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I told you a few days ago about my DIY swiffer cloths and those actually came to be when I had leftover shammy cloths that I had bought for a different reason entirely.
You can’t see them in the pictures, but I bought them after I made the DIY wood bed frame in our guest bedroom.
The floors in that room were actually our first ever soiree into refinishing hardwood floors and it’s safe to say that we feel pretty protective of them.
So even though Joel was willing to indulge me in my desire to make a bed frame for the guest bedroom (not his idea of a necessary project right now) he was adamant that I make sure to protect the shiny new floors.
Deal!
But then I realized how expensive those little sticky felt things are that are made to go under furniture and protect your floors.
Thankfully I’m a regular at the Dollar Tree and I’m always looking for any new items they have.
I knew as soon as I saw the Handy Shammy they could be cut to size and super glued to the bottom of each bed post and they would do the trick.
But I didn’t know that these little pieces of shammy would also make it super easy for me to push the heavy new bed around the hardwood floors all by myself without leaving one little scratch!
It has been awesome. My plan is to super glue small pieces of the shammy to every piece of furniture we put on our newly finished hardwoods, which we’ll have in the living room, dining room and master bedroom.
Just imagine all of the furniture rearranging I can do by myself during the day while Joel’s at work. 🙂
And that I was able to use the leftover shammy as DIY swiffer cloths was just a bonus. Seriously one of the best $1 I’ve ever spent!
Get all caught up on the “31 things you need to know” here.
And you can find the bed frame tutorial here and all of our floor refinishing tips (so far, we’ll be tackling our living and dining room floors soon and will hopefully learn some new tricks) here.
Nancy Carr says
Another great idea, and I believe you are a Wonder Woman with all you can do. Blessings
Karah says
thank you for all of your support Nancy!
Heidi @ Decor & More says
Brilliant!! You can redecorrange to your heart’s content now! Pinning this for hunting season when the hubs is scarce every weekend… who knows what he’ll come home to now?? 😉
xo heidi
Kelly @ Corner of Main says
Great tip! I might have to stop by the dollar store and pick some of these up. I have a million pound bed that I scooted across our bedroom solo…no scratches, but it was hard to do!!
William J Tepe says
I like this idea, I happen to have some of these shammies that has pieces cut out of them already so now I can use the left overs for my projects, the bottoms of my wooden chairs needs some kind of padding, Thanks.
Joanne says
Hello fellow “wonder woman!” I have used those purchased “sliders” to use under furniture that is on carpets, and the ones with felt for furniture on hardwood floors, much like what you are doing with the shammy materials. FOR VERY HEAVY FURNITURE – GRAB YOUR CAR JACK. For pieces like my large solid cherry entertainment center – obviously I could not lift it up to slide the felt underneath the legs. So, I got my small car jack, placed a potholder on it to prevent any damage/denting on the furniture, and placed it underneath one side edge of the entertainment center. Then I jacked it up enough to slide the felt underneath. Repeat on the other side of course. I used this method on all of my furniture that was too heavy for me to lift alone. And who can wait for two burly men to come along?????