Organizing Shoes, Disposable Brushes, and Other Country Lore

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Organizing shoes is no longer a problem at the Porter home in Margaretville, New York.
Organizing shoes is no longer a problem at the Porter home in Margaretville, New York.
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Here's the method of holding a drink cup with fold-out handles for berry picking.
Here's the method of holding a drink cup with fold-out handles for berry picking.
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You can use walnuts at furniture scratch removers.
You can use walnuts at furniture scratch removers.
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You don't necessarily need a suit of armor to protect the chicken at the bottom of the pecking order.
You don't necessarily need a suit of armor to protect the chicken at the bottom of the pecking order.
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Method of making a disposable brush.
Method of making a disposable brush.

The following housekeeping tips and other bits of country lore were submitted by readers.

Organizing Shoes

Becky Porter of Margaretville, New York, has a helpful hint for families with lots of little feet pitter-pattering around the house. “If your children are like mine were,” Becky writes, “they scatter their shoes all over the house and never seem to leave a matching pair anywhere. Here’s the solution: With your kids helping you, cut ‘footprints,’ for every piece of footwear in the house, from colorful adhesive-backed paper. Arrange the cutouts neatly on the closet floor, and your children will actually en joy putting each shoe in its place.”

  • Published on Sep 1, 1984
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