Unexpected New Uses for Home Office Items

New Uses for Permanent Markers

• Cover small bleach spots on black garments: Just make sure the marker isn't a much darker shade of black.
• Save a photograph: Use a permanent marker, such as a Sharpie, to black out unsightly red-eye in prints.
• Fill in scuffs and scratches: Use on shoes, furniture, or a car's interior.
• Update a lamp shade: Apply a guide of masking tape around the bottom of a lamp shade, a half inch from the edge, then use a marker to color in a dark border. Repeat for the top edge. For the more artistically ambitious, make a design on the shade with a stencil to create a filigreed or stained-glass effect when the light shines through.