Home Finds — No. 03
Most loved in August
Not a list of new launches. These are the fifteen you kept coming back to in August.
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Wardrobe & clothes
Five things that between them fix a cupboard: more shelf, fewer creases, and no musty smell in the monsoon.
Expandable wardrobe shelfExtends 38-65cm, so it sits in almost any almirah and doubles the shelf you already have.
Tension shelf dividerTurns one tall shelf into two. No screws, no drilling, nothing left behind.
Moisture absorber pouchesSix in a pack, so one per cupboard. Hangs on the rail and pulls the damp out.
Compact travel steamerSmall enough to keep in a drawer, and it steams upright — no ironing board.
Standing rack for steamingHolds the garment at the right height so you are not doing it one-handed off a door.Kitchen
Two big ones. Both got bought for how they look as much as for what they do, and that is a perfectly good reason.
Order & upkeep
The unglamorous four. Nobody puts these on a mood board and everybody ends up buying them.
Bluetooth label makerInkless and app-driven. Jars, files, and every box in the loft that nobody can identify.
Magnetic meal plannerSticks to the fridge, wipes clean, and settles the daily what-are-we-eating argument.
Clear mini wall hooksSix hooks, no nails, and no torn paint when they come back off.
Extendable fan cleanerReaches 159cm, so the ceiling fan gets done without dragging a chair across the room.Walls & corners
The prettier end of the list — the four that went up on a wall, a railing or a pooja corner.
Pink lotus wall stickersMade for a pooja corner, but they work on any wall that needs one soft thing on it.
Arched felt pin board35 by 24 inches, in light pink, with fifty pins in the box. A mood board you can keep changing.
Metal birds, set of twoFor a balcony railing or a garden wall — the bit of the house that usually gets forgotten.
Puck lights with a remoteBattery run and stick-on, so they go where no wiring reached. Also in Home Finds No. 02.Pro tip
The puck lights turn up on both lists for a reason — they are the cheapest way to make a shelf, a wardrobe or a pooja corner look lit rather than just bright. See the rest of the no-wiring lights →
On Instagram
5 space saving wardrobe organisers
One tall compartment, a rail, and nothing else — the wardrobe most builders hand over. This is what goes into it.
Watch on Instagram5 genius wardrobe essentials
The clothes-care half of the list, in use: the handheld steamer, the rack it hangs on, and the pouches that keep the monsoon out of a cupboard.
Watch on InstagramSetting up a coffee station
How a buffet counter became a coffee corner — the machine, and everything that had to go around it.
Watch on InstagramPeel n stick wallpapers and decals
Not just walls. Cabinets, wardrobes, furniture — where the decals and wallpapers actually go, including the pooja corner.
Watch on InstagramLights and lamps which do not require false ceiling
The puck lights on this page, plus the rest of the no-wiring kind — switched on, in place, so you can see what each one gives you.
Watch on InstagramSetting a festive buffet counter
Rakhi decorations and the serving pieces that go with them, for the hosting end of the month.
Watch on InstagramHow this list gets made
Nothing here is new for the sake of being new. These are the fifteen that got clicked, saved and asked about the most through August.
Which, read together, says what most of us were actually trying to fix:
Buy the annoyance, not the aesthetic
Every one of these got bought over and over because it solved something someone was putting up with daily. That is the test worth applying.
Measure before the wardrobe ones
The shelf and the divider both extend, but not infinitely. Take the inside width of the cupboard first — it is thirty seconds and it saves a return.
Check what powers it
The steamer, the label maker and the puck lights all charge or take batteries. Rechargeable costs less over a year; batteries are easier to place.
