Do not adjust your monitors, do not think why there is a crushed plastic cup being blogged on Homecheeq.com, this is not a test. What this IS for sure is a real coffee cup (or tea for us English) designed to look like a crushed cup as the picture above shows.

Designed by Rob Brandt it is described by site Made in Design as a classic of design so many of you may have seen it already, however there is nothing wrong with having classic designs on Homecheeq.com or indeed in your home. So for the £4.95 not only can you get a design classic but also something to amuse your friends with.

There is nothing more British than a cup of tea, but it has to be the right mug you can’t be drinking from a summery mug in the middle of winter it just wouldn’t be right would it. With these four seasons mugs from Noddle you can enjoy your favourite beverage in a mug to reflect the seasons outside.

Made from fine china with a ingenious photographic print that gives each mug a seasonal feel to it. Starting at £34.00 including the post and packaging there is little reason for anyone to resist these mugs.

Created by car manufacturers F A Porsche, The Siemens Porsche Second Generation Kettle is a precision design. This cordless kettle in matt aluminium with black detailing is not just a designer kettle, its powerful enough to heat water to 100°C in under 2 minutes. Available at Heals for a knockdown price of under a £100!

This great piece of design and convenience comes from Denmark, there is nothing like Scandinavian elegance when it comes to modern contemporary design. The herb ladder as it is called allows you to fill the porcelain pots with herbs or even tea lights. If you opt for the herb option you can have fresh herbs at hand for your cooking and add to the greenery in your home at the same time. There is nothing to say that you must place this ladder in your dining room , I think it would look great in the living space (living room to you and me ) too.

If you don’t want herbs in your pots , use tea lights to give a glowing feel at night somewhere in the hallway may look great, but anywhere would do.

The best part of all of this is the cost just £27.99 at Stylish Life.

We featured a funky salt and pepper shaker as one of the first posts on Homecheeq.com, I did think to myself how much could you do with the simple process of putting salt or pepper onto your food. Well this flexi shaker has taken the art of salt and pepper shaking to a new level.

You store the salt and pepper in the flexible tubes and when you want to use them you can unravel the tubes and simply shake onto your food from the ends of the tubes. There is no one set way of doing this and I think the flexible tubes will have everyone using them differently.

No kitchen should be without a salad spinner, especially if you like salad,hat better way is to dry your salad? This salad spinner from Russell Hobbs goes much further that a run of the mill spinner though. It can cut, wash and dry your salad and all without you having to lift a finger, as it’s all electrical.  At a mere £29.56 + P & P from QVC it’s a bargain too.

Sometimes when it comes to design issues History can be one hell of a burden, creating something unique isn’t always that easy. So why re-invent the wheel? when you can simple take the old design and make it come to life again. These vintage red scales are part of the award winning vintage kitchen range. They scream of a by gone home making era of when times were good and life was simple , no congestion charges and no day time TV.. Bless. Available from here

Storage of food isn’t exactly sexy unless you are into homeware like us lot here at homecheeq, we search high and wide to find you the best looking things for every part of your home.  These storage jars designed by Rosendahl can be used for spices, cereals , pasta or anything you like. Simple elegant design with an air tight seal what else could you wish for ? Price from 17.99 Euros they don’t cost the earth either.

When I was growing up in the 80’s everyone had a vacuum jug and to be quite honest they were ghastly little things. Apart from the rather less then appealing looks, there was the fiddling around with the top just to get it open so you could have the hot beverage of choice.

The classic Stelton vacuum jug fixes both these problems. To begin with there is no denying it looks stunning, secondly it puts paid to the fiddling with the top business. It has unique rocket stopper which opens when you start to pour and closes when you put the jug down again, genius!

Made from stainless steel and taken from a 1984 design by Italian Aldo Rossi, this miniature espresso maker is elegant and clean cut. At just 8cm high and 2.6cm wide this is a true miniature and designer Philippe Starck has done a great job adapting the original design into this product.

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