6/08/2025

SKÅDIS Container (White)

This container is a great addition for any pegboard. I's great as a pen or crayon holder as it stays in place safely thanks to the well-designed back hooks. It holds tons of stuff and vertically, away from my table, and I can use it with markers, pens, pencils, crayons (these would stain the inside a bit) among other things. Great quality plastic.   

DESIGNER  Eva Lilja Löwenhielm
 

6/01/2025

KMART 3 Drawer Chest (Grey)

This chest of drawers is not only cheap, but also sturdy, spacious and good looking. It's also very easy to assemble. 

I have two of these in my home office and they perfectly fit with my office's Skandi style. The frame is made of metal, the top is bamboo and the collapsible drawers are fabric-like. 
 
I had hesitations to buy this item due to the fact that the drawers are soft and I thought they would not be spacious or strong enough. However, they are! I have tons of stuff in them. The maker advises a maximum of 3 Kilos per drawer but I have two of them holding more than that. However, I put the heavier on the bottom shelf as this acts as grounding for the the whole unit and prevents the chest toppling over. 
 
The top shelf can hold up to 20 Kilos, so I have a heavy-ish letter tray organiser on one of my units. Kmart doesn't recommend putting a TV on this chest, firstly because this unit was not made to place a TV, and secondly because the unit can be easily moved if not fully loaded.  

The maker recommends having this chest wall secured, but I cannot do that in the rental I live in. Yet, the chest is very stable and, despite using it all the time, having it full of stuff, opening and closing the drawers all the time, has never toppled. Yet, I can move it easily. If you have children, secure it to the wall  with the including fittings as, when empty, the whole unit weighs less than 5 kilos and can be easily moved or fall. 

Although I use this chest for office purposes, due to its good looks and large capacity, can be used in different rooms as I could easily fill it with linen, towels, shoes, toys, table linen, travelling light gear, and so on. 

My main disappointment with this unit is that the drawer handle inner side tends to deform and bend outward, making it look cheap (well, it shows it's cheap when this happens). There are no replacements for these collapsible drawers, so, if one breaks, you will have to buy a new unit, which is a bit ridiculous. 
 
I've had this chest for several years and it's still a star seller at Kmart. Despite the heavy use I give it, it is in great condition and still looking good.    

MEASUREMENTS: 72cm (H) x 45cm (W) x 30cm (D)
Storage drawer: 21cm (H) x 40cm (W) x 28cm (D


5/31/2025

RISATORP Basket With Compartments (33x24x11 cm)

This is another Risatorp beauty. I super love this range due to its quality, classy Skandi timeless but modern design, and versatility. This compartment basket is not only beautiful, but has myriad uses. It makes a great office caddy, kitchen or crafts  caddy. Currently, I use it as a bathroom caddy to have at hand my most used items of cosmetics, makeup, perfume and toiletries. Its low height makes it perfect for storage in drawers and small cabinets.    
 
Super easy to assemble.  

Not fit for outdoor use.

DESIGNER  Wiebke Braasch,
 
 

SKÅDIS Clip

These clips are almost flat and hook into any Skadis pegboard easily. I don't find them as useful as other hooks and Skadis accessories as these are designed mostly to hold paper. That being the case aren't as versatile, or at least to me, as other hugs and clips. However, they are still great to have important pieces of paper on display: bills to pay, or photos, or leaflets for an event, or your own painting or drawing, inspiration images for your inspiration board, postcards received, and so on. 
 
DESIGNER  Eva Lilja Löwenhielm

BLANDA BLANK Serving Bowl (Stainless steel, 20 cm)

I've had two of these in different sizes for years. They are perfect for everything and anything. Although they can be used to serve snacks, salads, or diced fruit, for example, I mostly use them during cooking preparation and to prepare marinades. The quality is excellent, and they are unbreakable due to being made out of a single stainless-steel curved piece with no edges. I'd dare to say that these last a life time. They lose their bright patina over time, but they will still look great and almost as new. Easy to clean and stackable. Dishwasher safe.
 
DESIGNER Anne Nilsson


Tean's Gourmet Prawn Noodle Paste (200 g)

  This is a paste used as a base to prepare the typical Malaysian dish Mee Udang, which is a prawn and/or meat and veggies soup. The main flavouring ingredients are soy bean oil, dried shrimp paste, galangal, chilly and garlic among others.

This is a simple but flavour-packed fast dish. The soup is wonderful on its own without any add-on. However, if you prepare the full dish, you'll get a kind of instant noodles dish mostly made out of fresh ingredients. I think it is also great to use with leftover cooked meat.

It tastes authentic to me. It has a clean fishy flavour with the galangal adding the counterbalancing citrusy astringent flavour and the garlic and chilly the spicy punch. I didn't find this hot at all, not even medium hot.  On the other hand this paste is really oily,, and it is soya bean oil, so nothing for people with delicate stomachs. You can remove a bit of it with a spoon when resting though.

Preparation: Bring 1.5 litres of water to boil and add the whole paste packet in. Stir and let it boil for about ten minutes. On the side add to a bowl your precooked instant noodles, cooked prawn and/or meat, some veggies. Pour the soup into the bowl and voila.

Great value for money and the sachet does not need refrigeration

5/30/2025

VATTENKAR Desk Organiser (White, 33x21x43 cm)

I really love this organiser. Organisers of this sort are a wonderful replacement for renters who might not be able to use a wall pegboard but want something similar but portable. So easy to carry around the different rooms of the house, or to put in the car and take it away. 

The Vattenkar is a multifunctional organiser that perfectly works as work caddy, and as craft or sewing station. The central pegboard is great as I can use different Skadis accessories and hooks to create different storage layouts. I like the caddy's two sides as I can put the prettier side facing the viewer and the back side with the uglier storage items facing the wall. I haven't used the elastic band yet as I devoted this to crafts not to books or my laptop. 
 
This organiser is easy to assemble as it has just a few pieces that click in together; the instructions leaflet is also easy to follow. I had this in my wish list for a long time because, despite the measurements being clear n the product page, I wasn't sure how much space or how much space would occupy. Having had this for a while now, that the item is a bit bulky and heavy even when empty. Not a beautiful looking storage solution, but a very practical one; and you wouldn't believe how much stuff I can fit in.

DESIGNER Anna-Maria Nilsson