Utilize the inside of your doors. Use broom holders to store your flashlights in a convenient place. Get an over-the-cabinet-door wastebasket. Install hooks on the sides of your shelves. The perfect space-saving place to hang towels, dishrags, and pot holders. Use velcro to keep your remotes in place. A great idea for cell phones, too. Hang organizers off the back of the front car seats. $14.95 from Go Westy. Use hideaway hooks for hanging up outerwear. They don’t take up any space when not in use. Make a “quick drop zone” for keys and sunglasses. Mount cleaning supplies and other long items to the ceiling with brackets. Hang coiled hoses from nylon velcro straps. They’ll dry more readily. Use suction cups to hang small items like kitchen utensils, sunglasses, or keys. Use dangling jars to store and organize small items. Mount a hanging basket from a hook to store random items. Hang a shelf system above your kitchen.

Find out how to make this here. If you prefer not to hang baskets, get an over the sink rack. Get it from Amazon. Use a pegboard for your cooking utensils. A pegboard makes the most of wall space in the tiniest of kitchens. Add command hooks to the inside of your cabinets. Hang a fruit and veggie hammock. Get it here for $8.99. Save cupboard space with nesting bowls and measuring spoons. This set costs $50. Take advantage of vertical space by placing dishes in a dish cradle. These are $9.99 from Amazon. Use wall-mounted magnet strips for knives and scissors. Also note: the metal tray-turned-magnetic spice rack. Get a ceiling-mounted paper plate dispenser. Build a fold out spice rack. You might want to save this for your next remodel. Read more about it here. Use hooks to hold saran wrap and aluminum foil dispensers. A bedside caddy serves as a makeshift nightstand. Get one from Amazon. If you have the wall space, make a storage headboard.

Hang fold-up sweater shelves from suspension rods for extra bathroom storage.25*50 House For Sale In Islamabad Purchase a hanging pantry/wardrobe.Hotel With Hot Tub Oregon Coast Get it for $59 here.Goodyear Eagle F1 Tyre Prices Shoe organizers provide convenient storage anywhere. Use these compartmentalized hanging containers from Ikea for toiletries. A flat toilet paper holder makes a space-saving towel rack. Buy one for $6.49 here. Use Command strips to attach storage pods or PVC pipes to the inside of a bathroom cabinet. Use coat hangers and binder clips to corral toiletries. Elastic and staples keep first aid supplies secure. Make a towel caddy that you can hang off the shower curtain rod.

Buy fold-up contraptions, like this pack-away kettle, that save space when not in use. Get a desk lamp that has a power outlet in the base. It’ll create an extra easy-to-reach outlet. Use magazine holders for books and art supplies. Add a tension rod to the underside of a table for a paper roll. A great Ikea hack for artistically prolific kids. Add slide out drawers to an RV table. Great for storing games and art supplies. These are $18.99 each from Camping World. And if you were planning a remodel, slide out surfaces in general can be huge space savers: Want more super-helpful tips like these? Sign up for BuzzFeed’s DIY newsletter and we’ll send them straight to your inbox! Composting Toilet + Waterless Urinal? wheaton labs: the pooper and the urine diverter Bucket Toilet - 3 per week Why is everybody hating on the bucket/cartage system? Wood chip bucket toiletHomemade Toilet Bowl Cleaner Recipes & Home Remedies

Below I've gathered up lots of homemade toilet bowl cleaner recipes and home remedies. As you can see, there are lots of different ways to clean this often-used item in your bathroom, and many will work.Of course, no matter what method you choose from those below, it is easiest to keep your toilet clean and just maintain it, then let it get extremely gross over time and then use one of these homemade cleaners.A word of caution though. I've listed quite a few recipes below, but they are not all designed to be used at once. Just because these are homemade recipes doesn't mean chemicals aren't involved, such as suggestions in one place to use vinegar while in another chlorine bleach.You need to use only one recipe and completely flush it away before trying a different one so you don't mix ingredients that can cause problems. For example, mixing vinegar and chlorine bleach can cause toxic fumes, in a similar way that you also never mix ammonia and bleach.Although I've got lots of recipes and ideas below I know there are almost always more homemade recipes, so if you don't see your favorite list you can share it with me here.

In addition, if you do decide you want to use a commercial product instead of making something yourself, check out these toilet cleaner reviews here, to find a good one. Click here to post comments Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. Simply click here to return to how to clean a toilet. Homemade Toilet Bowl Cleaner Recipes There are many different ways you can clean your toilet using homemade cleaning supplies.Below are three recipes for making your own toilet bowl cleaner that you can use.Recipe No. 1: Vinegar Toilet CleanerPour in 1/4 cup of distilled white vinegar into the toilet bowl and allow it to sit for at least 15 minutes (or even longer) and then swish with a toilet brush, and flush.Recipe No. 2: Clean Your Toilet Bowl With Chlorine BleachThis recipe is the only one on the page which will actually thoroughly disinfect your toilet bowl. (No, vinegar cannot be used as a disinfectant, although as any mild acid it does kill some germs.)Pour in 1/4 cup chlorine bleach into the toilet bowl and let it sit for at least 15 minutes (or longer) to allow for total disinfection.

