Spring Cleaning Hacks You'll Wish You'd Found Out Years Ago

The More You Know

• Half an hour before serving time, adorn the table with bowls of lemon halves topped with cloves to ensure a pest-proof party.
• Run hot water down the drain for a minute, and then sprinkle 1 cup of baking soda down the drain. Slowly pour 1 cup of vinegar down the drain. Flush one more time with hot or boiling water.
• Once you use a clothespin to hold a nail while hammering, you'll wonder why you ever risked hitting your fingers before.
• Keep elastic hair bands in one place—not scattered in drawers or in the bathroom sink or all over the floor. Slide them onto an empty toilet paper roll, which can then be neatly tucked into a drawer.