Rust marks on car

Crumple a 1 foot-long piece of aluminum foil into a ball, dip it into a bowl of cola and use to scrub the chrome in the affected areas with rust spots. The phosphoric acid in soda dissolves rust and the foil works like sandpaper to buff off grime.

Kids playing on your lawn

When you have children running and playing on your lawn every day, the soil gets compacted making hard for moisture and food to reach grass roots. Have them wear soccer cleats when playing, to create pores in the lawn that allow water and nutrients to soak into the soil.

Dogs versus garden

To prevent dogs from digging in flower gardens, sprinkle some cayenne pepper over the areas that pets like the most. The spice will tickle their noses making them to sneeze, and the sensation will keep them away.

Pick up glass splinters on the floor

Next time you break glass on the floor, use a slice of white bread to pick up hard-to-see splinters in seconds. Damp one side of the slice with a little bit of water and wipe the floor slowly with it (wet side down).

Matched socks after laundry

Keep a bag of safety pins next to the laundry bags in your house, and ask everybody to pin their socks together when they take them off. Socks will go in and come out of the washer in matched pairs, saving a valuable time that you would spend on sorting through them to find mates.

Improve a relaxing bath

Every time you use oranges in the kitchen, save the peels in a sealed plastic bag in the refrigerator. When you need an extra-relaxing bath, grab the peels, tear them into small pieces and throw them into a hot bath. The citrus scent will calm the areas of your brain activated by stress.

Dicing tomatoes without a mess

Chopping tomatoes on a cutting board usually creates a big mess all over the place. Next time that you need diced tomatoes for your recipe, place tomatoes in a bowl and use your kitchen shears to dice them. The bowl will serve as a splash barrier for the job.

Look healthy and radiant

If "gray days" have left your appearance a little pasty, toss on a teal garment or accessory near your face. Hues on opposite sides of the color wheel complement each other, so wearing a teal color will enhance underlying rosy skin tones and give you a healthy look.