A mum has shared a handy trick which she swears prevents condensation and damp forming in your house and it only costs £3.
Natasha Murfin puts table salt in paper cups then leaves them on windowsills overnight to soak up any moisture.
The 35-year-old learnt the hack from her grandparents who would do the same in their static caravan.
Natasha, who lives in West Lothian, Scotland, had forgotten about the hack but when a neighbour reminded her she decided to try it out and was delighted with the results.
She said: "I can't afford a dehumidifier in every room so I thought, even if it doesn't work, it's only about £3 - I may as well give it a go.
"It worked an absolute treat."
The nifty mum bought 1.5kg of cooking salt from Tesco for £1.75 and 15 paper cups for just £1.15.
"I put one cup per windowpane in every room in the house," she said.
"The windows used to drip with condensation, and we would have to wipe them every morning with a squeegee.
"Since using the salt trick, we haven't had to wipe them once.
"I only half fill the cups with salt, and I shake them every morning to check the salt isn't sticking together.
"We've had the salt out for five days now and it's still soft.
"If the salt becomes hard and damp, it's time to replace it."
The mum added you can be even more thrifty by drying out damp salt in the oven.
Others have revealed they wipe their windows with salt water to prevent condensation.
For more house hacks, Martin Lewis has suggested using cling film on windows and foil behind radiators to keep your home warm.
Martin explained how an airtight layer of cling film over a single glazed window it should trap a layer of air that can reduce heat loss.
It can also help reduce the amount of condensation that can form on the glass when the warm, moist air in the room comes into contact with the cold glass.
You can buys special window film that will be easier to fit and look better than regular household cling film.
If you put foil behind radiators the heat should reflect off the foil into the rest of the room, suggested Martin.
You can buy specialist radiator foil but some people suggest regular tin foil - which is cheaper - also creates the same effect.
