No More Spilled Salt

OXO Good Grips Salt and Pepper Shaker Set

Sometimes good things come in small packages. The same could be said about good ideas. Often overlooked, salt and pepper are two kitchen essentials that pack a punch despite their size. The spices are so ubiquitous that hardly a second thought is given to their delivery conveyance. Salt and pepper deserve more.

The OXO Good Grips Salt and Pepper Shaker Set takes the everyday table item and adds a simple twist: A spout. The simple idea makes it easy to pour a teaspoon of salt without unscrewing the cap and spilling it all over the place. Now if they only add a grinder (at least to the pepper shaker), then the everyday spices can go back to being taken for granted.

Wine Bottle Chandelier

Sterling Industries 2-Light Collector's Pendant Wine Bottle Lighting

Upside-down wine bottles are a bummer simply because that usually means they are empty. (And if it doesn’t mean that, then they soon would be!) However, staring down the end of a bottle doesn’t have to be necessarily all bad. This wine bottle chandelier (officially named the Sterling Industries 2-Light Collector’s Pendant for some reason), looks to give all those empties a new life. And hey, the day after the party you can give any stragglers something to do.

Sterling Home Utensil Holder

Sterling Home Utensil Holder

Usually one tries to not mix dirty utensils with clean ones. Ah, but rules are meant to be broken. Hey, those bent forks and ugly spoons need a place to go, don’t they? At least the Sterling Home Utensil Holder thinks so. The little utensil vase features fused flatware used in a decorative manner, but if the thought of tarnished utensils mingling with sparkling silver gets you down, the thing could always be used as a candle holder. As for what gets melted down first–the wax or the holder–well, that’s up to you.