Whether your goals in life include ordering less takeout, spending less time cooking, getting your gear organized so you can find things, or enjoying your downtime by enhancing your relaxation equipment, I have found some gear that will help. Get a better cupholder for the couch, smarter storage solutions, and tools that create tastier food and beverages. Stay home and achieve your goals! Everything is easier if you like your home. And you’d like your home so much more if you had any of these 50 genius, cheap things.
There is nothing pleasant about showering in an ankle-deep puddle of dirty water. So stick this TubShroom in the drain and stop that from ever happening. It lets the water and soap through while trapping the hair that will eventually cause a clog. All you have to do is pull the hair off occasionally and the drain will run smoothly.
Next time you curl up on the couch to cuddle the cat and watch a movie, wrap up in this fleece throw blanket so you both enjoy it more. The deliciously soft fibers will comfort you both while cocooning you in safe warmth. It comes in 29 colors.
Every time you grab a paper towel to clean a spill or wipe a dish, you are adding to the landfill. They don’t do a great job of cleaning, either. These Swedish dishcloths are much more effective — absorbent like a sponge and flexible like a cloth — pretty, and you can reuse them. Throw them in the wash when they get dirty. Throw them away when they wear out. They are biodegradable.
How many drawers, boxes, and shelves in your home are housing a snarl of cables? Those would be useful if you could grab, identify, and use them. These self-gripping ties turn that project into a few, satisfying minutes that you will only have to do once because they attach to the cord so rewrapping is easy. This is 40 wraps in assorted colors and two sizes.
You spend half your life in bed. Why not make it a better experience? Not only do these satin pillowcases make your bed — and bedroom — look luxurious while adding a pop of color, but they are gentle to your skin and hair. The fine fibers are slippery and soft so they don’t grab your hair. And they won’t absorb the moisture from your skin. They come in 35 colors.
You don’t have to live with the dings, scratches, and damage that happens to your paint or schedule time to repaint. Fill these brush pens with the color on your walls and keep them handy. When damage happens, pull one out and paint right over it. No hassle. No damage.
Why is there always an outlet — usually the only outlet — in exactly the spot you want to put a piece of furniture? This outlet cover with power strip is the quick fix for that dilemma. Plug it into that badly placed outlet. It covers it and makes it nearly invisible. Then place the power switch where you want the power to be.
Ordering food to be delivered might seem like the only option when you are hungry. But this vegetable chopper will help your creations compete with that delivery time by making the prep work easy. Drop the food into the base and press the button. The blade will drop and chop your vegetable so it’s ready for the pan in seconds.
A set of good wine glasses can make even a humble meal and a cheap bottle of vino feel like an indulgence, turning it into an evening of conversation and fun. This set of two large, hand-blown red wine glasses is just the thing. They hold 22 ounces, deliver the aroma to your nose, and have lots of room for swirling and admiring your elixir.
Dinner doesn’t always have to involve cooking and cleaning up. Sometimes spreading leftovers, cheese, nuts, fruits, and pickles on a beautiful board and setting it on the coffee table is a meal you can linger over with friends. This round cheese board makes it easy to assemble, with lots of bamboo surface area for food, side channels for crackers and nuts, and a secret compartment that holds all the tools you’ll need.
These furniture rollers make it easy to move heavy appliances or furniture, either because you are moving or to make it easy to clean under them. Just set the furniture on top of the roller and moving it becomes easy. “Put them under my little shed freezer,” said one reviewer. “Just roll it out, get what I need, roll it back under.”
You can have S’mores anytime you want, in seconds, with this microwave S’mores maker on hand. Just fill the chamber with water, put graham crackers,........