36 easy fix‑it products

BuzzFeed’s latest home-shopping roundup packages 36 small repair products as a cheaper alternative to calling a contractor for minor household annoyances. (buzzfeed.com) The list was posted on April 1, 2026, under BuzzFeed’s Shopping Home section and written by staffer Sally Elshorafa. BuzzFeed says the products target problems that are “broken, awkward, worn-out, or just plain irritating.” (buzzfeed.com) The products skew toward low-cost fixes rather than full renovations: light-dimming stickers are listed at $4.99, cabinet door bumpers at $6.99 and up, and a three-pack of WD-40 pens in a related April 2026 roundup at $12.49. (buzzfeed.com 1) (buzzfeed.com 2) Several items are meant to solve recurring maintenance jobs in minutes, including window film, fabric defuzzers, wall-hole putty, mold-removal gel and drain cleaners. The framing is practical: small tools for hinges, cabinets, caulk lines, pet messes and washer seals. (buzzfeed.com 1) (buzzfeed.com 2) BuzzFeed presents these guides as editorial picks, but the pages also disclose a business model behind them. The article says each product is “independently chosen” while BuzzFeed and publishing partners “may collect a share of sales or other compensation” from the links. (buzzfeed.com) BuzzFeed’s standards page says its Shopping team operates separately from the editorial team and that product recommendations are curated with a “clear distinction” from affiliate partnerships. That matters for readers because most of the products in these lists link out to Amazon listings and rely heavily on customer-review language. (buzzfeed.com 1) (buzzfeed.com 2) This is not a one-off format for the company. BuzzFeed has published multiple home-repair and “problem-solving” shopping lists in recent weeks, including a 39-item DIY roundup and another 36-product repair guide posted hours before this one surfaced in search results. (buzzfeed.com) (buzzfeed.com) The pitch is consistent across those posts: skip the “toolkit the size of a suitcase,” buy one narrowly targeted product, and fix the nuisance yourself. In that sense, the 36-item list is less a renovation guide than a catalog of impulse-price maintenance tools built for affiliate commerce. (buzzfeed.com) (buzzfeed.com)