News, reviews and articles about home and kitchen products.
Even though we’ve lived in our new place for just over a year now, we still don’t have enough artwork on the walls. I’m trying to find some Mid-century prints and metal art for the walls, but I still like to leave room for pictures of loved ones. When Picture It On Canvas offered The […]
Picture It On Canvas Gallery Wrapped Canvas custom photo print review Read More
If you have a tiny kitchen like mine, every item on the countertop has to have earned its place there. The Maverick Chef Tunes Bluetooth Speaker and Roasting Thermometer does quadruple duty, so it would be worthy of the 12″ x 2.5″ x 3.5″ of counter it would require. The Chef Tunes is a Bluetooth
Check to see if the roast is done with this Bluetooth speaker Read More
We have reviewed quite a few surveillance cameras for your home like the DropCam, but this is the first camera I’ve seen that has been designed especially for use inside your car. No, the InfantTech Always in View Baby Monitor is not a dashcam which points outside your windshield to record your driving adventures, this
Keep an eye on your kids in the backseat without looking over your shoulder Read More
Be careful what you wish for…! I volunteered to check out a new line of LED dimmable household bulbs from OSRAM SYLVANIA, wondering at the time where I would test them. Almost immediately, light bulbs that had lasted fifteen years began to burn out all over the house! I no longer had to worry about
OSRAM SYLVANIA ULTRA LED bulb review Read More
Today is Black Friday, the official beginning of the holiday shopping season. Coming up with gift ideas for everyone can be difficult, but here are a couple of ideas for the coffee and tea lovers. The Aerobie AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker has everything that the coffee lover needs to make a perfect cup of
Gift ideas for coffee and tea drinkers Read More
If you’re anything like me, you probably have drawers full of receipts, bills, forms, and more. Every year around tax time I grumble about the fact that I haven’t kept better track of my receipts. I end up spending most of a day sorting through them and entering everything in a spreadsheet. Afterwards I’m left
Go paperless and wireless with the Doxie Go Plus & Doxie Go Wi-Fi scanners Read More
Well, you can make Pepsi at home if you are lucky enough to live in the test area. Pepsi and SodaStream have announced a joint project called Pepsi Homemade. You’ll carbonate water using your SodaStream, and then you add one of the Pepsi or Sierra Mist Homemade 0.5L flavor caps create your own drink. Right
Now you can make Pepsi sodas at home with your SodaStream machine Read More
Adding or changing the artwork on your walls can be an expensive project. Even if you use your own images, you still have to get the pictures matted and framed, which is not cheap. Then there’s the problem with doing it all over again when you start growing tired of looking at the same images on
Turn a pizza box into artwork for your walls Read More
Julie’s post about the clever but expensive Strelka tool kit yesterday reminded me of my favorite little tool kit. Although my husband has a nice kit that has more expensive tools than this little kit from Ikea, the Fixa 17-piece tool kit has everything that we need to use for most of the things we do around
Ikea’s toolkit is easy to store and easy on your pocketbook Read More
I have a large Craftsman toolbox in my garage that contains all manner of screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers and more. But not everyone has a garage or room for such a collection of tools. The Strelka ToolBook is a toolbox that stores in your home on the book shelf. You might be thinking that you don’t
Strelka is a toolbox that fits on your bookshelf Read More
Keurig coffee brewing systems have been around for a while now. There have been a lot of models over the years, but they remained pretty much the same. They still only brewed a single cup at a time. They all used the little pre-filled K-Cups available in a wide variety of flavors and brands. If
Keurig 2.0 Model K550 Coffee Brewing System review Read More
I just love the concept of LEDs. They save so much on energy and energy costs, run at a much cooler temperature than other lighting options (cool!), work forever (well okay, so not forever, but a REALLY long time), and now they have a softer yellow light available in lamps – take my money! The
OxyLED T120 Dimmable Eye-care LED desk lamp review Read More
Is there anything worse than drinking a beverage that’s less than frosty and tasty? I think not, and the creators of the Chillsner agree, too. The Chillsner’s stainless-steel frame is filled with a proprietary non-toxic thermal gel; you keep it in the freezer until you need it. When you’re ready for a beer, just insert
The Chillsner keeps that Pilsner cold! Read More
Sleep is very important to health. If you don’t get sufficient sleep, you’ll find yourself unable to deal easily with everyday life, because lack of sleep can negatively impact your emotional state and your mental acuity. With long-term sleep disruption, you’ll also increase your chances of developing life-threatening illness, like diabetes, heart attack, and stroke.
Saffron Drift Light Self-Dimming Sleep bulb review Read More
Once you’ve opened those old-fashioned soda bottles or a beer bottle, there’s not usually a good way to keep a cover on your drink while you’re finishing it. These Linden Sweden Bottle Caps will snap on the open bottle and keep the fizz in. They’re also a great way to keep insects out of the drink at
Keep the fizz in and the insects out with these Bottle Caps Read More
Getting power from point A to point B when there’s no electrical outlet on one end usually means that you have to employ the aid of an extension cord. I’m sure you probably have at least one orange extension cord in your garage or home. Long extension cords are obviously handy, but uncoiling and coiling
RoboReel Power Cord System review Read More
You’ll make short work of dinner preparations when you use the set of knives in the Star Wars X-Wing Knife Block. The block is made of of silver plastic and has individual knife sheaths built in. It’s weighted to prevent tipping. The set includes five, one-piece knives with high-quality blades. You’ll receive a chef’s, bread, carving,
Cut through making dinner with an X-Wing fighter Read More
Celebrate with the Force this Christmas by decorating with these Kurt S. Adler Star Wars lawn ornaments. Each 36 inch character (which includes Darth Vader, R2D2, a Storm Trooper, and Yoda) contains 50 lights and is decked out in Christmas apparel to join you in celebrating the holidays. When decorating this Christmas, “Do, or do
These ARE the droids you’re looking for this Christmas Read More
In the past few years a lot of people have traded their power sucking incandescent bulbs for CFL bulbs as a way to cut energy costs. They get a big thumbs up for cutting energy, but there are problems with CFL bulbs including the fact that they have mercury in them. Not disposing of these bulbs properly
CREE’s Great American Bulb Swap comes to NYC, Boston and Washington DC Read More
You won’t have to put up with a dull knife because you don’t want to dig out the knife sharpener if you have the Joseph Joseph Slice and Sharpen Cutting Board. The plastic cutting board has a knife sharpener built in to the handle. When you need to sharpen your knife, just stand the board
Your knife sharpener is always at the ready with the Joseph Joseph cutting board Read More