Best of 2025 – My Top Purchases + Your Favorite Products of the Year

It centralizes all our schedules, meal plans, and tasks so everyone can see what’s going on without always asking mom. Highly recommend this for busy families!

I started getting into Lego last year and built a few with David as date night activities. This year was really the first year that I built a couple sets solo, and it was so satisfying! Much like my beloved jigsaw puzzles, lego sets are such a wonderful way for me to relax and unwind in the evenings.

During our summer staycation, we went to the Lego store one morning and splurged on a new set for everyone, then went home and spent the whole afternoon building them. I chose this adorable French cafe and it was a delight to put together!

I've decided I'd love to collect holiday sets for a Lego Christmas village, and David gave me my first one for my birthday in November. I think I'll reassemble it every Christmas season and am going to ask for another one next year!

I tested out a couple different office chairs this year, and this beautiful green one was the winner. It's simply stunning, and no one believes me when I say it's under $100. Now, I will say it's not going to be the most ergonomic chair out there, but it gets major points for aesthetics and I find it really comfy. I like the arms and it's a little wider which means I can sit cross legged.

I think this will be the 9th year I've used the Powersheets Goal Planner for personal goals - it's been so helpful for defining my values and living intentionally. Earlier this fall, I decided to test out one of their newer products – the Fresh Start Weekly Goal Planner. This is a hybrid of their goal setting system and a traditional weekly planner. I've used it for the past three months and really love having it all in one! I don't fee like I'm missing anything from the one-year Powersheets, and now I've simplified everything into one place. Both goal planners are amazing, you really can't go wrong. But I plan to continue using this one in 2026 - it just works really well for me!

After admiring this artist on Instagram for a long time, I finally ordered one of her popular desk mats in my favorite floral print. Not only did this add a happy pop of color to my desk, but it's basically a giant mouse pad and easy to write on top of, too. A fun office upgrade!

Also ordered a couple of coloring books from the same artist who designed that desk mat above, and I have to say these are some of the nicest coloring books I've ever used! They feature her hand drawn designs with super thick, single-sided pages so you don't have to worry about bleed-through. Also, I got myself a set of the best markers and they were worth it!

I swear I've organized under our kitchen sink a half dozen times, and it always seems to get chaotic again. I redid it this summer using these stackable drawers and I think they were just what I needed to keep everything in place! They are great sizes for sponges, cleaning clothes, dish brushes, and more. They're easy to open up and grab what you need. I labeled them so everyone knows exactly where things go. A stack of these under any sink might be just what you need!

I subscribed to Amazon Music this year and it's been so great! We use it with our Alexa to listen to music all the time, I've switched to listening to podcasts in the app, and the big one for me: they now let you listen to one audiobook every month. I'm a big audiobook listener and I love that this is included in the subscription!

I was influenced to buy this hoping it would work on the pesky black mold stains around the edges of our shower door. Nothing else I'd tried worked, but this did! Great cleaning product to have around for showers, caulk lines, washing machines, etc.

I've been loving these $25 Walmart sneakers! I wore the light blue ones all summer, and the brown pair has been perfect for fall and winter. They have the prettiest colors, are comfortable, and you really can't beat the price.

These frames were consistently a top seller all year long, and for good reason! Not only do they look beautiful, but they are specifically designed to contain that constant stream of artwork your kids create and bring home from school. The front of the frame hinges open so you can easily add a new picture, and it has room to hold a whole stack of old art behind the one on display. Must have for parents and grandparents!

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.

The most genius party decor hack! I have become quite obsessed with these in the past couple of years because I use them for every birthday party, baby shower, bridal shower, and any party I host. So much easier and cheaper than helium balloons - just blow your balloons up with regular air and add them to these stands for instant balloon bouquets. Every house should have a set or two of these!

Trust me on this one - you will find way more uses for this bag than you expect! It is very large, inexpensive, and comes in the prettiest colors. Our family does a lot of overnight trips to visit family, and we each pack our clothes in a packing cube and then all the packing cubes plus toiletry bags will fit in this one tote bag. It holds an incredible amount of stuff! I've used it to haul gifts to family Christmas, clothes on road trips, and it was a lifesaver for lugging all the baby gear and supplies on overnight trips.

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'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.

I added these organizer inside our coat closet and it did wonders for organizing our entryway! These door racks are really nice - no screws go into your door, just brackets that slide along the top and bottom of your door and hold it nice and tight so it isn't swinging around. You can arrange the baskets and pegboard however you want. Each family member gets a basket for our gloves, hats, etc. We have one for sunscreen, bug spray, dog supplies. Umbrellas and things hang on the pegboard. It's amazing. Just don't pay full price, wait for a sale :).

Affordable, extra-soft sheets that you can order on Amazon in dozens of colors. We love these sheets in our house and they've held up to a few years of use with no issue.

We've been using these bins to store larger building toys sets like Logan's wooden train, Magnetic Tiles, and Lego Duplos. They are so nice for keeping everyting contained! The latching handles are fantastic and the removeable tray works well for organizing smaller pieces.

I used these pantry canisters in my baking cabinet years ago and they work great and have held up well. The three sizes are perfect for baking supplies and pantry staples, the lid is airtight, and they all stack nicely.