Stuff we're loving this year
November 20, 2017
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I do a round up of some of my favorite products this week every year --
because I am NOT a girl who gets up early on Black Friday to shop. Nope. I
have friends that do it and love it and I'm always tempted. But my tired, full
turkey belly self sees the darkness outside and says NO, let's stay in bed and
shop online!
So this is for those of you who are like me. And even for those of you who
aren't, because these items are GOOD and are great gifts. But I think you
might like them for yourself as well. :)
This was one of those items I found while we were in the hotel...as I dreamed
of hot baths in our new house:
I have always wanted one of these bamboo bath trays
but our old tub was too wide. This one narrower so I was excited that we could
use it! It stays on our tub at all times and I freaking LOVE it.
There's a spot to hold up your book/tablet/phone, one for a candle or soap and
do you see the best part? A holder for your wine glass! 😂 Amazing!
It's easy to slide back and forth and as I said, it stays here all the time.
It dries out easily as well.
My husband has very few requests when it comes to general decor, but he loves
Christmas decorations.
Months ago he mentioned he wanted us to put candles in the windows at the new
house and I was happy to oblige. :) We did some research and ended up buying
these flameless window candles:
I LOVE them. The base has a little bit of weight to it so they don't feel
cheap. They come with a remote so you can turn them on with that, or you can
use the timer option so they turn on at the same time every day for five
hours.
They also come with batteries and so far so good -- we've had them up for a
couple weeks now and all are still lighting up beautifully every night. These
candles are a little expensive but so far seem to be great quality -- they
look SO lovely when we drive up to our house! And the timer option makes it so
you set them and forget.
OK, I shared this one with you
a couple weeks ago
but a reader just told me my favorite vacuum is on sale this week so I had to
add it to the list.
You can see why I love this vacuum so much at that link, and one of the
reasons was the price. But this week
this lightweight vacuum
is only $30!!:
Ahhh, get it! Go now. I just bought some as Christmas presents. :) I love this little vacuum and how powerful yet lightweight it is.
I have had this little chargeable screwdriver for years and really came to appreciate it after we moved:
I couldn't find my bigger drills and this was the first I found in boxes -- it was SO helpful. It still had a charge after sitting in storage for months too. It's powerful enough to put furniture together as well as hang items. You can easily change the direction as well. It is a GREAT tool idea for someone just getting into DIY -- hanging photos is the first step!
I shared our foyer with you last week, and my favorite new decorating items are the tall black lanterns:
I am not kidding when I say I've been looking for an affordable lantern for a
very long time. I love the look of them but tall ones (this one is two feet
tall) are hard to find for a decent price.
They can be used anywhere! I think these will move around a lot. And I want
more too -- but I'm holding back for now as I get a feel for how I want things
in the new house.
This next one is thanks to my husband as well -- he found these
extension cords/usb cords and we love them:
We have two cats that used to get sick a lot. Both of us have had cats every day of our lives and we couldn't figure out why they did it. We've taken them to the vet numerous times and no one could explain it (they weren't sick, no allergies), so I did some research on my own. I read that some cats overindulge and I found some suggested a timer feeder for the cat food:
This thing has really helped! We put a small amount of food in each
compartment and you can set the time for it to rotate to whatever you want
(and it's really easy to set). Smaller portions help their eating and
therefore their bellies, so it has reduced the issue BIG time. But now that we
have it, we love it overall and highly recommend it for kitty owners. It runs
on batteries but they are supposed to last a full year -- so no worries about
it running out. We've had these for months now and so far so good.
There you go! These are our latest and greatest in our household. We love and
use all of them. Do you have any of these items in your house?
Affiliate links included for your convenience!
Oh my God. That bamboo bath tray is genius!
ReplyDeleteNow I just need a bathtub, sigh.
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
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How does this vacuum do on carpet? I'm a parent to a 9 year old Dyson, and skeptical of this cheaper vacuum :)
ReplyDeleteI love that bamboo bath tray, that's awesome!!!!!!! Won't work with my big Jacuzzi tub, however. Too bad! The candles are in my shopping cart....I think they'd look great in my windows!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Just an FYI, the link for that usb/extension cord didn't work for me.
ReplyDeleteMe either. Also QVC is a another great place for the flameless candles. They have them in different colors too.
DeleteThe link for that extension cord/USB cord doesn't take you to the actual item - just to Amazon's home page. Can you post that for those of us interested in it? I tried doing a search on Amazon for it, and it gave me lots of them but not this particular one you wrote about. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI think this is it--
Deletehttps://www.amazon.com/iClever-BoostStrip-Portable-Protector-Extension/dp/B01LWIK3YA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1511278366&sr=8-4&keywords=iclever%2Bextension&dpID=41XAFFR0unL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch&th=1
I bought the vacuum yesterday and actually paid $27 including tax! They had an extra 15% off. Couldn't wait to try it and it really did do great. I am so used to my kirby (yes, I know! but it has been so good for 25 years) that I was very skeptical, but thought hey, if it only does hardwood I am okay with that. But it did great on our carpets too. We have a short nap, but worked great! Thanks so much for this recommendation, I needed something light and easy, now that it is just the hubby and I. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteI purchased the vacuum on Monday, too! Was pretty pleased I waited for the extra discount for Cyber Monday. I'm SUPER excited to be able to get rid of my Eureka that spread more dirt/dog hair than it sucked up!
DeleteThankful for the recommendation, as well!
Just had to let you know that I recently bought the B&D vacuum and I love it!! I love it so much that I'm going to sell my Miele vacuum which I find to be too heavy and tempermental. The B&D is so light and easy that my kids love using it! And I s pleasantly surprised at what a thorough job it does. I couldn't believe how much dirt there was in the canister after I vacuumed a little 4'x 4' area to try it out!
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