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Repair a roofFor temporary repair on your roof, put a piece of cardboard into a plastic bag and slide it under the shingles.
Organize your workshopA sectioned wine or liquor carton is a great place to store dowels, moldings, furring strips, weather stripping, and metal rods.
Store tall garden toolsTurn three empty liquor cartons into a sectioned storage bin for your long-handled garden tools. Put a topless box on the floor with the dividers left in. Then cut the tops and bottoms off two similar boxes and stack them so the dividers match up. Use duct tape to attach the boxes to each other. Use the bin to store hoes, rakes, and other long-handled garden tools.
Protect work surfacesKeep work surfaces from being damaged. Flatten a large box or cut a large flat piece from a box and use it to protect your countertop, work-bench, table, or desk from ink, paint, glue, or nicks from knives and scissors. Just replace it when it becomes messed up.
Protect your fingersOuch! You just hammered your finger instead of the tiny nail you were trying to drive. To keep this from happening again, stick the little nail through a small piece of thin cardboard before you do your hammering. Hold the cardboard by an edge, position the nail, and pound it home. When you're done, use your bruise-free fingers to tear away the cardboard.
Keep upholstery tacks straightReupholstering a chair or sofa? Here's a neat way to get a row of upholstery tacks perfectly straight and evenly spaced. Mark the spacing along the edge of a light weight cardboard strip and press the tacks into it. After driving all of the tacks most of the way in, tug on the strip to pull the edge free before driving in the rest of the way.
Make a drip panPrevent an oil leak from soiling your garage floor or driveway. Make a drip pan by placing a few sheets of corrugated cardboard in a cookie sheet and placing the pan under your car's drip. For better absorption, sprinkle some cat litter, sawdust, or oatmeal into the pan on top of the cardboard. Replace with fresh cardboard as needed.
Help your mechanicSomething is dripping from your car's engine, but you don't know what. Instead of blubbering helplessly to your mechanic about it, place a large piece of cardboard under the engine overnight and bring it with you when you take the car in for service. The color and location of the leaked fluid will help the mechanic identify the problem.
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