Here at Lovelyish, we’re always in the spirit of helping you out —especially when we stumble on pure gold. For example, I would never have thought to use a can opener to get into those impossible electronics packages you inevitably cut your hand on. Brilliant! Look below for some more ingenious solutions to everyday quandaries.


Easy half-moon manicure with reinforcers for hole-punched paper. Yes!



Can’t find your little container of blotting cloths? Turns out they mount a huge dispenser on the wall in public bathrooms. *wink*


Votive candleholders feel like they’re disposable once they have nasty melted wax all in them. But if you spray them with PAM ahead of time, they’ll pop right out!


A rubber band is easier to work with than tape for a perfect French tip!


Mayo erases water stains from furniture.


Don’t have long matches for lighting hard-to-access candles? You can light uncooked pasta instead. Seriously.


A cereal container makes a fantastic mini trash can for your car.


A soda tab doubles as a fixture for the back of a painting so you can hang it on the wall.


Use a lint roller to get all the crap out from inside your purse. It would look way worse if I rolled that in mine…

There you go! Some of these I had heard but forgotten about, and others are totally new to me, but I never get tired of good ideas. See a ton more at the source!

Are you going to try any of these inventive solutions?