The Hot List: Add some colour and fun to your home for a joyful New Year

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Now the festivities are over and the decorations have come down, thoughts might turn to sprucing up the home a little.

Whether that’s adding a splash of bright colour in paint or wallpaper, placing a throw here and there, or switching up your kitchenware, these products will add a bit of New Year joy to any pad.

We’ve trawled the online stores to bring you a selection of our favourite products right now, including a fun but useful tray and some eco-friendly pencils that have some famous fans, plus a financial planner that’ll allow you to keep a track of your lolly.

Read on to get some inspiration for your own place.

Mist opportunity

Reboot and recharge after the festivities with this electric aroma diffuser featuring colour-changing LED lights. Simply add a few drops of essential oil to the water and let the uplifting scents fill your home. And relax…

Get the Aroma Essential Oil Mist ceramic diffuser in blue for £29.99 from salter.com

Come dine with me

You’ll be bowled over by this colourful, Mediterranean-style tableware. Joyful colour mixed with a relaxed design, it’s a hit of dopamine décor for the new year.

Get the Abstract 12 piece dinner set for £42, the pasta bowl for £4.25, and the medium roaster for £12 from habitat.co.uk

Red alert

Brave the new year with a powerful punch of Viva Magenta, Pantone’s fearless, deep crimson shade for 2023. Dip your toe in the trend with an accent chair or go all-out by reinventing walls in bright, red paint. Hot stuff.

Get the Watson Lounge Chair – Hot Pink for £139.99 from my-furniture.com

Poppy No. 61 costs £41.95 for 2.5l of matt emulsion from victorycolours.co.uk

Pencil pusher

Keep track of your New Year goals with zero-waste, biodegradable pencils that can be planted to grow thyme, basil, chia and daisies once they’re used up. Michelle Obama and Richard Branson are big fans, so time to join the growth mindset.

Get Sprout Mindful Thoughts pencils for £8.09 from amazon.co.uk

Show your metal

We’re still crushing on locker-style storage and these stylish, metal cabinets will work hard to keep your home colourful and clutter-free for 2023.

Check out the Fern Collection, from £189 for a Mini, from bisley.com

Check mate

Ruffles and gingham prints are good to go for the new season home, so this pretty, lavender bedding and scalloped-edge pillows are on our cheat sheet for boujee on a budget.

Get the George Home Gingham Seersucker Lilac duvet cover set (double) for £16 from asda.com

Throw down

Refresh your home with a sprinkling of new-season accessories like this soft, cosy and machine-washable throw made from 300 plastic bottles. The mix of pale pink, oatmeal and sky blue are inspired by the subtle tones of the Dartmoor landscape.

Get the Darjeeling Heather throw for £75 from weavergreen.com

Tray chic

Hand cast from eco-friendly Jesmonite, this fun, quirky tray isn’t just easy on the eye, it’s also great for stashing jewellery, keys and candles.

Get the Googly Eye Tray by Happy Rooms Home Décor for £26 each from iamfy.co

Spot on

Joy incoming: if ever proof was needed that dots, checks and squiggles look fabulous outside of the nursery, then these wallpaper prints are it. Great for adding joy all over the home.

Buy Get A Wiggle On Wallpaper in Sunshine Yellow for £43 per roll from lusthome.co.uk

You can bank on it

Take control of your purse strings in 2023 with a bold finance planner – a bank-happy buy for getting to grips with your budget that includes monthly tracking tools and helpful articles from a money expert. A sound investment.

Get the Finance Planner for £26 from papier.com

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