Instagram just introduced me to plinth vacuums — this is why every kitchen should have this clever, crumb-busting cleaning appliance

Kitchen with blue kitchen cabints and a blue kitchen island, with a bar stool in front of it. There's also grey herringbone flooring and a big fridge/freezer.

As Ideal Home’s Vacuum Expert, I really thought I’d seen every type of vacuum out there. So, you can imagine my surprise when I discovered that plinth vacuums are a thing - and an ingenious thing at that.

While I already knew that you can hide a heater in a plinth in certain areas of the home, what I didn’t realise was that these plinths (what some people call kick boards or kick plates) can also rival the best vacuum cleaners when you have the right tools at your disposal.