6. Transforming household waste into nutrient-rich dirt is good for the environment, your pocketbook and, perhaps more importantly, your sense of do-good righteousness. Vremi Kitchen Compost Bins , going for $54.88 on Amazon ( amazon.ca ), hold 4.5 litres of compostable kitchen scraps and they look — and smell — good doing it, with a reusable charcoal filter in the lid to keep odours at bay. Stash it under the sink or keep it on the countertop for easy disposal of coffee grounds, apple cores and vegetable peels.
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7. Double-duty furniture is aces in small spaces. Prepac Furniture’s wall-mounted desk fills the bill, with storage nooks on the sides (you can remove two shelves to expand their capacity), a top shelf and a desktop for your laptop, complete with features to hide wires and cables. Made in Canada, it has a metal hanging system to free up floorspace. Prices range from $180-$250 at Lowes ( lowes.ca ) and Hudson’s Bay ( thebay.com ).
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8. Wake up and smell the best coffee going with a pour- over brew. As legend has it, German hausfrau Melitta Bentz came up with the pour-over technique in 1908 because she was sick and tired of quaffing bitter coffee. Melitta’s Heritage series of 20-ounce pots with lids includes porcelain cones (they require #4 filters) that, unlike French presses, make it easy to dispose of old grounds. They run $44.99 online at melitta.ca .
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10. This sloth-shaped $20 ceramic
coffee mug from Urban Outfitters ( urbanoutfitters.com ) looks tailor-made for lazy mornings, but consider it more decoration than daily drinking vessel. It has to be washed by hand.
9. You see hat boxes, IKEA sees a Kvarnvik storage set . Call them what you will, this trio of old-fashioned round boxes is ideal for corralling small accessories — including toques. A set of three — ranging from 5 3 / 4 inches to 11 3 / 8 inches in diameter and 3 1 / 2 inches to 5 3 / 4 inches in height — costs $19.99 at ikea.ca .
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