Ten Clever Uses for Everyday Household Items that Help with Home Parties

As you get ready for hosting a New Year’s Eve party, or any party, at your home, you want everything to look its best. You also have limited time, so you want to get everything done quickly. At the event, you might need to make quick cleanups. The article at the following link provides 10 ideas that use everyday household items to handle a variety of  tasks around your house.

Clean party spills of red wine

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For example, if you find that some of your silverware or other silver pieces are tarnished, you can use ketchup to remove the tarnish. While this is not the fastest way to polish silver, it is probably a better solution that running out to the store to get silver polish when you have limited time to prepare for your gathering. During your party, red wine spills can be cleaned up with white wine and salt. See this article for details and the rest of the tips and tricks.

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