Bit by the DIY bug?

🔨 It doesn’t have to be hard. Here are some little products that make a big difference.

  • Fill up paint pens ($25 for a set of five; 17% off), and touch up scratches on doors and walls without having to redo an entire area. Easy!
  • If there’s one thing that ruins the front of a house, it’s oil stains in the driveway. It’s a good thing concrete oil stain remover is under $20.
  • While you’re waiting to scrub the oil remover, why not install new garage door handles ($10)? They make a boring door look way classier.
  • Decorative stick-on ceiling tiles add a ton of personality to a room. Click the box for $10 off.
  • Motion-sensor cabinet lights ($30) are a game-changer. We have them in our garage.

🔋 Charged up: I found this battery organizer ($24) after spending 20 minutes digging through my junk drawer for one AA. The name’s so funny, too.

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Before you get rid of your couch …

Try cleaning it first!

  • This portable carpet and upholstery cleaner ($115) saved my couch from that “wet pup” smell. (Abby loves the pool.)
  • Hitting stains immediately with a spot cleaner ($9) saves you a lot of scrubbing later.
  • Use a fabric shaver (41% off, $10) to get rid of any fabric pilling and snags. It’ll look brand-new again.
  • If you have a leather couch, use a leather conditioner (29% off, $20) to moisturize it and raise it from the dead.
  • This steam cleaner ($150) comes with 17 different attachments, so you can also use it on your floors, walls and even in your car.

💡 And remember: Amazon has daily coupons. I have the link bookmarked since they change every day.

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Deals, deals, deals

Warning: You’re going to want these.

  • This walking pad is 42% off right now. It’s great to help ya from feeling like a complete couch potato while binge-watching Netflix.
  • If you want something a little more affordable, a mini stair-stepper (52% off, $63) is another simple way to stay active.
  • Give your booty a good home for 40 hours a week with a gel seat cushion. Make sure to click the coupon box for 30% off.
  • This dry shampoo (25% off, $23) doesn’t leave your hair with that weird white tint or dry it out like the stuff in the can.
  • An oscillating tower space heater for under $55 is a steal.

🔗 Link to save: Same-day delivery on Amazon — for times you’re too sick, tired or lazy to leave the house.

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MVPs = Most Valuable Purchases

  • Jar openers ($10), because no one needs to know you’re standing in front of the fridge at 2 a.m. eating pickles.
  • Is there anything more rage-inducing than dropping your phone in between the car seats? Save your sanity with a car seat gap filler.
  • A smart coffee warmer (25% off), so cold coffee never ruins your morning again.
  • Let your nosy neighbors think you’re hosting a rave with smart light bulbs (under $15).
  • This bug bite relief tool sucks out all the stuff that makes bites so itchy. It’s under $10, too.

Save money: Check this page to see if anything you’ve bought on Amazon is on sale. I love a good stock-up.

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Stuff for life’s little annoyances

These finds will make your day-to-day issues a little easier.

  • Stop wasting your time pulling the ladder out of storage to change one bulb. Use a light bulb changer.
  • Trying to hold onto your bag in a bathroom stall without a hook is one of life’s greatest struggles. This portable hanger ($20) is genius, and every woman I know would want it.
  • Let them eat bagels! This bagel guillotine is too fun and works surprisingly well.
  • QR code labels ($10) stick onto boxes so you can scan to know exactly what’s inside. Ah, storage nirvana.
  • Use a cup holder expander ($10) so you don’t have to let your big water bottle roll around the car.

🥶 Rough winter? This space heater is 43% off right now. Go, go, go, before the frostbite hits!

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Cleaning stuff that works under $10

Because you already spent enough money over the last two months.

Don’t forget: Amazon Basics lets you stock up on essentials for uber cheap. It’s great for school supplies, like glue and pencil boxes.

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Clean up your car

🚘🧽 A spotless car makes me wheel-y excited.

  • Ever get pulled over and have to dig through a messy glove box? Save yourself from future embarrassment with a glove box organizer ($12).
  • This car coin holder ($8) is genius. Plus, it’s 43% off right now.
  • I’ll admit it — I’ve absolutely tripped over a phone charging cord while getting out of my car. A retractable car charger ($20) probably would’ve prevented that.
  • Keep your leather seats clean and free of scratch marks with a backseat dog hammock.
  • A road trip isn’t a road trip until someone desperately needs a tissue. A sun visor tissue holder ($14) comes in handy for all snot-related emergencies.

