DIY Life

Vinegar is great on that pastrami sandwich, and it makes for a nice liquid in which to dip that homemade bread into if you're into Italian cooking. To those of you who may be uninitiated to the many household uses of vinegar, you'll love this.

Every few weeks, use a few cups to run through your home coffeemaker to get rid of any hard water deposits that turns that loving cup of joe into brittle sludge. Want to get rid of all those flies buzzing around the house? Set a plate of vinegar somewhere out of reach and watch it catch them like Mr. Miyagi.

And, there's more. Pet deodorizer and grooming aid, microwave cleaner, price sticker removal (we all need that one), and even sunburn helper. There's so many things that the eco-friendly vinegar can do it's amazing. Check out the full list and see what you've been missing.

These days, with all the household cleaning products on the market, it is almost always easier to buy these products rather than make your own household remedies. But if you look in your refrigerator, you probably have a little yellow thing in there called a lemon. Lemons are just as useful to clean as commercial products are, and many people don't realize just how many uses there really are for this little yellow fruit. I have listed my tried and true methods that I personally love.

You can sanitize and remove mineral deposits and odors from your empty dishwasher by placing 1/4 cup of lemon juice in the soap dispenser and running through a normal cycle. This remedy should leave your dishwasher clean and smelling great.