In the tapestry of daily life, our homes serve as the comforting backdrop where we unwind, create memories, and find solace. Achieving a cozy and functional living space is an aspiration of many, and the key lies in selecting essential home items that seamlessly blend comfort and practicality. From soft, cozy items that beckon you to curl up with a good book to clever storage solutions that declutter your surroundings, these fundamental elements contribute to the harmonious balance of a home. We want to help in your search for the perfect home essentials. Join us on a journey as we explore the wonderful products below that transform living spaces into havens of comfort and efficiency.
Platin Milan 5.1.4 Soundbar System
Good-quality soundbars provide better audio quality than the built-in speakers of most TVs delivering clearer dialogue, more defined sound effects, and a richer overall experience. Upgrade your entertainment experience into an auditory wonderland with Platin’s new Milan 5.1.4 Soundbar System. Modern films and television productions utilize high-definition, multichannel audio formats. Platin ensures that you experience the full impact of each explosive effect and the suspenseful silence depicted on screen.
With the Milan 5.1.4 Soundbar System, you’ll have four distinct height channels – two up front and two surrounding you behind. With these channels, you’ll feel like you’re right in the movie theatre, ball game, or live concert. The Milan 5.1.4 features Dolby Atmos® and Dolby Atmos Music, sculpting an authentic overhead sonic journey, infusing realism into your present moment. Milan 5.1.4 stands as the industry’s first to incorporate WiSA Discrete System (DS) Technology, enabling the wireless powering of four channels comprising authentic Dolby Atmos up-firing speakers and a subwoofer, all seamlessly connected to a single transmitter module. With its WiSA DS technology, you’ll enjoy up to 10 channels of pristine 16-bit 48kHz sound over WiFi, eliminating cable hassles for maximum convenience. The result is crystal-clear, lifelike wireless audio.
The Milan 5.1.4 is easy to control through your WISA app for IOS and Android and you can even adjust the volume with your remote control. It also features a sleek, space-saving design. The Mila WISA speakers are ultra-compact and the subwoofer slides under most sofas. The design of this system provides a 360-degree cinematic surround sound experience in any spacious living room or cozy apartment. You’ll love that its setup is complete easily and quickly. On sale now through Christmas for $699 ($100 off) at shop.platinaudio.us.
Saffron Marigold Duvet Cover and Pillow Cases
Upgrade your space with Saffron Marigold, where fair trade and handcrafted block print linens invite the world into your home. Each Saffron Marigold piece becomes a portal to faraway places and natural beauty. Whether it’s the serene sight of lotuses in temple ponds or the opulence of palace gardens, their block print linens feed your sense of wanderlust, allowing you to experience the world’s wonders from the comfort of your own home.
Saffron Marigold’s Orange Blossom (Mediterranean Floral Orange) Duvet Cover features a gorgeous Persian, Mediterranean, tropical-inspired vintage floral print. It consists of orange and yellow blossoms with touches of purple and soft sage-green foliage. This duvet cover offers you versatility with a beautiful complementary print on the reverse side, giving you two stunning options for the price of one! The cover is meticulously finished with neatly interlocked seams and fastened by hidden coconut shell buttons. You’ll appreciate this duvet is also easy to change and adjust with its two concealed openings opposite the button closure. Saffron Marigold’s duvet is crafted from soft, breathable, and preshrunk cotton, and its intricate designs are hand-block printed using carved wooden blocks. You’ll love the high-quality touch and artistic feel their duvet covers bring to your bedroom. Each duvet cover comes in twin, queen, and king size. Retails for $300 (King) at saffronmarigold.com.
Saffron Marigold’s Pillow Covers complement the duvet covers for a perfect match. Artisanally crafted, these pillow covers are hand-printed on high-quality, preshrunk soft cotton using intricately carved wooden blocks. They’re available in sizes tailored for Standard (27W x 21L inches) or King (37W x 21L inches) inserts. Retails for $50 (King) at saffronmarigold.com.
Smithey Carbon Steel Wok
Smithey was founded in admiration of vintage ironware with its sleek surfaces and enduring logo designs. Smithey honors the classic style of vintage pieces but utilizes modern technology and processes in their creation. In addition to their ironware, they offer beautiful carbon steel cookware of which each piece is individually hand-forged and visually unique. Smithey is proud to offer products designed and crafted in the USA. They assure the lifelong quality of every Smithey product, aspiring for your Smithey to be a cherished possession you can pass down to the next generation.
