Best of 2024 – My Top Purchases + Your Favorite Products

I resisted these pricey vacuum mops for a long time but WOW was this worth the splurge. I’ve used this nearly every day since I bought it 9 months ago. I did a ton of research and comparisons and it came down to the Dreame H12 PRO versus the Tineco S5. They are essentially the same price and go on sale for the same price, so it really only came down to two features that stood out to me and made me choose the Dreame over the Tineco: it has heated drying for the brush roller plus edge-to-edge cleaning on BOTH sides of the roller unlike the Tineco.

I’ve been using my walking pad for an entire year now and it’s so great to be able to get my steps in while working! My corporate job is hybrid and I seriously miss this on the days I work at the office. I have a nice standing desk there but adding in the walking has been so good for me. My goal is to increase the amount of time I’m walking while working this year.

I’m pretty awful at keeping up with bathroom cleaning and made it my mission to get better at that in 2024. I was influenced to order this toilet cleaning wand and my life was changed. I’ve since replaced the toilet brushes in all three bathrooms with one of these because they make it so quick to give the toilet a quick scrub. The disposable brushes feel so much more sanitary than reusing the same old brush all the time, and I don’t have to buy toilet cleaner because it’s built right into the brushes! Also small enough to tuck under the sink cabinet which is a huge win.

Another purchase on my quest for cleaner bathrooms was this electric scrub brush. I was a little skeptical but figured I’d give it a shot since I share cleaning content as a job after all. It turned out to be such a helpful tool! Our shower and bathtub were cleaned so infrequently in the past, and now that task is a lot easier thanks to this! You could use it to clean so many other things as well, but it’s honestly been worth the purchase just for scrubbing the tub and shower.

My family gave this paint by number to me last Christmas and it turned into such a fun hobby of mine this year! I’m crafty but I wouldn’t say I’m the best painter, however this was foolproof! I framed my masterpiece and everyone’s amazed I painted it. It was so fun to work on little by little in the evenings and being able to listen to an audibook while I painted became an awesome way to unwind.

David and I found more time for board games last year and my favorite new game is definitely Wingspan. It’s a beautiful game, great quality components, love how thematic it is, and the game play is really fun.

This is one of those projects I put off for a long time and I’m so happy I finally did it! I love having a place to tuck away the little handprint crafts from daycare, letters to santa, cute stories our first grader writes in school, etc. I labeled the file folders by grade and now these live in our kids’ closets so it’s easy to add more momentos.

I’m not one to share a ton of fashion here, but these bralettes are so good that I’ve tossed pretty much all the others I had. Soft, comfortable, wire-free….I’m pretty busty and they have just enough support for everyday wear. Not necessarily going to replace my high impact sports bras, but these have most definitely become the bras I wear on a daily basis. I’ve only tried the bralette style so far but want to get another type to try this year because I’m really loving this brand.

I’ve really come to appreciate the simplicity of deciding something once and making that your go-to. I love the Soma Cool Nights light of pajamas so much, they’re super comfy and fit me right and the cooling material is awesome. I basically stopped wearing all other pajamas this year and just bagged them up to donate because I’ve decided I’ll stock my dresser with these Soma ones from now on.

We wanted to add something fun to the backyard to encourage our family to spend more time outside, but the bigger swingsets we really wanted were way out of the budget. After some research, we ordered this climbing dome last spring and my kids and their friends have played with it much more than I somewhat expected! We have a few accessories for it that have added to the fun, too. Everything is linked here!

I’ve used this drawer in every room of the house and it’s such a great one for organizing just about anything! Stack a couple under the kitchen sink, store beauty products in the bathroom cabinet, load these up with art supplies, and so much more.

I’m so glad to see this has become a favorite for some of you, too! Such a game changer for cleaning floors, especially if you have pets or kids who are messy eaters.

We use these containers all the time whether it’s to fill up with snacks on a Saturday or to take on a road trip. You could even fill several of them up with lunches or snacks and store them in the fridge for later!

These are the BEST way to hold rugs in place so they aren’t sliding all over your hardwood floors. Our dog’s health issues resulted in her not being able to walk on the slipper hard floors so I mader her walkways with long runners all over the place and these grippers worked like a charm to keep the rug from sliding out from under feet.

This bin is sized to fit the depth of upper cabinets and works so well for us for food storage. We don’t have a pantry so all of our shelf stable foods live in these bins in our upper cabinets. I’ve also used this bin a ton in other spots around the house, this particular size is so versatile!

No best of list would be complete without my beloved Geometry towels. I’m so glad you’ve all been loving these, too! The prettiest, softest, most absorbant kitchen towels I’ve ever owned. We exclusively use Geometry towels as bathroom towels and towels in our kitchen.

This is a great label maker. You can format your labels in the free app, connect your phone to the label maker with Bluetooth, and print out labels in minutes. And the label tape comes in numerous colors and styles so you can quickly create labels for anything you need.

I have a couple of these drawers in our craft cabinet and they work great for storing printer paper and cardstock. If I had more room, I’d add a couple more of these for construction paper and kids paper, too!

I have raved about these for YEARS. They are the only food storage we use. The lids latch on nice and tight, you can unlatch the lids and microwave leftovers in them, they come in just-right sizes and are all modular so they stack up nice and neat.

I’ve used and love this carpet cleaner for several years, but WOW did it work overtime in the last half of 2024. Our dog’s health issues resulted in several months of constantly cleaning up her accidents and this thing saved my carpet and large area rugs.

This little set of bottles and jars is the perfect thing if you’re gearing up for a trip plus it’s crazy affordable! I use this set every time I travel and I am so impressed with all of the little funnels and scoops that came with it. The squeezable bottles are way nicer than the usual hardsided ones, too.