I’m not saying it’s easy to run a household and that I can do anything better than Martha.  I’m just saying that maybe she needs to chill a little.

All info from Martha is found on her site.  Which is awesome…if you are superwoman on speed.  And she has some great how to’s…if you have time to be perfect which I do not…I spend way too much time being NOT perfect.  It’s a challenge…

But Martha has it going on…like….

For instance How To Fold Sheets

Martha says: 

 ”Bring your right hand to your left, and fold the corner in your right hand over the one in your left, enveloping it. Next, reach down and pick up the corner that is hanging in front; bring it up, and fold it over the two corners in your left hand; the corner that’s showing will be inside out….etc…”

The Domestic Hack says:

 ”OK now my biceps hurt.  Dude, she says all that and more…I just posted the first step.  THE FIRST STEP… I’m exhausted just thinking about that.  Flip ‘em over and roll them in a ball.  They stretch out on the mattress anyway so who cares if they are wrinkled?”

How to Make an Antique Mirror

Martha says:

 This romantic “antique” mirror is actually a clear piece of glass made softly reflective using eglomise, a glass-gilding technique popularized in the 18th century.  To make a softly reflective mirror, use glass from a picture frame or have a piece cut to fit a favorite frame. Silver leaf, sold in booklets of 3-by-3-inch squares, is easy to work with, but very delicate (1,000 stacked sheets equal the thickness of a nickel).

The Domestic Hack says:

 Go to the Goodwill, find any mirror and leave it outside for a few months. Instant antique…or shabby whatever….it will look OLD.  Don’t mind the neighbors complaining about junk in the yard.  Tell them you are bringing the inside out…and bringing it back in when it’s ready.  That’s right, EGLOMISE THIS..

How to Make a Puppet Theater:

Martha says:

“For the theater, transform a plain cardboard box into a playhouse with curtains, moving scenery, and doors that open and close for each act. You can use our templates to make chow chows, frogs, sharks, rabbits, fish, and birds, or fashion your own paper animals using your imagination. Joined with brass paper fasteners, the puppets’ limbs are pulled by strings, and sturdy dowels enable you to move the figures around the stage.”

The Domestic Hack says:

Ok, this is just crazy….Chow Chow’s? Are you kidding me?   Get the whole family together. (you are going to need the muscle) and 1. 2. 3…pull the couch out.  This is the theater – jump behind it.  Grab any socks without holes (if you have any) for puppets, make faces with a permanent marker (they’ll be inside shoes, no one will know)  stick your hands in, reach up over the couch and start yappin’.  Grab the wilted celery or twigs for trees if you really want scenery.

How is that?  I don’t make this stuff up, I just make this stuff easier!!

This post was inspired by my friend Marie.  Not that she’s Martha.  Though she’s pretty perfect…just ask her.