Then, use your toilet brush to swish the toilet bowl and then flush.Caution: Chlorine bleach can cause rust stains to set, so do not use this recipe for cleaning toilets that have rust stains, until you first remove the rust.Recipe No. 3: Borax To Clean ToiletsSprinkle 1/4 cup borax into the toilet bowl and use your toilet brush to scrub it around. Next, let the borax sit for at least half an hour (or even longer) and then flush. Taylor says: Here are links to buy this or related products. If you make a purchase I receive a small commission which helps support this site and my family. You can see even more recipes below, from both me and from other readers. The beauty of homemade cleaning products is that there are generally many recipes that will work. More Homemade Toilet Cleaner Recipes Here are some more homemade toilet cleaner recipes you can use.Natural Toilet Bowl Cleaner PasteIngredients:2/3 cup borax1/3 cup lemon juiceDirections:Combine these ingredients to make a paste, and then apply the paste to the toilet bowl with either a sponge or cleaning rag.

Let the paste sit on the toilet bowl for at least two hours, then scrub off with a toilet brush and then rinse out the toilet by flushing.Strong Cleaner To Remove Toilet Bowl Hard Water ScaleIngredients:Oxalic acid (in either flake or powder form)Directions: Shake the flakes or powder of oxalic acid into the toilet and let it react (this means it will foam) to the hard water scale, and the dirt embedded within it. The hard water scale is alkaline in nature, so a relatively mild acid, like oxalic acid, will remove it well.Another Natural Toilet CleanerIngredients:1 cup borax1/2 cup white vinegarDirections:Wet the sides of the toilet bowl by flushing it, and then sprinkle the borax all around the toilet bowl. Next, spray or gently pour the vinegar on top of the borax onto the toilet bowl.Let it sit for at least 4 hours, then scrub with a toilet brush and flush the toilet again to rinse it out.You can submit your own homemade cleaners recipes here, or read many others that have already been submitted.***Update: An SR101 Reader shared her quick suggestion for cleaning your toilet bowl naturally.

She said to use "diluted tea tree oil in a spray bottle." I'd love to hear some more recipes for using essential oils as at least an ingredient in these homemade cleaners. If you're using such a recipe, make sure to share your uses for essential oils around your home with me here (or click on the link and see what other ideas other readers have already shared). ***End UpdatePhoto by (nutmeg) How To Clean Toilet With Coke The video below shows you how to clean toilet with Coke, as in Coca-Cola.Believe it or not you can use Coke to clean your toilet, among other items in your home, mainly because of the phosphoric acid within the drink.This acid, like all mild acids, can be used to cut hard water stains, and just generally clean.The process is quite simple, and similar to using any other toilet bowl cleaner. Just pour the Coke in, making sure to coat the sides of the bowl, let it sit for an hour or so, then scrub with a toilet brush and flush.Here is the video for full details.Have you ever used this method for cleaning your toilet?

If so, share your results with me in the comments.In addition, you can share your own tips for how to clean a toilet here, or read other tips already submitted.Further, you can share your uses for Coca-Cola around your home, or read other tips already submitted here. Clean Your Toilet With Hydrogen Peroxide An SR101 reader shared how she makes her own toilet cleaner.SR101 Reader says:Pour about half a bottle of hydrogen peroxide in the toilet and let it sit for a while. Occasionally swish with a toilet brush and then flush. It has always kept my toilet bright white, sanitary and is cheaper than any thing besides baking soda. Green Toilet Cleaner Recipe: Baking Soda & Vinegar by A J Young AJ has shared this green toilet cleaner recipe.AJ says:Simply sprinkle the toilet pan with baking soda and then add a squeeze of white vinegar. When it begins to fizz give it a scrubbing. Now you have saved the planet from all those toxic so called cleaners.Taylor says:Thanks AJ for sharing your homemade toilet bowl cleaner recipe.

You can use baking soda and vinegar, together, to clean lots of different things in your home. Does anyone else have some good suggestions for how to use these two cheap natural products together? If so, you can share your baking soda vinegar uses here, or read other tips and recipes already submitted.Left top photo by rowdykittensRelated Pages You May Enjoy100's Of Homemade Cleaners RecipesBleach Uses For Cleaning, Laundry & StainsToilet Cleaner ReviewsGo From Homemade Toilet Bowl Cleaner Recipes To Home Page There are affiliate links on this page, and if you purchase a product through them I receive a small commission. Purchasing through my links costs you nothing extra, but helps support the free information provided on this site and my family. To learn more please see my product review disclosure statement. Thanks For Visiting My Website: Grab Your Free Gift! Hi, I'm Taylor, a busy mom with 3 kids, so I have lots of hands on experience with house cleaning, laundry and my fair share of spots, spills and other messy catastrophes.