Arati Menon
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Past articles by Arati:
A Last-Minute Trick for Smudge-Free Wine Glasses
Sparkling glassware, courtesy my friendly neighborhood barista. → Read More
13 Essential Cleaning Tools Ready to Tackle Every Mess
13 best household cleaning tools that should never leave your cart like a wet mop, sponge cloth, extendable duster, cleaning gloves, vacuum, and more. → Read More
I Dreaded Bedtime—Until I Met My Favorite Sleep BFFs
Guaranteed to send you straight to dreamland (or make the journey more enjoyable). → Read More
9 Cozy Throw Pillows for Snuggly Winter Comfort
9 comfy, cozy throw pillows, made of wool, velvet, bouclé and sheepskin, that will be your best friends through a cold winter. → Read More
13 Decorating Rules We Love to Break
13 design crimes we are guilty of including mixing wood stains, having wall-to-wall carpeting, mixing warm and cool colors, and hanging our artwork "too high". → Read More
The Very Best Things We Added to Our Homes This Year
From cozy comforters to eco-friendly cleaners, upgraded ovens, stand mixers, and espresso machines, these are our team's 25 best home buys this year. → Read More
The Small Businesses We Fell in Love With This Year
From makers of soaps and candles to ceramicists and perfumers, Home52's editors share their favorite new finds. → Read More
A Vintage-Filled Home in Hong Kong, Dressed for the Holidays
Food52 Resident Mandy Lee didn't grow up celebrating the holiday season—but that hasn't stopped her from putting her unique spin on it. → Read More
How to Banish Those Cranberry Stains From Everything
How to remove cranberry sauce and cranberry juice stains from fabric, upholstery, and carpets—but you have to get to it quick. → Read More
Peek Into a Mumbai-Meets-Oakland Diwali Celebration
Diaspora Co.’s Sana Javeri Kadri invites us into her colorful, cozy home, where her favorite Diwali traditions allow her to celebrate her many identities. → Read More
Why I'm Spring Cleaning in November
Traditionally, in India, the weeks leading up to Diwali are spent deep cleaning the home—here are some of our favorite Diwali cleaning rituals and routines. → Read More
My Family Recipe Takes to the Airwaves
In collaboration with Heritage Radio Network, the Food52 podcast network is reimagining beloved essay column "My Family Recipe" as a food and culture podcast. → Read More
A 60-sq-ft London Kitchen Gets a Spacious Makeover
How cookbook author Meera Sodha's kitchen went from tiny and outdated to beautiful and efficient—on a budget, using IKEA cabinetry and Plykea cabinet fronts. → Read More
This Nifty Organizer Is Also a WFH Miracle-Worker
Cables and cords are a given in any modern home, but this Yamazaki cable management box makes light work of hiding them—and working from home much more efficient. → Read More
11 Cleaning Tools Practically Begging to Be Shown Off
11 good-looking and most hardworking cleaning tools in our homes from crumb brushes to compost bins, kitchen cloths, sponges, and multi-surface cleaners. → Read More
The Cure for My Bad Sleep Turned Out to Be a Lamp
The Hatch Restore Sleep Lamp is a night lamp, an alarm clock, a white noise machine and a sleep aid all in one. It also looks good on your nightstand. → Read More
The Greatest British Condiment That Ever Lived
Butter, cheese, and Branston Pickle between two slices of bread. It's simple and simply delicious. → Read More
15 Eco-Friendly Tricks We’ve Learned From All This Time at Home
This Earth Day, we're looking back at how we've lived, shopped, consumed, and eaten through a pandemic, and the eco-friendly tricks we've learned along the way. → Read More
This Cutting Board Is Made Out of Chopsticks. But How?
How one company diverts millions of used chopsticks from landfills, turning them into home and kitchen products including shelves, desks, and cutting boards. → Read More
How to Fake a Freshly Cleaned Home
A quick way to mask odors at home? A DIY room spray. It’s so easy to make—you only need a dark-colored glass spritzer bottle, water, alcohol, and essential oils. → Read More