The Secret Life of Coffee Filters

I'm a big fan of green/thrifty cleaning products -- like baking soda, white vinegar and club soda (cleans windows/mirrors perfectly!). But I also love finding new purposes for everyday household items, like coffee filters.

I found a list today of 15 Uses for Coffee Filters at the blog Gather Little by Little.

Here are my top 5:

1. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they’ll leave windows sparkling.

2. Protect China - Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.

3. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.

4. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.

5. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.