When I first started working out of home, it was like I regressed to being five again. I was entirely unable to feed or clothe myself, wandering around the apartment with no shirt eating peanut butter sandwiches. That quickly* ended, though, and I moved into the second phase of my freelance-dom, and turned into a Haus Frau.
I dust while I’m on the phone. I do laundry between writing assignments. And whenever I can, I start cooking dinner around four PM, so it’s ready for my S.O. when she gets home.
That all being said, I’m still a dude, which means I often grab hot pans off the stove without thinking, and get whatever I’m cooking all over the kitchen and myself. The Oven Mit Apron might, therefore, be a good item for me to have.
The so-genius-why-didn’t-I-think-of-it idea is that the oven mits are actually built in to the apron. If it’s time to grab something hot, all you do is stick your hands down where they go naturally anyway**, and protect yourself from endless burning.
[$18, Design Within Reach]
[Via Cool Tools]
*A year and a half.
**You know what I mean.