Smithey’s Carbon Steel Wok offers a stunning hammered appearance and functionality perfect for the modern home cook. Designed with a flat bottom to ensure stability and optimal surface contact on various heat sources, ranging from gas and induction to electric, this pre-seasoned wok, crafted from lighter-weight carbon steel, weighs approximately 3 lbs. It is specifically tailored for high-heat cooking and dynamic movements. It is beautifully hand-forged in Charleston, SC by skilled artisan blacksmiths which ensures each piece is unique and high-quality. This wok is so beautiful that you’ll love displaying it on or over the stove. You’ll appreciate your Smithey Carbon Steel Wok is guaranteed for life. Retails for $325 at smithey.com.
Carbon8
Carbon8 is a fantastic essential for your home, effortlessly providing a convenient and eco-friendly way to enjoy refreshing carbonated beverages while minimizing waste from single-use bottles. With Carbon 8, you’ll savor the crispest, cleanest sparkling water straight from the spout. The state-of-the-art carbonator revolutionizes the way people can enjoy bubbles without bottles in the comfort of their homes. No more buying bulky packs at the market, no more plastic bottling accessories necessary for the carbonation to function. Just place your glass under the Carbon8 and you’re one click away from the most refreshing sip of sparkling water.
Carbon8 is the first water carbonator that self-sanitizes, makes, and dispenses sparkling water in a way that omits the need for plastic bottles or any extra effort. Carbon8’s one-of-a-kind, patented turbine technology, the Carbon8Reactor, instantly mixes water and CO2 with one quick click on its innovative touchscreen design, immediately serving a stream of sparkling water ready to serve. Carbon8 also has a removable water tank that can be stored in the refrigerator or refilled with cold water. It’s also beautifully built to minimize counter space with its attractive, thin design. Retails for $299 at carbon8water.com.
TilePix
TilePix products are essential home items that add a personalized touch that not only enhances the aesthetic appeal of your living space but also captures and preserves cherished memories. TilePix, the forefront innovator in wall décor, revolutionizes the industry with cutting-edge technology featuring a patented magnetic hanging system. This hassle-free solution allows for quick gallery wall setups without the need for tools or nails, ideal for dorms, apartments, and offices. Launched in October 2022, TilePix offers customizable products, including regular and glass tiles, canvases, skateboards, posters, wallpaper, and a unique patented splits feature. With same-day pick-up options at over 8,000 Walgreens nationwide, TilePix, a subsidiary of the printing industry leader Tracer, also collaborates with artists and will introduce exciting collections with big names launching in Q1 next year.
There is nothing more inspiring than surrounding yourself with images of your family, mentors, or inspirational quotes when being a home-based entrepreneur. TilePix offers an easy way to do so and their platform is ever so user-friendly. It is so important for mental health in business to have positivity and feel-good energy in your space, and TilePix is the perfect brand to help with that. Retails at $19.99 (8×8 TilePix) tilepix.com.
AeroGarden Bounty
A countertop indoor garden from AeroGarden is a perfect essential home item as it provides a convenient, year-round source of fresh herbs and vegetables, enhancing culinary experiences, promoting a healthier lifestyle, and bringing a touch of nature to the home environment. Aero Garden stands as the pioneer in indoor hydroponic growing systems, providing consumers the opportunity to cultivate herbs, vegetables, and more indoors year-round and there is no need for sun or soil!
AeroGarden Bounty is a smart, attractive, and powerful countertop garden with 40 new features to make it easy to grow the plants you love. With Bounty, you can grow up to 9 plants in four easy steps. Its user-friendly system eliminates gardening guesswork through a range of tech-forward gardens, enabling plants to grow five times faster than traditional soil methods. You’ll love it ensures growth without the use of herbicides, pesticides, or GMOs, with a guaranteed germination process. Retails for $259.95 at aerogarden.com.
HomeHaps Custom Watercolor Portrait from Photo
A HomeHaps Custom Watercolor Portrait from Photo is a great essential home item because it adds a personal and unique touch to your space, capturing cherished memories and creating a warm, sentimental atmosphere. Experience the epitome of quality with HomeHaps’ portraits, crafted on premium museum-quality canvas stretched over a sturdy 1.5” frame, featuring watercolor brush strokes that gracefully extend over the edges. Their portraits are treated with a semi-gloss coating, ensuring vibrant colors that won’t fade for over 200 years. No matter the size of space you are trying to brighten up, HomeHaps will meet your styling needs with the several different sizes offered. You’ll appreciate they offer free shipping within the USA in 3-5 days, with an option for express shipping in 1-2 days. Retail starts at $76 at homehaps.com.
