Mug with a key-shaped handle
What caught our eye most about this Alice in Wonderland rabbit design mug is the rather funky handle – shaped like a key!
It’s an unusual design and is sure to be a talking point.
The bone china rabbit mug is designed by Gary Birks for Whittard of Chelsea and costs £12.
Love heart toast rack
The shops are full of heart-themed gift ideas for Valentine’s Day and we couldn’t resist this Amore heart toast rack.
Perfect for use all year round, as well as to serve breakfast in bed for romantic celebrations, the silver coloured toast rack holds just enough toast for two.
The Amore heart toast rack is £29 from John Lewis.
Keep your home cosy and warm
As home accessories go, a draught excluder isn’t the most sexy or exciting. But it does solve a practical purpose and, if you’re living in an older home with cracks under the doors, draughts do get in, especially during this time of the year when it’s cold outside.
This pretty draught excluder from Dibor, a store specialising in French style home accessories, features a cheery crimson red heart design. Used propped against the bottom of a door, it will help alleviate any cold draughts and ensure your home stays cosy and warm.
The excluder measures 85cm in length, ensuring it fits along most door frames, and the cover can be removed for washing.
The heart design draught excluder costs £28 from Dibor.
Party punch bowl
If you’re hosting a Christmas or New Year party in your home, then what better way to serve drinks than with this elegant punch bowl!
Produced in a regency style, the matt silver plated punch bowl can comfortably hold three bottles of wine or two of champagne and is a great way of ensuring they stay fully chilled to perfection for your guests.
The regency punch bowl is sold by Bob by Post for £140 and would be a lovely home accessory to own and use for entertaining time and time again.
Acorn design door wedge
Sometimes it’s the simplest of home accessories that you need, but don’t have.
For all your door propping needs, this acorn design oak door stop, or door wedge, will do the job perfectly, whilst looking decorative too.
The door stop is made in England from solid timber by Creamore Mill and is available for £8 from the V&A shop.
This fantastic disposable cake stand has been designed so that you can serve cakes or afternoon tea in style, wherever you are.
Made from cardboard, it arrives flat packed and you simply put the pieces together to form a cake stand. It’s perfect for using on picnics, for outdoor entertaining or for taking with you in a caravan.
Each of the tiers of the cake stand are nicely decorated and it’s even finished off with a little crown-type design at the top of the stand.
The Truly Scrumptious disposable cake stand is available from Talking Tables for only £10.
These giant beanbags are water resistant and perfect for using outside in the garden on a warm day. Just pop down the beanbag, flop down onto it and relax in comfort.
When not in use outside, the beanbags work equally well indoors too and the wipe clean material makes them easy to care for.
Shown here in green and pink, the giant beanbags are also available in a rainbow of colours. They’re sold by Plain Lazy and currently have £40 off the usual price. Buy yours and get relaxing!
London Underground print chair
Sit back and relax in this deckchair decorated with a print of the iconic London Underground map.
The wooden deckchair is made from a beech frame ad the cotton sling, or chair seat, has a section of the famous London Underground map on it.
Made in the EU, the deckchair is sold by The Urban Garden.
Pop your recycling in this bag
This cheery red and white spot bag is perfect for using to recycle empty bottles, when you’re shopping for wine or even for using as a useful toy tidy bag.
The bag itself is made from recycled plastic bottles, with a woven handle, and it’s available for the super bargain price of only £5 from Perfect Presence.
Bright and cheery dot mat
Door mats can so often be boring, but not this doormat.
With it’s red and white polka dots, this door mat helps great a cheery welcome as your open your front door.
Made from a hard wearing and durable material, the polka dot door mat is available from Oliver Bonas for £16.
