I have a weakness for bright things and back in the 70’s everything was bright be it clothes or homeware , there was something about that time that really made you forget about being seen as tacky with something so bright. This Olive colured and Olive shaped jar is the perfect example of this the design is bright funky and desirable, measuring at about 10 inches high this jar can be used for anything really even just decor. It would look great in a minimalist two tone kitchen , might even add a little spark to the place.

You can find this and lots of other vintage homewares at Oxford Tea Party , who are based on Oxford (no surprises there).

Doing the dishes can be a mundane task and not matter how much you enjoy it (or say you do) it eventually will become a chore. That is precisely why something like this rubber washing up bowl brings a smile to your face. You can trust our scandinavian friends to come up with some really cool ideas around the home. So the washing up bowl from Normann of Copenhagen is no real suprise.

A great novel idea that gets rid of the need for those forsaken plastic washing up bowls forever, I mean which ultra cool modern city dweller would want to have a plastic washing up bowl in their sink, it will ruin the buzz of the place surely.

Available in various colours including Pink, Black and Red you can get your hands on one from mylivingspace.co.uk for £56.00

Want to spruce up your home? Add a splash of colour with new curtains from The Natural Curtain Company. They offer custom curtains, roman blinds, ready made curtains and matching fabric.

Custom Curtains

If you live in London, a representative can come and measure your windows for free, and help you decide which products are right for you. But you can easily do this on your own. To determine the width, simply measure between the finials of the pole you’ll be hanging your curtains on. For the width, check their website for easy directions to measure, based on inside recess, outside recess or fixed-to-frame curtain styles.
Once you’ve got the correct size, you’ll need to decide on the fabric and liner. There are 15 colours in cotton, 28 in linen, five in silk, velvet, and many more designs in cotton / linen mix.

Roman Blinds

Roman blinds are a popular and attractive alternative to curtains. These gather into gentle pleats when raised, and look softer than common vinyl mini-blinds. The Roman Blinds offered by The Natural Curtain Company are available in custom widths and lengths to fit your windows perfectly. And you can choose from all the fabrics offered in the custom curtain line, including cotton, linen, silk and velvet, in a wide variety of colours and patterns.

Ready Made Curtains

The Natural Curtain Company offers ready made curtains in cotton. Just pick the colour and they will finish them off in the length you specify at no additional charge! They are offered in three standard sizes, with three different lining choices: cotton, thermal and blackout.

Fabric

To complete your room design, purchase matching fabric to make pillow covers or other décor. You can purchase lengths of fabric in all the colours and patterns offered in their custom curtain line.

There is nothing like a good old fasioned wooden product, and with eco being the IN thing there is no excuse for not buying eco homeware.

These Alder wood and Juniper Salad servers come spatulas are handmade from a fully sustainable and managed resource.

Before you start thinking “they are just salad servers” they well may be but they show that eco doesn’t have to be bland , or boring and can be practical too.

More eco products will be appearing on homecheeq soon, we do try and get the right mix of really trendy homeware with the more everyday use homeware.

As always so you not left wondering where to get these from go over to Eco-Motives.co.uk and pay £15.00

Has there been an easier way to chop garlic then just rolling the Garlic Zoom over the top of your kitchen counter a bit like a toy car? I think not! The simplicity of this little device is perfect for easily chopping garlic on demand and it looks great too.

Simply load it with garlic and pull it back and forward a few times and you have an end product with very little fuss and no extra mess.

You can lay your hands on one of these from the colloco.co.uk website for £7.95. It was a really hard decision to pick this out from the site as there were so many other great products for sale, colloco.co.uk is a bright, funky yet functional website worth  definite look.

There has to be a mention to the designers of the product chef’n who’s mantra of Tasteful Ingenuity comes through on this product, some other great designs on the site too.

This is not the first time we have featured Salt and Pepper shakers on homecheeq, before you think it we are not obsessed by them.  This set is handmade in Stoke-on-Trent , and in keeping with Stoke’s past the outcome is a beautiful ceramic product.

The graphics are applied by hand, and they look brilliant giving a little taste of England to anyone that uses them.  The design is both functional and aesthetically pleasing, designd to fit togther side by side each pot has it’s own image.

If you want one of these then you will need to look online somewhere , a site like Bouf will sell you the set for £18.00  The actual design comes from Liverpool based designers drpd

Not often we feature products from another country, but I think that maybe the way forward. There is so much design talent out there that it seems unfair not to feature it.

Doctors in the UK and around the world will tell you that we must all eat more fruit as it is good for us, and with a fruit bowl like this from New Zealand company endemicworld.com, you will want to empty the thing as quick as possible so you can fill it up again with different colours.

Coming in at about £55 + Postage it is well worth the price due to it’s unique quality.

Doing the washing is always a chore  , drying is worse and then there is all the putting things away business. Well this pan rack from ProCook can solve the last problem quite easily. If you have pans lying around with nowhere to go just hang them on this lovely pan rack and hey presto, you have a place for your pans and focal point for your kitchen too.

If you quick enough you can get it in the half price sale for £50.00.

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.