Galen Leather Desk Pad
Established in 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey, Galen Leather started as a modest two-person team with a shared passion for crafting small leather goods. Beginning with the creation of a simple journal cover, they’ve evolved over the years, transforming a hobby into a successful business. Galen Leather’s love for working with natural aging materials such as leather, brass, and wood is evident in their products. There’s a magical quality in how these materials gracefully absorb time, growing more beautiful with age.
Galen Leather’s Desk Pad is a stylish take on the traditional desk mat, crafted from luxurious 7-8 oz vegetable-tanned bridle leather with beeswax-burnished edges for a stunning finish. Not just visually appealing, it’s also highly practical, measuring 24″ x 15″ or 18″ x 32″ to cover the main working area of your desk. This versatile pad functions as a desk blotter, a laptop, and a mouse pad, and offers a smooth, firm surface for writing. Order your favorite color, ranging from natural tan to vibrant blue, pink, green, or orange, ensuring it complements your style. Additionally, you can personalize your desk pad by choosing any combination of 3 characters to be printed on the front, bottom corner when placing your order. Conveniently rollable, it arrives in a cardboard tube for easy delivery. Retails for $69 at galenleather.com.
Salt by Sabrina Expandable Kitchen Organizer
Salt by Sabrina’s custom drawer organizers are the perfect home essential as they optimize storage space, streamline organization, and enhance efficiency by tailoring the storage solution to the specific needs and layout of each individual drawer. Experience unparalleled organization with Salt by Sabrina’s Expandable Kitchen Organizer, featuring a patented design that uniquely expands to perfectly fit your drawer, maximizing every inch of space with adjustable side compartments.
The Salt Expandable Kitchen Organizer is made of premium acrylic and has six compartments, including a full-length back section ideal for larger items and five front compartments perfect for your favorite utensils. Versatile beyond the kitchen, it serves as an excellent choice for offices, craft rooms, and bathrooms, accommodating various essentials. With dimensions of Width 12 1/4″ x Length 15 3/4″ x Height 2″ and the ability to expand up to 22.5″, this organizer stays securely in place with 3M adhesive and silicon pads, ensuring a tidy and tailored storage solution. It is scratch-resistant, BPA-free, non-toxic, and anti-microbial. Retails for $68 at saltbysabrina.com.
OOLA Distillery Waitsburg Bourbon
A good bourbon is an essential home item, adding warmth and sophistication to your space, providing a refined beverage option for relaxation and entertaining. Established in 2010, OOLA Distillery stands as Seattle’s oldest craft distillery, producing a diverse range of spirits including whiskeys, vodkas, and gins. OOLA’s Waitsburg Bourbon presents itself as a medium to full-bodied spirit, showcasing a delightful blend of vanilla, caramel, and cherry aromas. Its notable spiciness, courtesy of a significant rye component, is harmoniously counterbalanced by the sweetness of smooth corn and the velvety texture contributed by organic Washington soft white winter wheat. This carefully crafted Bourbon reveals distinct flavors of brown sugar and maple syrup, concluding with a finish characterized by buttery oak, toffee, and the freshness of ripe cherries. OOLA’s Waitsburg Bourbon has received Tastings Gold 2015, 93 points (Excellent) with Enthusiast Magazine, and Spirits Competition Gold. Retails for $53.95 at craftcity.com.
Mercer Culinary
Mercer Culinary’s passion is the food service industry. Everything they do revolves around improving the livelihood and daily tasks of culinary professionals. Because of this, you can trust the products they offer are tried and true and exceptional for your own kitchen.
Mercer’s MX3® Santoku knife is a tough knife with a razor-sharp and strong edge, perfect for chopping, mincing, and cutting. The MX3 Santoku knife features a V-10 stainless steel core, a laminated high carbon stainless steel outer layer, a triple-riveted, ergonomically shaped Delrin handle, and a rounded spine contoured for superior comfort. Its full tang runs the entire length of the handle for exceptional balance. You’ll love how easily you can now chop onions, mince shallots, chop herbs, crush garlic, and more. Cutting through bone-in chicken? No problem – this knife can handle it all. Retails for $128.48 at amazon.com.
