Oh Golly – More Savvy Secrets!

Courtesy of Elizabeth Street – At Home

We know that we just did some Savvy Secrets on Friday but we came across these and thought of you, immediately!  Could not wait to share them.

This is all about using your used coffee!

1.   Got ants?  Before you head to the hardware store for chemical-based traps and sprays, try sprinkling used coffee grounds in problem corners. Supposedly the grounds repel snails and slugs, too, so if you’re looking for a natural outdoor insect repellent, you can stop your search here.

2.   Rid your fridge of that funky smell resulting from bad fruits, vegetables or spills from leftovers. Deodorize the interior with a bowl of used coffee grounds in the same way that you’d rely on a box of baking soda.

3.   Adding some used coffee grounds to indoor plant dirt will help fertilize and keep plants healthy.  Considering how it does wonders in a composting bin, which ends up frequently in outdoor gardens, we have no trouble getting on board with this simple practice.

4.   We know it sounds kind of messy, but it really works.  Save the money you’d spend on a special glossing product from the salon, and instead, when washing your hair, rub coffee grounds through the ends, rinse and prepare for softer locks.

5.   As you light the last of your winter fires, keep a can of used grounds next to the fireplace and when you go to sweep the ashes, first add a little sprinkling of the coffee. It will help with clean-up and cut down on airborne dust.

6.   Lemons work great for ridding your fingers and hands from persistent kitchen cooking smell, most notably raw garlic, but why waste a lemon when you can rub your hands together with coffee grounds that you would otherwise have tossed following your morning cup of joe?

7.   Musty closets and smelly mud rooms filled with dirty and dank shoes don’t stand a chance against a satchel filled with the coffee bean remains. The coffee scent will be subtle, but the funk will just disappear.

8.   While you’ll probably want to test this out on less-loved pieces of furniture first, legend has it that if you steep the used grounds in some hot water and then apply a cotton swab dipped in the warm liquid to the table or chair scratch, it will lessen its appearance greatly.

9.   Mix some of your leftover coffee grinds with a cream-based body wash, pat on skin with a washcloth and gently exfoliate your most-calloused areas.

10.  Of course, the first and last use of coffee is to brew and drink it!  Enjoy!

More love, more joy and oodles of abundant living!