Top 10: Top Winter Home Shopping

Top 10: Top Winter Home Shopping

No matter how long and cold the winter may be, there is at least one obvious plus in its arrival: the onset of cold weather is an excellent reason for shopping. WDay.com offers a list of ten essentials that will help you warm up and fill your home with coziness.

Air humidifier AOS

Perhaps most of all, due to the onset of cold weather, our skin suffers. The wind and freezing temperatures outside are only half the trouble. The second half is dry air in the room, where we spend most of our time trying to hide from the frost. Central heating and vitamin deficiency are doing their job: in winter, the risk of premature wrinkles doubles, and the skin of urban dwellers loses 30% more moisture. You can fix the situation: start a complex of procedures to combat dryness and aging with the purchase of a humidifier. Moreover, today these are no longer those bulky rattling devices that we saw five years ago: modern humidifiers look more like pleasant design elements of the interior, they work completely silently and have a bunch of additional functions. For example, they can ionize the air, clean it of dust and saturate it with a pleasant aroma.

Woolen blanket: boundless imagination of designers

Etro Home accessories collection leitmotif – ethnic patterns in natural colors

A woolen blanket is not only the best way to change the look of an interior in a matter of seconds, but also a must-have accessory for those who get cold in the cold. Moreover, the designers and decorators who set trends in the interior this season are unanimous: to be a plaid! The main trend is this: it is absolutely necessary for a blanket to be warm, but it is absolutely not necessary to be checkered at the same time. Those who seek to match interior fashion should pay attention to ethnic patterns, a nautical theme, as well as natural natural colors: earthy brown, terracotta, sand, dark green, purple. Such a blanket will warm you on a cold evening and bring the mood of distant wanderings into the house.

Scented candles: creating a warm atmosphere

Imagine your fragrance associated with warmth and comfort

A lot has already been said about the effect of odors on our consciousness. Try to imagine a scent that you associate with warmth, peace and comfort. What’s this? Perhaps the enveloping scent of chocolate, vanilla and cinnamon. Or maybe the smell of fresh tropical fruits, coconut sunburn and seaweed? Scented candles and lamps are perhaps the most obvious way to create an atmosphere around you. For warmth, go for scents that are traditionally warm: woody, musky, sweet and spicy. Well, in order to tune in to a festive mood, sometimes it is enough just to light a candle with the smell of pine needles and tangerines.

Citrus Juicer: Support Immunity

Alessi futuristic juicer – the creation of Philippe Starck

Even if you already have a regular juicer, you should not refuse to buy a special gadget for citrus fruits. First, it is a truly stylish accessory that can brighten up your kitchen. And secondly, such juicers, although they look primitive, are made in order to minimize the morning torment with grapefruits, oranges and lemons. The fruit does not have to be peeled; it will be enough to simply chop them into halves. And it won’t take you more than a minute to wash the citrus juicer after use: unlike the usual large appliance, which must be disassembled, cleaned of pulp and washed in parts, this baby can simply be rinsed with warm water.

The most important argument sounds like this: a person who daily drinks a glass of freshly squeezed juice from citrus fruits is half as likely to have ARVI and colds.

Fondue: the best home party gadget

If the handles of the fondue forks are the same, they can be marked with colored stickers

Without a doubt, the best way to keep warm is to be in warm company. In this sense, fondue is definitely a good buy. During a snowy winter, when you don’t really want to walk down the street, all your friendly company will be able to gather at the table to dip pieces of bread, meat and grapes in hot cheese. The handles of the forks that come with the fondue bowl should be painted in different colors so that no one will lose theirs. As for choosing a model, then you will find the widest possibilities: from the simplest ceramic bowls heated with an ordinary candle to sophisticated electric gadgets with a non-stick bottom and an automatic temperature control system.

Warm bedding: peaceful sleep on long winter nights

Morning sleep on flannel sheets will be especially sweet

Flannel sheets are the coziest purchase one can make in winter. They are, it will be measured, bitterly softer than cotton, but they are not at all as demanding in care as cooling silk: you can wash flannel in the washing machine, in the same mode in which you usually wash bed linen. However, softening conditioner is never superfluous.

There is only one drawback to such a purchase: for those who previously had difficulty forcing themselves to get out of bed early in the morning and go to work, with the purchase of flannel sheets, such a feat will seem almost impossible.

Flowering plants: outwitting nature

Azalea blooming in winter is not inferior in color to summer plants

Most of all, our climate in winter lacks greenery and flowers. But nothing prevents us from changing this situation at least at home? Moreover, indoor plants blooming in winter are usually extremely unpretentious: they need much less light and moisture than their gentle “summer” counterparts.

The best candidate is an ordinary azalea: large bright flowers on this bush begin to bloom just with the first snow, and the azalea reaches its peak bloom by the end of December. For this reason, by the way, it is an excellent New Year’s gift. It is very simple to care for this plant: water the flower moderately once every couple of days, trying not to wet the leaves, and also remove the faded buds.

Keeping warm from the inside: “winter” tea

To choose tea at the Hediard gastronomic house, you will have to spend more than one hour

Sometimes, to feel the charm of winter, it is enough just to drink a good cup of tea … if it is the right tea, of course! For example, Parisian gastronomic giants like Fauchon and Hediard release special Christmas blends for sale every year: black tea is supplemented with natural additives – caramel, vanilla, ginger, tangerine zest. In Asia, it is believed that there are varieties of tea that, by themselves, without any additives, disperse the blood and warm our body. Regardless of which tea philosophy you adhere to, December should start with the purchase of new winter tea. Or maybe you want to create it yourself by combining tea leaves with your favorite spices? Then pay attention to special storage boxes: tin boxes with tight lids. These can be found in most tea shops, as well as in any major deli.

Affordable luxury: cashmere robe

Warm robe with cashmere added – ideal homewear for winter

Struggling to come up with a gift for someone who already has everything? Look out for luxury items that are exclusively for home use. Robes made of 100% natural cashmere are not a cheap pleasure, but in everyday life such an accessory will definitely justify itself: it is neither cold nor hot in it, and besides, this delicate wool never pricks, removes moisture from the body and, of course, looks extremely chic … As you buy your next cashmere cardigan, think: Isn’t it time to take care of what you are wearing at home?

Warmth in your hands: USB cup warmer

You can put any cup on the remote warmer

Those who are accustomed to not parting with a laptop may have another argument in favor of such a lifestyle: “I’m so warmer.” Indeed, today it is possible to connect to the USB port and “heat” almost anything – from slippers to a cup. Moreover, heated cups are also different: there are appliances built right into the bottom or walls of the dishes, and there are so-called “sweaters” – that is, small clothes-covers with heating, in which you can dress your favorite mug. 

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