Cheery red household implements to add a festive note to sweeping, gardening, and can-opening, from NYC store Kiosk Kiosk, which is devoted to ordinary household products from a variety of countries. Go to Kiosk Kiosk.

Below: Handmade horsehair hand broom and red metal dustpan made in a small factory in Gnosjo, Sweden; $52 for the pair:

Below: Powder-coated steel gardening implements from the same factory; $30.

Below: Red metal and plastic wall-mounted can opener from Sweden, designed by Sigvard Bernadotte in 1966 and in continuous production ever since; $25: