Life is filled with gadgets which are completely not necessary, as is proven when we open up our bottom kitchen drawers and find them in woven together in a mess. There is literally billions of dollars of items which get bought because it's a birthday, or Mother's Day, or an anniversary - and then we keep them until they break or we don't want to move them out of the way one more time.

So, when we got a hand broom for the dining table as a Christmas gift, we thought we were adding another useless item to the bottom drawer. It's cute in restaurants when the waiters use a little broom and pan to clean the bread crumbs off the tablecloth before the dessert course comes, but we don't usually use a tablecloth at home, we don't have crumb-producing bread all that often, and we rarely have any kind of official dessert course.  And, although we'd love it if some fabulous waiter was part of the mix at dinner time, we don't see that happening, either.  

But we were so wrong. It's wonderful having a little broom and pan that is well-designed and attractive in the dining area.  It is great to grab it for a quick table cleaning.  And it also works beautifully on the crumbs on the floor, or the dust bunnies in the corner that got missed, or the paper bits that fell when the three-hole punch got tipped upside down.

We find that we are using this little hand broom every day, and don't know how we lived without it.  It's a lovely accessory to look at, and a helpful one, too. If only we used our KitchenAid as often!

For the Porsche of hand brooms, visit the website of Fjorn Scandinavia:  http://fjorn.com/sk1600660.html