Some easy toppings available online can make holiday entertaining easier and healthier.
You probably won’t be buying new countertops or floor coverings online to improve your home’s wellness potential, but there are plenty of purchases worth considering on Cyber Monday. Here are eight ideas for improving the wellness potential of your kitchen, bathrooms, and bedrooms — easily purchased through your favorite websites:
kitchen ideas
The portable induction hob increases the cooking capacity without the off-gassing of your kitchen.
1. Portable induction hob
By now you may have read that gas stove burners emit toxic gases in your home. Maybe you’re not ready to power this main appliance, or you’re not sure you’ll enjoy induction cooking, a high-performance alternative. One way to try this technique—and increase the efficiency of your holiday cooking—is to use a portable induction cooktop. These don’t take up much room on your countertop, and can handle a main dish or side dish. Nor will it harm indoor air quality. If you find yourself enjoying the efficiency and low maintenance of these units, consider replacing your gas stove with a built-in induction hob in 2023.
2. Counter top steam combi oven
These convection and steam built-in ovens come in built-in and countertop models. The countertop version can be another way to cook healthy appetizers, sides, and desserts when the oven is full. This increases the comfort of your cooking, and steaming means foods cooked with less fat and more preservation of nutrients.
3. Multi-cooker
Find a model with cooking modes that help you prepare healthy meals for you, your family and guests. A slow cooker with a warm setting is ideal for cooking winter stews and soups while you’re at work. Other modes include sous vide cook, air fry, dehydrate, and pressure cook.
4. Kitchen organizers
It’s amazing how much you can improve your kitchen without remodeling. Storage organizers are one DIY-friendly way to make improvements. Swaying blind corner cabinets make corners difficult to reach. Fold-out drawers make it easy to see and access items stored in the back of base or pantry cabinets. Drawer organizers make items in your tool drawers easier to find. Drop-down posts in the wall cabinets make the high shelves more accessible for a young person or someone confined to a wheelchair. Backsplash organizers turn wall space into storage.
Bedroom and bathroom ideas
Organic bedding adds comfort and wellness to the bedroom.
5. Organic sheets and towels
Make holiday hosting a more comfortable experience for you and your guests with fresh organic sheets and towels. Knowing that they were not made with pesticide-treated fabrics or manufactured with toxic dyes brings peace of mind and reduces the risk of allergic reactions.
6. Towel heating
This is luxury and convenience at the same time. Wrapping your body in a warm towel after a shower or bath is definitely a comforting feature. But towel warmers can also keep your towels clean and fresh rather than just hanging them on hooks. For an easy addition, consider a model that plugs into a wall outlet, rather than one that has to be wired.
7. Handheld shower head
The shower head that comes with your home probably doesn’t offer the wellness features available today. The best new models offer handheld ease, massage settings and other comfort modes like immersion or light sprays. These tend to be quite easy to DIY and can even be installed temporarily in rental units and taken with you when you move. The easiest to use allows you to change settings with the push of a button, rather than trying to spin a head with wet, soapy hands.
8. Bathroom organizers
Bathrooms often have more storage challenges than kitchens, especially shared bathrooms. There are regulars who are expanding their capacity as well. Consider U-shaped drawers for a vanity with a drawer deficit. Pullers can accommodate hair dryers and curling irons. Back of the door organizers can hold cleaning supplies. The wall cabinets can hold the things you need to keep within easy reach, but they can’t fit in the vanity. It can be placed in a side wall or installed on the wall above the toilet. There are also towel holders designed to be installed in shower walls outside the spray radius. You can also add a basket rack on the wall above the bathroom door for excess toilet paper, guest towels, and other items you don’t need often.