For Chris this meant a pretentious local craft beer too, of course.

They went and tried it out and it worked!So, I thought there surely must be some others that don’t know about this little house-saving gem.. Oh, but wait.

There’s more to the story than that.Someone else on Hometalk mentioned that there are things you should never use rubbing alcohol on.. It’s experiment time!I decided to try the rubbing alcohol Sharpie cleaning trick on some common surfaces around here (since we’re going to be renovating it all anyway) and tell you how it went!.

I started out on our laminate counter top.Kennedy seems to enjoy coloring elaborate pictures on there that somehow escape the paper.. A little rubbing alcohol on a paper towel and it melted away!

This one’s a keeper!.

What about finished wood cabinets!.They can be done so inexpensively and I do admit that they look pretty amazing.. We’ve posted more information about how to do the.

basic lumber flooring.inexpensive chunky baseboards.

if you’d like to read more about them.. Large zebra picture: Target.Zebra comforter and turquoise fuzzy blanket: Target.