The Best Home Repair Hacks from Your Local Repairman

Broken Lightbulb

Potatoes might have more uses in the home than just making some fries. If you ever have a lightbulb break in its spot, you can use a potato to clean it up. Make sure the switch is turned to "off" first! After that, full steam ahead with your clever hack to cleaning up!

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  • Stow bulky items overhead by cementing together a simple rack from 2" PVC pipes and fittings. Bolt the straight pipe to the ceiling joists to support heavy loads, and screw the angled pieces from the 'wye' connectors into the cross brace to stabilize the whole rack.
  • The world's largest Barbie collection includes more than 15,000 dolls.
  • In the 2011 census for the Czech Republic, over 15 thousand people listed their religion as Jedi.
  • By folding shirts KonMari- or military-style and sandwiching (instead of stacking), you can fit more into each dresser drawer and have a better visual of what's inside.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.