Bonus find: This drink cover looks like a scrunchie you wear on your wrist but stretches to cover your glass so no one can spike it. Buying these for all the college kids in my life …

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Fun kitchen gadgets

🍝 Because you guys and gals freakin’ loved the Fasta Pasta

  • Transform your boring work sammy with a microwave panini maker (18% off). Did you know a microwave cake maker is a thing, too?
  • Get rid of the random jar of bacon grease. This grease strainer and collector ($17) is dishwasher-safe and won’t melt.
  • If you also hate throwing away half-full cans, soda can lids (25% off) to the rescue. I’m totally bringing these to the beach for my seltzers.
  • Slicing a banana is easy. What’d make it even easier? A banana slicer (39% off, $7). Good for kiddos!
  • I found this pancake batter dispenser because I’m not ready to say au revoir to crepes after a week in Paris. If anyone has a good recipe, let me know.

🏃💸 Don’t forget about Amazon’s Winter Sale! This sweet dashcam is 40% off, plus another $20 off if you click the coupon.

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Protect your docs and photos from fire

Here’s a real-time map of where fires are burning. I pray you and your loved ones are safe. Whether or not you live in California, it’s a good reminder to get your important stuff put into safe storage. I did this last year.

  • This floor safe ($398) protects your valuables from fire and water. It bolts down, too, so thieves can’t grab it and zip outta there.
  • For a more affordable and portable option, check out this $64 safety box.
  • This document bag can handle temps up to 5,200 degrees.
  • A document folder (18% off) is small, easy to carry and easy to tuck away. Plus, it’s under $15 right now!
  • This fireproof hanger bag (29% off) hides your valuables under your clothes while keeping them safe from disaster.

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Up your phone photography game

🤳 Who has an actual camera anymore?

  • Spend $13 on a phone tripod (12% off) instead of leaning your phone on a pile of books every time you want to take a family photo. It comes with a remote, too.
  • Beach vacay planned and don’t want to buy a GoPro? A waterproof phone pouch saves you $200.
  • No amount of Photoshop will save that smudged Christmas dinner pic. (Blame the ham.) If only you’d had a microfiber cleaning cloth (30% off, $7) …
  • Facebook Marketplace hack: If you use a white backdrop, the stuff you’re selling looks a lot fancier. Only $10!
  • A clip-on selfie light is great for stuff like selfies, Zoom meetings and taking your own passport pictures (with the white backdrop!).

🤑 FYI: Amazon’s Subscribe & Save program can save you a bunch on the essentials you always use. I use it for vitamins and other things I never want to run out of.

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Household helpers

There’s enough annoying stuff in the day-to-day. Let’s knock out a few little troubles so you can focus on what matters.

  • You scrub and scrub surfaces, and they’re still dirty. This drill brush attachment pack for under $20 does the hard work for you.
  • When twisting the lid off the pickle jar is a real struggle, try this grip jar opener (17% off) to win the battle. It mounts under a cabinet, so it takes up no space.
  • Does your dog get nervous or too excited in the car? This seatbelt tether (around $10) keeps your pooch safe so you can focus on the road.
  • Every time you need brown sugar for Grandma’s cookie recipe, it’s rock hard. Never again! This $5 fired clay bear will help maintain its moisture.
  • This handy-dandy vegetable chopper (9% off) is a no-tear solution to make soup, stew or anything else a lot faster.

🤑 Good deal alert: A bunch of home essentials (think cleaning products, toilet paper and batteries) are part of Amazon’s buy $50, get $15 in Amazon credit promo — a no-brainer if it’s stuff you already buy!

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Struggling to drift off?

🥱 These will help you sleep better. Dreamland misses you!

  • Nasal strips (19% off, $11) are a game changer for flu season. No more sleeping vertically when you have a stuffy nose!
  • Attention, hot sleepers! Before these get expensive for summer, grab a cooling mattress topper (25% off). Pair it with cooling pillowcases, and you’ll be a lot less sweaty.
  • A warm amber nightlight ($10) makes any room cozier … plus, less bedframe toe-stubbing. Win-win.
  • Seal yourself away from the world with a door draft stopper (23% off, $10). It blocks light, noise and cold air.
  • For heavy-duty sound blockage, try noise-canceling earplugs (10% off, $22). Fingers crossed they block out the neighbor’s Harley.

🤧 If sickness is messing with your shut-eye, Amazon’s Same-day Store has a health and wellness section. This white noise machine (42% off) arrives in a couple of hours and is under $20! Neat.

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Stuck at a desk all day?

💻 Upgrade your workspace for a new year of getting stuff done.

