The 70th IKEA catalogue just came out, and its geared towards making our homes cosier than ever this year, as we continue to hunker down and wait for the pandemic to run its course.

The big themes this year include work-from-home solutions, nesting and planet-friendly materials because even though weve all got COVID-19 top of mind, climate change isnt going anywhere.

Weve scoured the IKEA 2021 catalogue for some of the most practical, beautiful and well-designed items in store this year for families. These are a few of our favourite things:

1. GUNRID air-purifying curtains , (also available in light grey), $39.99

With all the at-home time weve been, um, enjoying lately, its good to discover you can actually clean the air in your living space with the right pair of drapes. Heres how it works, according to the IKEA website:

GUNRID has a mineral-based surface treatment. When the ultraviolet light in daylight hits the fabric, the minerals capture the air pollutants and break them down into carbon dioxide and tiny water molecules.

A great big elbow bump to germophobes everywhere this ones for you!