doesn’t work properly if the machine is not lubricated regularly and likewise we have many other house ware products which needs continuous lubrication to …

This summer we purchased a Quick Set Ring Pool for our back yard this summer. You know those are the ones that have the inflatable ring around the top and the the sides are flexible plastic that fill up as you fill the pool up with water. These …

My mom taught me how to use a pressure canner when I was about twelve. One of the first things she taught me was how to make sure my lids were hot and the jars clean. Then she taught me the difference between using different type of lids for …