The Ask Anna Blog

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Bark

Semi-sweet chocolate with crushed freeze dried strawberries. Slightly sweet and tart, this chocolate covered strawberry bark is the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day. Hi again! This is Andrea from Cooking with a Wallflower. I’m back this week to share with you a recipe just in time for Valentine’s Day. Who doesn’t love those gorgeous chocolate covered strawberries? Especially during Valentine’s Day. But I find that they don’t last too long. Sometimes the strawberries get soft underneath the chocolate. And if you receive a bouquet of chocolate covered strawberries, you probably should eat them soon. So! Why not use freeze dried… Read More

Rust-Oleum Tub and Tile Refinishing Kit, a Year Later (video update)

Have an ugly bathtub? This post will tell you how to make it look brand new for under $100, and give you tips for what it will look like after years of use. If you have any questions about this makeover, or product, please CLICK HERE to review the FAQ page. Last April I wrote a post showing how I turned our ugly pink bathtub and tile surround, into a thing of beauty with the Rust-Oleum Tub and Tile Refinishing Kit. Since posting the pictures and my video review of the project, I have received countless questions about how the… Read More

How to Clean Tile Grout without Chemicals

Thank you HomeRight for sponsoring this post and giving us the ability to clean our grout without chemicals! A couple weeks ago my friend called me and asked if I had any ideas for cleaning really dirty tile grout. They were getting ready to move into a new-to-them house and the floors were so gross, like greasy, sticky, grimy gross, you wouldn’t even believe it! I thought about my bleach pen method but on a large scale, like over 1000 sq.ft., I thought that would be more work than it was worth. I told her I’d bring over my HomeRight SteamMachine… Read More

My Favorite, Affordable Organizing Products under $15

I’m really excited about this post today. It’s day #14 of 15 ways to get organized for less than $15 and today I’m sharing a bunch of my favorite, affordable organize products, that will get you organized, and keep you within your budget! There are so many great, affordable organizing products that I love, and every time I use them I wish I could give them away to all my readers. I’d love to have a big Ask Anna Christmas Giveaway, Oprah style, where I gather all my readers from around the world, and give them tons of my… Read More

Easy Tips for Organizing Kids Clothes and Toys

Welcome to day #13 of 15 ways to get organized for less than $15! Today I’m sharing how I keep my daughter’s drawers organized with my favorite thing from IKEA, the SKUBB drawer organizers. I don’t think it’s possible to express how much I love the SKUBB drawer organizers. I seriously have them in almost every drawer in our house, except in the kitchen. I love that you get an entire pack of 6 for $7.99 (which means you can buy 2 on our $15 budget!) and that they fit together like a puzzle in a drawer. I discovered these… Read More

Affordable tips for Organizing Under the Bathroom Sink

It’s day 12 of 15 ways to get organized for less than $15! We are getting close to the end, but there still so much good stuff to come! Today we’re talking about organizing under the bathroom sink for less than $15. I feel like I can safely say that under the bathroom sink is a place that a lot of us struggle to keep organized. We are in and out of there multiple times a day, grabbing lotion, makeup, face wash, mouth wash, etc. And I’m sure you get frustrated knocking items over each time you reach in to… Read More