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Opinion

Pia’s Picks: storage boxes that’ll help you «get a handle on things»

Pia Seidel
15/6/2025
Translation: Katherine Martin

Why get drawn into an awkward balancing act when you could go for a grippy alternative? Handles make everyday life so much easier – and some of them look darn good doing it.

To be honest, I sometimes wonder why everything doesn’t have a handle. Oftentimes, I find myself lugging things around and thinking, «this could’ve been so much easier».

Whether it’s storage boxes, baskets or trays we’re talking about, life is more relaxed if they’ve got one or two handles. No wobbly balancing acts, no nuisances when you’re tidying up. You just grab your stuff and get to work.

This basket really shows off these vinegar and oil bottles.
This basket really shows off these vinegar and oil bottles.
Source: Zeller Present

I find handles on cutlery holders especially practical. They also reduce the need to go back and forth to your kitchen when setting a table in your dining area, garden or balcony. In summer especially, when you’re constantly moving between the house and the garden, this is a real game changer.

With kitchen utensil holders like these, your worktops will be spick and span in no time at all.
With kitchen utensil holders like these, your worktops will be spick and span in no time at all.
Source: Koziol
Dividers make it possible to organise your belongings and keep them upright.
Dividers make it possible to organise your belongings and keep them upright.
Source: House Doctor

For me, handles inject just the right amount of functionality deemed acceptable by my decor-crazy heart. They literally help you get a grip on things – and bring a sense of ease to everyday life. And if a handle-boasting product is as chic as the ones listed here, I don’t need much convincing to hit the order button.

House Nordic Pleiku
Storage boxes
Quantity discount
EUR21,28 per piece for 4 units

House Nordic Pleiku

Yamazaki Storage basket FAVORI (37 x 21 x 24 cm, 20.21 l)
Storage boxes
EUR47,56

Yamazaki Storage basket FAVORI

37 x 21 x 24 cm, 20.21 l

Broste Copenhagen Tully Werkzeugkasten (40 x 22 x 20.5 cm)
Storage boxes

Broste Copenhagen Tully Werkzeugkasten

40 x 22 x 20.5 cm

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