  • A memory foam seat cushion ($45) helps with booty and back pain. You can use it in cars and airplanes, too. Click the coupon box for 30% off!
  • Pair the seat cushion with a foot stand ($39) for extra relief. Ahh.
  • If you use a laptop, this stand (15% off, $17) is your posture’s new BFF. Plus, it helps your computer’s ventilation so it lasts longer.
  • A room divider is nice for more privacy or hiding all your junk on video meetings.
  • Quick! Name something more annoying than a cord you need falling behind your desk. You can’t, huh? A magnetic cord holder (25% off) stops that from happening.

🤑 Amazon Outlet is like the sale aisle at Target. It’s where they list all the super-cheap overstock and clearance items. I like the under-$10 section.

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Light on the wallet, big on value

💰 These picks will upgrade your life for under $20.

  • Bottle-emptying caps ($16) are reusable and get every drop of liquid out of plastic bottles. No more wasted dish soap!
  • Got a new pair of boots for Christmas? Use a shoe-stretch spray ($10) and say bye-bye to blisters and sore toes.
  • The only thing able to ruin a cute black dress? Deodorant stains. Use these sponges ($9) to scrub them away.
  • These coffee filter pods ($16) let you use your own coffee in a Keurig instead of buying K-Cup pods.
  • Washing machine descaler pods ($18 off, $19) break down gunk and grime buildup that make your clothes smell funky. Bonus: Dishwasher version!

🪇 Amazon has a name for products going viral: Movers and Shakers. Hit this page to see what folks are loving. Neat, an emergency weather radio is tops in electronics.

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It’s a new year

🥳 So try something new! These all sound like a blast to combat the post-holiday blues.

  • This pickle kit lets you ferment and pickle anything your heart desires. My favorite? Red onions, yum!
  • Crotchet a cute little dinosaur with a crotchet kit for beginners ($25). The step-by-step video tutorials are so helpful.
  • Want to get into podcasts (ahem, like mine)? You need a nice set of earbuds like these* that sound great, have a 32-hour battery life and are a fraction of the price of AirPods.
  • This cocktail codex (52% off) shows you the fundamentals of drinkmaking and how to make every kind of cocktail. It even gives substitutes if you’re missing any ingredients!
  • Try your hand at calligraphy with this workbook for beginners (29% off, $20).
  • An indoor herb garden kit (19% off) lets you grow your own herbs and veggies. It comes with a bunch of different pre-seeded pods that make it easy.

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Rock your resolutions

💡 Don’t go it alone. Sometimes, a simple tool can take your goals from “impossible” to “no biggie.”

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Don’t get shelf-conscious

🧘 The first step to an organized mind is an organized home.

  • Stop worrying about closet space and send your summer clothes into exile with vacuum storage bags ($19).
  • As much as I love having to dig around cabinets on my hands and knees, these storage boxes (32% off) are nifty.
  • It’s kind of unbelievable how messy cables can make a room look. Send them to prison a cable management box (14% off).
  • Hanger stackers ($28) are something I’d see in stores and wish I had at home. Now, I do …

OK, this shoe organizer ($30) will double your closet space.

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Let me sweep you off your feet

🧽 Let’s face it, the holidays turned your house into a disaster zone.

  • Pop these cleaning pods ($10) into your Keurig to clean any gross residue and buildup.
  • A squeegee broom ($35)?! Genius. Pet hair doesn’t stand a chance.
  • Spray on this shower cleaner (12% off) today and rinse it off tomorrow. Boom — a clean shower.
  • Grandpa’s favorite chair is looking rough. Try a leather conditioner (29% off).

This window blind duster cleans the tops and bottom of blinds at the same time, and it’s only $7.

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Start 2025 right

💪 Focused on your health in the new year? Grab your supplies now!

  • Not into going to the gym? A dumbbell set is perfect for at-home workouts.
  • Walking is one of my favorite ways to move. Replace your worn-out sneakers — options for guys and gals.
  • Get your protein on with an easy-to-use personal blender.
  • Keep your calories in check with a food scale. This one has an app with a nutritional calculator.
  • I love doing Pilates to get strong. Grippy socks are great and work for barre and yoga, too.

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Hosting a New Year’s Eve party?

🕺 3, 2, 1 … Make it count!

  • Grab a felt letterboard (8% off) to customize a cute welcome message for your guests.
  • Forget political talk; use conversation-starter cards to spark some fun discussions.
  • When else would it be socially acceptable to drink sparkly champagne? This cocktail glitter ($9) is completely edible!
  • It’s not a real party until someone spills their drink. A red wine stain remover (9% off) should come in handy. 
  • Your guests don’t want to cheer with mugs. Pick up some pretty champagne flutes!

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