What Have You Recently Bought For Your House That You Would Recommend?? (how much, Home Depot)

[otowi]

Originally Posted by George Chong

Instant Pot - I love it

I second this. I love mine. And I 'third' the Alexa - love that too.

[dspguy]

It sounds silly, but LED candelabra lights in the dining room. Prior to that, every light in the house was either LED or CFL. I realized that we spend so much time in the dining room. Breakfast, dinner, lunch on weekends; kids playing games in there during the day... people inevitably leaving the damn lights on. Each of those incandescent bulbs were 40W x 12 bulbs. 480W. And I was surprised, but some day, those lights were on half the day. And people were in that room actually using it.

Whole chandelier now operates at 36W. Bulbs have paid for themselves.

[blktoptrvl]

Originally Posted by dothetwist

Do the produce a french fry that tastes like a deep fried ff?

No, I think they taste better. But I like fries that are not oil saturated. They are crisp and cooked throughout. Very good.

[ylisa7]

Originally Posted by runswithscissors

This is one of my client's kitchens.

Not a great photo but the DISHWASHER is RAISED UP.

It's genius.

Everything is at elbow height when you open that door.

I go in A LOT of houses and never saw it before or since.

That is great for that kitchen. I don't have a raised counter area so it would look odd. I would also worry about leaking. But I see the advantage for not having to bend.

Originally Posted by WoodburyWoody

Breville Smart Oven - countertop convection oven with nine cook settings. Our family uses it at least three times a day and rarely turn on our regular oven these days (and we do cook a lot at home). This thing is fast and accurate, with large capacity.

Does that use a lot less electric than an oven? I was looking at ranges that have two ovens, one smaller and one large but the reviews aren't good. I amy have to look into the Breville

Originally Posted by Steve McDonald

A hand-operated, wall-mounted, Swingaway can opener. It really works, as quickly as any electric one. I went through three electric models, none of which worked well and two broke down after a few months. Then I remembered the wonderful Swingaway that was in our family from before I was born and found a new one.

The hand-held Swingaway model also works well, if you can't find a wall-mounted one or to take on picnics or for camping.

Cool.

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

I got that for my wife as well. But we're having a problem. She and I are both quite short (barely 5 feet tall). Additionally, we have little counter space and our counters are laminate. We don't know where to put the Instant Pot. (I got the DUO-80). We ended up putting it on our kitchen table, but it is a terrible system. We are too far away from the garbage can, cutting board, etc, so using the table is very messy and inconvenient. If we risk putting the thing on our countertop, we're so short we can't reach into it without a stool, and that's not safe. Plus our cabinets are low and the steam might warp the wood. We thought about getting a stand for it, but that seems like overkill for an $80 appliance. What to do?

I used some cork trivets under my crockpot, like this https://www.worldmarket.com/category...saAnELEALw_wcB

But if you are still having problems reaching maybe a movable cart would work well.

Originally Posted by mschrief

Bought these two shelves from Ikea. Needed something to fill the space.

Nice...I love filling a spot and creating storage.

Originally Posted by GiGi603

I actually put it in a couple of years ago and it is my best purchase for my home ever! --->Sliding patio door with built in internal mini blinds. Love it, love it, love it. No more curtains. Clean and crisp looking. And to boot--practical.

We have those in our TN house and love them

[ylisa7]

Thanks everyone. I love reading all of the answers.


Of course post some pictures and links

[ylisa7]

Last spring I got a deal at Lowes on a Kobalt 80 volt cordless weed whacker with a free extra battery. I was a little skeptical of using a battery powered one but I was surprised of the power of this one. It is not perfect but overall I think it does a great job of cutting and it is quiet. I do need two batteries to do my driveway though.

[Coldjensens]

We have been changing out the light bulbs for LEDs. Recently we found some that look like antique Edison bulbs - perfect for our house since is it very old and most of the light fixtures have exposed bulbs.

They will save moeny over the halogen and filament bulbs we used and some fixtures and I am so happy to be getting rid of those awful CFLs. I am also happy to reduce the frequency of replacing light bulbs and not longer freak out about lights being left on.

This made me pause to figure out - we have roughly 85 light bulbs in our house, not counting fluorescent tubes. No wonder I am sick of replacing bulbs. I will be quite happy when we get them all changed our for LEDs and I can be done changing them for my lifetime (hopefully).

Otherwise we have not bought much for the house recently. We replaced the microwave when it died with basically the same one. We bought a used chest freezer at an estate sale, That was a good buy. It is very useful.

For use a better question is what have you gotten rid of from your house recently? With the kids basically grown and mostly out, we are getting rid of tons of clutter, projects that have been sitting for ten years, books, clothing that no longer fits anyone, even quite a lot of furniture.

[Indigo Cardinal]

A recent, not-expensive purchase: https://www.homedepot.com/p/ClosetMa...7535/205919232

OMG, I love this. And it made such a huge difference in organizing my pantry! The only thing I wish is that they'd included *six* of the sticky door-holders instead of just four, but it's still pretty awesome.

[annoyingmagpie]

Just bought a used SUB ZERO FRIDGE for my place, as my parents have had em for years and loved it.. just got one for myself, and I L O V E it

[NorthofHere]

Originally Posted by Mayvenne

SHARK STEAM POCKET MOP.
Amen to this! My first one gave up the ghost after about 5 years or so. I went right out and bought another one ( also the bottom of the line version) and it's the best thing ever.
I also ordered those replacement pads and they are wonderful.
I love how it cleans without streaks AND how quickly the floor is dry.
One of the best.
Only thing I wish the cord was maybe 5 or 10 feet longer. But everything else is terrific!!!

(*I am probably going to bite the bullet and get a Shark Navigator or Rotator but so far it seems it's a lot narrower head than what I am used to.... so still assessing.)

The kitchen floor seems to get the dirtiest so I use one side of the pad on the floor then flip it (and boy is that side dirty) then mop again with the clean side. You can see the difference between the two sides after mopping. I don't have an issue with cord length as I have a lot of plugs around the house. I replaced the handle two years ago as I had loaned it to a neighbor and it came back broken. For about $20 I had a brand new steam mop.