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    27 Things That'll Help You Bring Back What You Thought Was Gone Forever

    Don't toss your stuff just yet.

    1. A blessedly effective carpet cleaner capable of turning your brown carpet into whatever color it was when you bought it.

    vacuum cleaner cleans a noticeably lighter stripe in carpet

    2. A stuffed animal repair service so your ancient teddy bear can get a little luster back in his beaded eyes. I'd like to imagine the process is exactly as it looked in Toy Story 2.

    3. A bumper-sticker remover that'll attach to your drill for quick and easy removal of bumper stickers. You can finally turn back time to before your car became a Green Day fan.

    top: car with bumpers stickers bottom: car with no bumper stickers

    4. A nail and cuticle oil to repair all the damage you've wreaked on your paws after peeling that gel manicure off.

    left: reviewer nails looking chipped and peeling right: nails look much better with no peeling

    5. A pack of Bottle Bright tablets that clean those hard-to-reach places so you don't have to. That moldy Nalgene you forget to clean for a year can now be saved from the garbage!

    before: brown bottle during: fizzy liquid in bottle after: clean bottle

    6. A grout pen so you can easily cover up unsightly tile grout without having to, you know, scrub them clean.

    7. A pack of Magic Eraser-dupes that work just as well as the real deal at zapping away smudges and stains. Save your dirty sneaks AND save some money.

    8. A wood polish that can miraculously erase water stains and scratches. Everyone will be asking when you found the time you buy a brand new coffee table.

    9. A stain remover formulated especially to handle red wine so you can rescue those sheets you nearly ruined during "pinot noir in bed" night.

    10. A twisty cable protector to squeeze some extra life out of your frayed cables. Seriously, these should just come standard with all your chargers.

    curly q shaped wire covering a frayed cord

    11. Liquid plant food that's pretty much a multi-vitamin for your houseplant. If your green little buddy isn't growing as much as you'd like, consider a couple drops of this elixir!

    12. A set of drill brushes so effective, you'll be shocked how clean your home used to be.

    a cloudy shower wall half cleaned to show the effect of the drill brush

    13. A handheld steamer to tackle any clothing that's wrinkled into such an unrecognizable ball you thought you'd never see the original shape again.

    14. A jar of O'Keeffe's Working Hands cream to give you the baby soft hands you haven't seen since you were, well, a baby.

    15. A roll of screen repair tape for quick window fixes so you don't have to replace the whole dang screen every time your cat gets a little scratchy.

    16. A stain-removing spray so you can reclaim your bathroom from that horrible orange glow! Orange is the worst color, especially when your bathroom is supposed to be white.

    17. A shoe shining kit to make your boots sparkle as bright as the day they caught your eye in the store.

    18. A sweater pill removing stone so you can breathe new life into your old sweatshirts.

    model uses stone on sweater

    19. A foot file to return your feet to their former, painful-crack-free glory.

    20. A scratch removing kit that can help you cover up unsightly car damage without even having to take a trip to the body shop. Your dad will never know you took the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California for a spin.

    21. A watermark removing cloth so you can wipe away all the evidence of that rude guest who "forgot" to use a coaster. Coffee table = saved!

    22. A pair of charcoal deodorizers ready to save your wretchedly stinky gym bag from the trash.

    two gray cloth sacks in shoes

    23. A pack of waistband extenders so you can wear your old jeans that you thought were no longer your size.

    24. A jewelry cleaning pen to bring that brilliant shine back to your cloudy gems.

    left: blurry gem ring right: gem looking shiny and bright

    25. A pack of moldable glue you can use to fix pretty much anything — frayed cables, holes in shoes, broken toys, ANYTHING!

    wire with putty over the frayed part

    26. A leather restoring polish that'll breathe new life into your furniture, bags, and shoes. Look how happy this little red chair is!

    27. An erase-a-hole putty to fill in pesky cracks in drywall, plaster, and wood so you can actually get that security deposit back, no matter how many holes you put into the wall.

    Like a Phoenix emerging from the ashes, your stuff will be reborn again.