Wish List: Eight fab finds for your home

Esther N McCarthy tries snazzy vacuums, puzzles over hotel merch, and finds new trend edits in homeware stores

Founder of DogDry Frances O'Reilly with her dog Luna 3.JPG Photograph: Patrick Browne

In our Tried and Tested slot this week, we trialled the Unlimited 7 cordless vacuum from Bosch. When I say we, I mean of course the children, they love new gadgets and didn’t realise they were actually doing housework, ha ha ha! Parent: one, suckers: zero. The first thing is it’s very easy to use and we loved the smart clip that meant the machine could slide under the kitchen table, sofas, chairs – so much dog hair we didn’t realise was around the place, a small bit traumatising but overall better in the Bosch than in the hidden spaces around the room. It comes with two rechargeable batteries and with both we got a good hour and a half before having to recharge. We have rugs, wood, and tiles all in the one main living space and the power adjusts depending on the floor type, again very smart and snazzy. The most important thing — it cleaned up everything, it’s a proper hard-working machine, our only moan was we wished the dustbox was bigger — we managed to fill it up very fast. Maybe we’re extra filthy. With lots of attachments, the kids are still fighting to use it, long may it last. Prices start from €349.99 with a full list of retailers available on the Bosch website www.bosch-home.ie