Cheapskater Elizabeth wrote "Keep your home scented and fresh all year round with a beautiful homemade air freshener.

You will need:
6 Drops Eucalyptus Oil
10 Drops Rose Oil
10 Drops Lavender Oil 
A small dish or bowl, about 1 cup capacity

Half fill the dish with boiling water.  Add the oils and stir. The heat from the water will warm the oils and your home will smell absolutely wonderful."

​Most households have at least one straw, rattan or vine basket of some kind, even if it's just a bread basket. They look lovely for a while, until the dust collects in the gaps in the weave, then they just look old and dingy. You'll see lots of them at op shops and garage sales, discarded because they no longer look nice.

You don't have to pass your older baskets on, they are easy to clean.

Choose a nice, hot, sunny day. Then simply fill either the laundry sink or bathtub, depending on the size of the basket, with warm, soapy water (old shampoo is great for this). Immerse the basket in the water and lightly scrub it with an old nail brush or for smaller baskets an old toothbrush.  Rinse, shake the excess water off, wipe over with a towel and leave to dry outside, in the shade.

The water will clean them better than ordinary dusting can and the moisture will keep them from drying out completely, keeping the wood from becoming brittle and splitting. 

​Ceramic tiles certainly do make cleaning the kitchen easier, but sometimes even they can be hard to clean, especially the splashback behind the stove or cooktop. When the tiles become splattered with grease that is stubborn and hard to wipe off put a pot of water on one of the back burners and bring it to the boil with the lid off. The steam from the pot will soften the grease spots making them easy to wipe off with a clean cloth. Don't waste the water, use it for a hot drink or let it cool and use it on your indoor plants. 

From Debt Free, Cashed Up and Laughing

Place 6 peppermint tea bags in a glass of cold water.

Sit it on a sunny window sill to steep until the tea is very strong - about half an hour. Then squeeze the tea bags into the tea, pour it into a spray bottle and top up with cold water.

​You can now safely spray your cupboard doors, bench tops, sinks, even around the pet bowls for a lovely fresh, clean scent. And without poisoning the family or the animals.

Note: Don't spray on fabric without doing a test for colourfastness and staining first.