Great Finds for the Home

Red is the dominant color for accents inside the home nowadays. Not only because of the season but because I love red. And as far as the Husband is concerned, it is the only color for the home that we never argue about. Believe me, it’s not easy deciding colors for the home when you have an artist for a husband.

Since it’s Christmas time, our dining table looked like this on Christmas day:

The Husband and I conceptualized the centerpiece for the dining table. We decided that our Christmas colors would be red and silver. I initially bought the red christmas placemats (cost was AUD$5.00 each) around October.

For the centerpiece, it was made up of the following: red and silver square platter (AUD$20.00), red and silver balls (approximately AUD$2.00 each), silver candle (AUD5.00), silver candle holder (AUD$5.00), tall red candle (AUD$2.00) and red star-shaped trimmings (AUD$5.00).

Other red accents we found for the home:

Red throw pillows for our grey sofa. We found these during the year-end clearance sale, from AUD$40.00 it was reduced to AUD$25.00/each.

A red bean bag. This wasn’t on sale but the beans for the bean bag was. The bean bag was about AUD$20.00, while the beans were AUD$11.00 per 500grams. Our bean bag contains 1,000 grams of beans.

This entry is for The Filipino Mom Blog‘s last week of Fab Holiday Finds.

This mattress topper is our best bought item for this season’s year-end clearance sale.

Since we moved to our new home, we’ve been on the lookout for a mattress topper (preferably on sale) because we want a softer feel of the bed when we sleep. We discovered the magic of a mattress topper when were in the Philippines in 2007 and vowed that as soon as we have a place of our own, we’re getting ourselves one. It’s just so comfortable and soft.

So when the clearance sales started on Friday, the mattress topper was first on our list of things to buy for the home.

Today we were lucky to find one last piece at Target priced at AUD$149.99. I knew that beddings were on sale but I didn’t really care how much the discount prices were. The regular price was already cheap compared to the ones we’ve looked at (ranging from AUD$200-AUD$400.00) so I really had not plans of letting the topper I found go.

When we paid at the counter, Chris and I were so surprised when the register read AUD$41.21!!!! OMG!!!! Such a great deal.

As soon as we got all the stuff we bought put away, we immediately fitted the mattress topper on our bed. It’s perfect!!! Now, our bed is as thick as this…

Top layer : 70% duck down for super softness; middle layer: 30% feather base; bottom layer: bed mattress.

…and so much softer.

Let me introduce you to Tupperware’s HAPPY CHOPPER.

Inside this innovative kitchen tool are double-edged blades that spins by simply twisting the cover.

When chopping onions: (1) Peel onions. (2) Cut into quarters. (3) Put onions inside the Happy Chopper. (4) Close the lid.

(5) Then twist! Twist until desired sized of chopped onions are achieved.

And voila! Chopped onions without the tears and smelly fingers

The Happy Chopper can also be used for dicing: garlic, fruit, vegetables and nuts.

It also comes with a separate bowl cover so that you can always store chopped onions inside your fridge.

Happy choppin’!