1. A dimmable lamp

One little lamp for the house, one giant leap for nesting joy.

Everytime I glance upon the warmth of this lamp, I experience instant happiness. This lamp changed the ambiance of our living space. It made morning coffee a charming ritual. Made tea making luxurious while I wait for leaves to seep. We leave it on during cold winter nights and waking up got easier. I turn it on when I am feeling blah for a dopamine hit.

2. flannel sheets

A lifetime of laughing at people who talk dearly about their sheets can come to an end after discovery of flannel for winter. As Diderot effect would have it, the arrival of these sheets changed our entire sleep hygiene. We started to design our environment to build habits that are long due. We got bed lamps to read a book before sleep, installed a no phones in bed policy, got a candle for our bed table, installed blackout blinds and started making our beds in the morning. Flannel sheets for winter reduced our reliance on room heating.

3. House Slippers

Something durable, work friendly and walkable.

4. Sunscreen

Amazon auto-delivers it every month forcing me to wear enough sunscreen. ETA MD one is my favorite from everything I have tried in my lifetime.

5. K18 Biomimetic Hairscience Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask

My hair went from fabulous to jute-fibers-on-balding-scalp in the last 2 years. While I am addressing the root cause, this mask helps with hiding the symptoms.

6. Nicola Gillis Circle Cup

It’s beauty makes me blush when I pour my tea.

7. charcoal reed diffuser

When your house has one bathroom and guests all the time, this helps. My guests went from constantly exclaiming “how do you survive with just one bathroom” to “that diffuser smells good” when they visit the bathroom. I went from answering “do you know that the average house in UK is 800sft, not 2100sft like America” to “it’s from Apothekee”. Every country protecting it’s biodiversity and making climate progress, has smaller homes reachable by public transit and protects ecosystems from suburban sprawl. Decent Living Standard, the material pre-requisite for human well-being asks for a minimum of 322 sft per person requirement and 100 sft per additional person …. I am much more tolerable as a person recommending beautiful well-made things than as a climate stats spewing person.

8. fjallravan leggings

This is peak design for hikers/backpackers/campers. All the usual places where leggings get their first holes are reinforced. Scraping against rocks don’t result in easy rips. They dry quickly. These have vents. Leggings are usually not recommended for backpacking due to lack of ventillation. If I go 2+ days without a proper shower while hiking distances, these are my best chance of returning home without body acne. They are a source of micro plastic pollution and I use them sparingly.

9. Sophie D’hoore sneakers

Red soles and white uppers.

Something in bad taste and a little naughty.

These are very showy by my standards but I really enjoy wearing them.

I am new to the world of sneakers. These are an experiment going well.

10. A.Emery Sandals

Sandals with a ledge ensure that the soles of the feet stay a tad cleaner. (Thong sandals are not suited for streetwear, imo.) These were what I wore in India and I hope I dragged less mud into the homes of relatives I visited. Women, still do the bulk of household cleaning in the world. We gotta make less trouble.

11. COS overalls

If I were to choose one outfit to wear forever in a warm climate, it would be these overalls and a navy t-shirt. In terms of comfort, these win against anything else I got. If you make an anime/cartoon with me in it, these are what I want my avatar to wear.

12. Assorted Garden tools

I had linked these on my blog’s wishlist in 2017. I finally got them. Thank you dear life for letting wish lists come true !

13. Haws Metal Watering Can

Most planted trees in the world die in under 4 years after they are planted due to lack of required nurture or being chosen wrongly. We are a house with lots of baby trees. Watering by hand is the old fashioned way to take care of them. I know exactly how many gallons of water the trees get per week. I walk around the garden, look and see them for long enough to make observations. We have lot of drought tolerant plants that are susceptible to disease when they get their leaves wet in the summer. The long neck helps. This can is the next best thing until I can install a drip or tree jackets.