The Magimix Colored Vision Toaster allows you to watch your toast standing up in a see-through toaster extravaganza. It has four modes of use (toast, bagel, reheat, and defrost) and four quartz heating elements. The Magimix Colored Vision Toaster can be had for a little under $200 from Williams-Sonoma. It comes in black, cream, and red.

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The Miele patented AirClean Filter-Bag plus Sealed System ensures improved indoor air quality, making homes healthier and cleaner. Tested by an independent laboratory the proprietary cleaning system captures and retains over 99.9% of harmful pollutants – an average of 21 times more than popular HEPA-filtered bagless vacuums. On average, the leading HEPA-filtered bagless vacuum cleaner emitted over 175,900 lung-damaging particles per minute during comparative testing.

Bagless vacuums equipped with only a HEPA filter, and not Sealed System technology, do not effectively prevent particle emissions during vacuuming. Additionally, harmful, toxic matter is released into the air when bagless vacuums are emptied into the trash, creating noxious air indoors.

When using any vacuum without a Sealed System or one without a proper filtration system, carbon is emitted from the machine. This fine particulate matter, invisible to the naked eye, is left suspended in the air we breathe. Particles measuring 0.3-0.5 microns have a greater likelihood of being inhaled into the lungs, where they are absorbed into the bloodstream or remain embedded in lung tissue. While your floor may appear cleaner, the air you take in may not be.

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The new built-in ovens from Stoves and Belling now combine an oven and a microwave in the same appliance. Designed to maximise space, the Stoves Duo Cook SEB900FPSMW is a 90cm built-in electric cooker comprising of a 20 litre, 800 watt side-opening microwave with grill in the top cavity and a spacious 69 litre capacity fanned oven in the lower cavity.

The BI90FMW Micro Cook by family favourite Belling, also has a 90cm built in oven and 800 watt microwave with a fascia cooling system. The main cooking cavity plays host to a variable rate electric grill and oven with an easy to clean enamel finish.

Both built-in appliances are ‘A’ energy rated, will be manufactured in the UK and are available in black or stainless steel. A fully integrated into an electric cooker microwave makes the new ovens an ideal option for those seeking to save space and ideal for smaller kitchen. Stoves, Belling.

The new colourful Electrolux Inspiration Range fridge freezers that should be available in UK in a few weeks, will keep fruit and vegetables fresh up to a week longer. Glossy red, chocolate brown, lime green and ebony black stainless steel fridge freezers from Electrolux are designed to give your kitchen a lift. While the others are painted, the ebony black model gets its colour from a unique finishing process enabling a true colour stainless steel.

Electrolux, which has equipped the kitchens of about half of Europe Michelin chefs, says that beneath the surface, the design of Inspiration fridge freezers is based on the needs that professional chefs have for the freshest possible ingredients.

These fridges have dual cooling circuits called TwinTech. With TwinTech, humidity can be kept at 65-90%, compared to 25-40% for single-circuit frost-free fridge-freezers. Salad stays fresh for a week with almost no loss of moisture. Vitamin levels in fresh fruits and vegetables show no drop after 10 days.

FreshPlus models take this a step further with MultiFlow, a forced-air system that ensures consistent humidity and temperature at every level within the fridge.

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Another minimal design pellet stove by MCZ, Toba is made of steel with ceramic or soapstone front, aluminum black powder-coated black top and base without front jets. Toba comes in the AIR, COMFORT AIR versions with ceramic front in white, red, soapstone, black or bordeaux.

The slim pellet stove offers simple to use Relax operating system with a remote control and room thermostat. The latter is only available on COMFORT AIR pellet stove. Other key characteristics include 8.0 kW heat output, 92% efficiency and ability to heat up to 35m³. MCZ

Previously, Wood burning pellet stove Lopi pellet stove Small pellet stove Pellet stoves by Wodtke Pellet stoves and heaters from Thelin Free standing pellet stove by Rüegg Pellet stoves by Cola Pellet burning stove from Sideros

If you’re looking to spend $300 bucks for a cutting board that is truly a kitchen gadget/contraption all in one than look no further. This cutting board made of ash has 3 places to store the various food you chop, and has a scraper to make sure you get it into the right place to store away while you prep.

We love the deep design, and think to ourselves – why don’t we have this cutting board right now. We’re ready to prep fruit, salad, and other delicious items and have them organized while we do so.

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They are hand woven by an individual artisan

All the rugs, whether vintage or new, are made in Sweden

They are made with wooden looms

They are exclusively runners of different lengths and widths

They reflect the unique artistic aesthetic of the weaver and are an original piece of art

They have been carefully curated by me (Susan) and Kelly Donovan with our eyes focused on interesting design, use of color, pattern, texture and overall beauty

It’s not always easy to visualize just how a rug may look in your home, especially when you are looking quickly through an assortment of patterns and colors. Here are some tips to find the right Swedish rug from our collection:

1. In an otherwise neutral space, a shot of color, any color, will bring the space to life! 

2. Think of these Swedish rugs as works of art and add them to [...]

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Available in Air and Comfort Air models, the slim Philo is a very shallow pellet stove that measures just 27cm in depth, making it ideally suitable for small, narrow spaces. This pellet stove features 9.0 kW output, 88% efficiency, two adjustable air flows to meet your heating requirements and remote control with thermostat, which allows you to program on/off times, set the desired temperature, adjust power and ventilation, and adjust the flow of air along the different ducts in Comfort Air stove.

The MCZ Philo slim pellet stove comes with Relax operating system. Its remote control has only a few keys and lots of preset programs, developed for homeowners unfamiliar with technology. The integrated room thermostat helps regulate temperature and lets you operate Philo from your armchair. Made with aluminium top, black painted steel sides and metal front in white, bordeaux, black, bronze or aluminium. MCZ. Previously, MCZ cast iron pellet stoves.

ENA Micro 9 One Touch is smallest one-touch automatic cappuccino machine on the market. This machine measures just 23cm in width and is 11% shorter than the compact ENA 9, thanks to the newly developed brewing unit, perfect for preparing a single cup and ensuring top-quality espresso results. The smaller size of the Jura espresso machine reinforced by the stylish Micro Silver colour, makes a strong impression.

Jura ENA Micro 9 One Touch espresso machine is easy to operate. Simply press one of the ergonomically arranged buttons with the easy-to-understand symbols and enjoy the coffee drink you want – latte macchiato, cappuccino, café crème, espresso or hot water serving.

The state-of-the-art fine foam technology delivers truly delicious espresso / coffee specialities topped with milk foam. The height-adjustable dual spout of Jura ENA Micro 9 One Touch has separate coffee and milk pipes to ensure perfect hygiene and easy cleaning.

Other key features and benefits of Jura ENA Micro 9 One Touch espresso machine include, - multi-level conical grinder - 15-bar high performance pump [...]

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The Zyliss FastCut Herb Tool is one of the herb cutting tools we’ve received to review in a long time. The high grade stainless steel cutting blades get the job done, while the soft touch ergonomic handle for keeps your hands from feeling abused. The blades rotate 90 degrees to offer the versatility of palm and grip use, and the blade cover protects the blade as well as your hands. The top comes off for easy cleaning, and best of all it’s top-rack dishwasher safe.

We can safely say our day of cutting, chopping, and herbing has finally become easier. We’ll be using more rosemary and herbs from the garden finely chopped this summer for sure. Thanks to Zyliss for sending us the FastCut Herb tool to review.