Even if you lay down the tarps, errant paint from your wall-painting jobs can end up causing a lot of grief. Halt those drips with one of the many clever re-uses of yogurt containers. This Old House ...

Millions of English ladies are wrong: Teapots are gross. Tea inevitably drips on the counter when you pour, then whatever’s left over gathers around the edges of the spout creating a yucky limescale.