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These tips and tricks for the home have been passed down from generation to generation, but do they still hold up today? You better believe it!
Family Handyman has been around for a long time, almost 80 years! One of our most consistently popular features—first in the magazine and now both in print and online—has been Handy Hints, which provides helpful little tips to make tasks just a little easier. Over eight decades, some of those tips and hints have since become obsolete as trends and technology have changed, but some are truly timeless.
Below are 45 household hacks we’ve collected over the years that are just as useful today as they were when we first encountered them. Some of these have been submitted by our readers, and others have come from our editors over the years. We’ve tested and vetted all these, so we know they work! You still need to be mindful of taking the proper safety precautions, depending on the task at hand.
We’re always looking for more tips and hints, so please feel free to submit yours using our online form and you might see them in a future issue of the magazine or on our website in the future.
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