1. To get whole walnuts out of the shell, soak then over night in salt waterbefore you crack them.
2. When you cream butter and sugar together, rinse your dish in hot water. They will cream faster.
3. Finger nail polish remover gets tape marks off with ease.
4. If someone is sick and can't sit up, they can drink more easily from a tea potspout.
5. Its handy to keep a powder puff in the flour bin for dusting cookie, cake or bread pans.
6. You can make a good emergency ice bag by putting crushed ice in a rubber glove and tying it closed tightly.
7. When you burn your self in the kitchen, apply a little vanilla or a paste of soda and water.
8. To make chromium shin, polish it with dry baking soda and a dry cloth.
9. Remove the white membrane from oranges by soaking them in boiling water for five minutes.
10. Cellophane tape a pattern to your fabric instead of using pins. 

1. Turn off all lights when not needed and train the rest of the family to do this too. 

2. Turn down your central heating thermostat by a degree or two. 

3. Don’t put furniture in front of radiators as it will block the heat. 

4. Close the curtains when it gets dark and invest in some thick heavy ones for winter. 

5. Have a shower instead of a bath.

6. Don’t leave your TV, DVD, video recorder or other gadgets on standby.

7. Wash your clothes at 30 degrees. 

8. Consider double glazing and cavity wall insulation. 

9. Make sure your attic is insulated.