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Polish Your Silver Using Banana Peels Silver polish is a uni-tasker that's also a big unnecessary. Bananas are cheap, and their peels do a surprisingly good job of making your fancy goods look brand news. Bananas, besides being healthy for you, are pretty versatile. We've seen you can use banana peels to remove splinters , polish your shoes , and clean scratched CDs and DVDs . Add to that list removing tarnish from silver. Basically you just have to blend some banana peels with water and then use that paste as you would any other polish (rub on with a soft cloth, wash off and dry with a soft cloth). Voila! Shiny silver. I’ve read before that bananas can polish silver, but I’d never actually tried it. That is, until this weekend, when my parents were cleaning out their basement and my mom stumbled across a creamer she thought I might like… While the little creamer still had some shine, there was a bit of tarnish around the handle and the t...

When You Can’t Hide Your Cables, Embrace Them for Better Access and Organization We've looked at creative ways to openly display your cables a few times , and these cord design projects are neat, but how do you actually pull it off? Palle's method looks to be an effective option. Here's the rundown: Figure out your design ahead of time and pencil it onto the wall. You need to make sure you don't exceed the cable's length and you can avoid this by cutting a piece of string to the length of the cable and taping it onto the wall. Next, trace the string with a pencil (preferably one that erases very easily). Put the adhesive tape on the wall along the pattern you penciled on. Put a little super glue on the tape and start adding your cables. You'll need to hold the cable in place each time as the superglue dries. Palle found the superglue was necessary as the cables wouldn't stick without it. A...