Cool Product Innovations in Housewares

Disclosure: We received samples of all the products featured below in order to facilitate our reviews. Opinions are our own.

In my line of work, I come across a lot of products designed to make our lives easier or more enjoyable. I love sharing new and creative product finds with you, and think these ones may prove fun to have handy in your homes.

The Wine Fan

How often have you hosted, or attended, a dinner party at which the conversation was moved from the dinner table to the living room, or from the indoors to the back deck? The Wine Fan solves the problem of how to transport a bottle of wine and up to 6 wine glasses!

We loved the whimsical, eye-catching design, and think the price-point is perfect for buying a few as fun add-on host/hostess gifts, to make any bottle of wine and accompanying glasses completely portable! 

Candlessence Candles

You’d be hard-pressed to find a home without candles as part of its décor. Candles produce an ethereal, warm, ambient light that can transform the feel of any room. Featuring a realistic, flickering, simulated flame without the risk of smoke, open flames or hot wax, timer-enabled Candlessence candles from The Amazing Flameless Candle prove both safe and easy to use. 

The ability to change aroma and potency level of a single candle’s fragrance (with 12 fragrance cartridges being introduced at Candlessence’s launch in June 2016) really impressed us, and we feel gives it a unique edge in this market. 

I Can’t Believe it’s a Sponge

We filed this long-lasting, all-purpose household sponge under “Things we didn’t know we wanted!” I Can’t Believe it’s a Sponge looked beautiful enough to display, with realistic renditions of famous artwork featured on its scrubber side, and impressed us with its ability to both clean kitchen and bathroom surfaces, gently and effectively.

Constructed using durable double cell foam, the patented technology of the I Can’t Believe it’s a Sponge provides a barrier, keeping particles, grease and dirt from entering the sponge. We loved that we could pop it in the dishwasher to wash it, and that it came out looking as awesome as it did when it went in. This sponge adds a cool design element to your sink.

BerryBreeze

We all share the same complaint about fresh produce: it doesn’t last long enough! BerryBreeze helps reduce waste by prolonging food life, keeping it fresh 2 to 3 times longer than average.

Keep this battery-operated unit inside your refrigerator and it will practically pay for itself with all the money you’ll save on food spoilage. Bonus, BerryBreeze also sanitizes your fridge, eliminating bacteria, mold, and odors.

The BerryBreeze’s patented design orchestrating the timed release of activated oxygen to keep fruits and vegetables fresher, longer, makes this kitchen device a real game-changer.

Stacy DeBroff

Stacy DeBroff, founder and CEO of Mom Central.com and social and digital consultancy, Influence Central, is a social media strategist, attorney, and best-selling parenting author. A sought-after expert for national media, she trend-spots regularly with national brands and speaks frequently to national and international audiences on a wide range of subjects, including influencer marketing, social media, entrepreneurship, and consumer trends. A passionate cook, gardener, reader, and tennis player, she adores this new chapter of post-college-age parenting.