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What is your favourite thing you have in your home to make your life easier?

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EconomyClassRockstar · 30/11/2025 01:42

We are doing some work on our home and I was thinking about things I would never change about it, apart from the obvious (period features, etc). My absolute #1 would be the laundry chute from the main family bathroom to the laundry room in the basement. I LOVE that so much. It just occurred to me that you all have equally cool, quirky stuff and I want to know about it while I have the builders in doing all the work!

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SelbourneIdentity · 25/02/2026 21:16

Oh God, bloody spelling!
Feeling bad the original diary sin was mine...

user621621 · 25/02/2026 21:18

Best luxury item was choosing the bidet. Useful for so many things esp with small children/post pregnancy

Allseeingallknowing · 25/02/2026 21:32

SelbourneIdentity · 25/02/2026 21:16

Oh God, bloody spelling!
Feeling bad the original diary sin was mine...

😊😊😊

WhatAboutSecondBreakfast86 · 26/02/2026 09:14

my actual house is a small one level cottage but has an annexe where i can work and outbuildings for storage. Potential to knock through in the future.

Tomorrowisjustanotherday · 24/09/2026 08:27

Walk in pantry (there are kitchen cupboard walk in versions. We were four inches too short. Gutted).

Boot room
big utility room with those drying racks that live flat against the wall that pull down to use.

walk on wardrobe. His and hers!

a dedicated sewing room with cupboards and shelves to fit my shops worth of fabric and haberdashery into.

Tomorrowisjustanotherday · 24/09/2026 08:34

PoppityBoo · 19/12/2025 17:34

I despise grating cheese but feel pre-grated is daylight robbery. I’ve asked for an electric cheese grater for Christmas. It will make me insanely happy every time I use it.

Omg! That’s brilliant. Just been down a rabbit hole of them! I want one too!

(I do use the blade on the food processor to do this but I think that’s brilliant).

Crikeyalmighty · 24/09/2026 19:53

Must admit I’m very fond of my tiny and cheap airfryer

GreenEyesMillennial · 24/09/2026 19:55

OwlReader · 30/11/2025 06:44

A porch where you can dump clothes and shoes and wet weather gear. Plus porches are a great heat saver and noise dampener.

We have one and i confirm it’s brilliant! For us it’s also a great way for our cats to not escape once we open the front door!

RosesAndHellebores · 24/09/2026 20:01

Boot room
Boiling water tap
Automatic gates

Allseeingallknowing · 25/09/2026 11:36

RosesAndHellebores · 24/09/2026 20:01

Boot room
Boiling water tap
Automatic gates

To the manor born!

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