These hacks both enhance your space — and solve around-the-house annoyances. Everywhere in your home, there are small irritants. A kitchen tool that’s bad at its job.
A cleaning chore that’s harder than it needs to be. A light that’s too bright. A closet that’s too dark.
A design decision made decades ago that damages your calm every time you look at it. Here’s the thing, though, there are hacks and tricks for fixing all of that. You might not know that a better tool, the perfect light, and a way to alter that ugly thing is well within reach, easy to install, and cheap.
You know who does know? The hive brain of Amazon. Here are 45 home products skyrocketing in popularity on Amazon that work weirdly well. 01 This clever collapsible colander This fixes everything that’s annoying about the one you have.
The expandable arms reach over the sink to hold it above the fray while you wash vegetables or strain water from the pasta. The collapsible body makes it easy to store in a drawer. And when the arms are retracted, a sturdy base stands securely in the bottom of the sink.
Nearly 12,000 people give it five stars. 02 A drying rack that hangs on a door Hang this lightweight over a door and reclaim your kitchen, shower, or whatever surface you currently use to air dry delicate clothing that needs to “dry flat.” It gives you three surfaces for clothing to rest on and the mesh bed allows air circulation so you don’t have to turn sweaters over.
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