Never have I been so happy to see payday. January has felt like a marathon, and I know everyone on the Ideal Home team has been looking forward to treating themselves now our bank balances are looking healthier. From on-trend lighting to stylish storage, kitchen must-haves to downtime essentials, our editors' weekend wish-lists are full of brilliant buys.
This week I got to pay a visit to Bora's test kitchen to have a play with the new QVac vacuum sealer machine. I've actually never used a vacuum sealer before and had no idea this nifty piece of kit had so many uses, from infusing oils to efficient food storage (keeping food fresh for longer) to speeding up marinating. You can even re-seal jars once they’ve been opened, which means no more mouldy jars of pesto hiding at the back of my fridge!
I also popped into Dunelm's Spring Summer preview, and seeing all the fun colour and pattern gave me just the lift I was craving. The rest of the Ideal Home team is obviously yearning for beautiful things too, as you can see by our editors' top product picks for payday.
9 January: New year organising
the organising bug has taken hold hard and I’m in full blitz mode. I don't know about you, but my urge to tidy and sort the house is off the scale. It started with my Christmas decs (I invested in a bauble storage box from Amazon, then I moved onto deep-cleaning and sorting kitchen cupboards and organising our medicine cupboard.
I’ve spent hours drooling over beautifully labelled boxes and jars on social, and have now I’ve gone full Khloe Kardashian. You'll find me happily labelling everything I can get my hands on with my trusty new label maker from Amazon, which makes me very happy.