Heraclea The Bestsellers Collection
Heraclea knows olive oil is not just a pantry staple, it’s a way of life. Good olive oil is an essential home item because of its versatile use in cooking, health benefits, and ability to enhance the flavors of various dishes. Heraclea’s story is rooted in the family grove spanning over 100 wild acres, where hard work, nature’s unpredictable spirit, and the enduring traditions of friends, family, and timeless meals come together in their beautiful olive oil. Heraclea’s The Bestsellers Collection is designed for those with a discerning palate and an appreciation for excellence. This collection features their finest olive oils—ranging from the lively Early Harvest to the robust Mature Harvest and the versatile Everything Oil. Thoughtfully curated for individuals who understand the craftsmanship involved in olive oil production, this assortment is more than just a purchase; it’s an investment in gourmet excellence. They’ll look beautiful on your countertops too! Retails for $85 at heraclea.co.
Cariloha Bamboo Bath Towel Set – 3-Piece
Cariloha originated in the Islands™, where their dedication to comfort and sustainability was born, aiming to bring the relaxation and joy of a vacation into every aspect of your daily life in your home, from sleep to everyday living. Elevate your bathroom with Cariloha’s Bamboo Bath Towel Set (3-piece) featuring eco-conscious bamboo-viscose fabric. With Cariloha’s Bamboo Bath Towel Set, you’ll experience plush perfection and luxurious softness, ensuring the ultimate comfort for your skin. Crafted with extra-smooth, slightly twisted yarn and loomed to 600 grams per square meter, these towels offer an unparalleled level of comfort. Not only do they pamper your senses, but the natural odor-resistant properties of Cariloha’s bamboo fabric enhance the overall experience. Each set includes a bath towel, a hand towel, and a washcloth. On sale for $59 at cariloha.com.
FORTESSA Jupiter Cereal Bowls
FORTESSA provides statement pieces for stylish enjoyment to elevate your table’s trendiness, and party-ready barware, ensuring there’s a perfect FORTESSA piece for every occasion. FORTESSA’s Jupiter Cereal Bowls feature your favorite hobnail glass, giving mealtime a fun Parisian flea market feel. Featuring delicate beaded detailing, FORTESSA’s Jupiter Cereal Bowls add timeless elegance and sophistication to your table. Their dishwasher-safe design makes them the ideal choice for any home or event, catering to both daily use and special occasions. These bowls are crafted from soda-lime-silica with magnesium oxide and alumina for durability, creating a delightful statement by infusing color and texture into fashionable tablescapes. They come in a set of six and in four different colors. Retails for $48 at fortessa.com.
Painterly Home Tea Towels
Step into the artistic realm of Painterly Home, where an exclusively online boutique unveils a treasure trove of one-of-a-kind pieces for your home, seamlessly merging fine art images with opulent fabrics to craft distinct embellishments that elevate and captivate. Painterly Home Tea Towels are made of 100% linen and cotton. With dozens of beautiful, colorful patterns to choose from, these towels are stunning additions to the kitchen, powder room, or tea tray. They are machine washable and colorfast, have generous dimensions of 16″ by 24″ and a hanging loop. These tea towels bring an instant boost to anywhere they reside. Retails for $28 (each) at painterlyhome.com.
Collins Dream Planner
Collins’ Dream Planner is a home essential because it provides organization and structure, helping to manage schedules, tasks, and priorities for a more efficient and balanced daily life. Dream big and stay organized with Collins B5-sized Dream Planner, providing ample space at 250x176mm for daily tasks, shopping lists, and habit tracking, all housed in an eye-catching hardcover made from recycled paper and adorned with holographic detailing. The weekly layout is designed for success, featuring sections for daily tasks, and appointments, a weekly goal tracker, a to-do list, a meal planner, and a habit tracker to help you plan and achieve your goals effectively. You’ll also appreciate the monthly planning tools included to reach your monthly goals. Retails for $24.99 at the Collins Amazon Store.
JazzUpCo Stackable Flatware Organizer
Upgrade your kitchen organization with JazzUpCo’s Stackable Flatware Organizer, meticulously crafted from 100% bamboo for both functionality and sustainability. This space-saving flatware organizer boasts a stackable design, allowing you to neatly store flatware and conserve valuable kitchen space. Ethically produced and sustainably sourced, the organizer adds a touch of style to any kitchen aesthetic. Measuring 15.4 x 13.4 x 2 inches, each organizer accommodates 8-person settings, including dinner spoons, dinner forks, dinner knives, dessert spoons, and salad forks. Additionally, the top section provides a convenient space for storing salad servers or other complementary pieces, making it a versatile and essential addition to your kitchen. This organizer comes in grey or bamboo. Retails for $39 at jazzupco.com.
