Holy ink disaster Batman! I have to get off the topic of crafts for a moment to share an amazing cleaning success! Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures (as I didn't really believe it would work). If you've ever had a pen go through the dryer, you'll know what a mess it can be. This is why I am adamant about always checking pockets! Unfortunately when you're letting someone do laundry at your house, you're not checking their laundry. As my eyes were bulging looking at the blue ink stains all over the inside of our new 6 month old dryer, my husband immediately started cleaning. Lysol wipes did very little, and goo gone did absolutely nothing, so he went online and searched for the best remedies. Hairspray was a little bit better. We could see blue coming off on the paper towels, but it didn't look a bit different inside the dryer. Soaking an old towel in bleach and running it through a cycle was what finally worked. I was shocked that it got almost all of the ink out. The towel was completely destroyed, however. It looked like we had wet a few rolls of yarn and thrown it in the dryer. The few spots of ink that were left came off with nail polish remover. Hopefully this disaster will not happen again, but at least we now know how to handle it. It worked so well, I just had to blog about it.
My bedroom has had an in wall ironing board since I got this house. I hated it. It is directly behind the bedroom door so if you take the board out, noone can get in or out of the room. My husband irons his work shirts in the morning, but never used that board. We have a full sized ironing board by the laundry room. If he used the wall board I would have burn marks from running into a hot iron while trying to do my makeup. It's frustrated me that it was just wasted space. It's right next to our dresser and a convenient place to store makeup and hair products. I asked my hubby for shelving to clear up space on the dresser. To remove the board, he removed the screws from the bar then pulled the bar out of the wall. He used wood filler to patch the holes from the bar. In retrospect he wishes he'd just sawed the bar off instead. He painted the inside and cut shelves to fit. For the background we used scrapbook paper. I was not willi...
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