Super strip lights

Hue Lightstrip Plus

£69.99, www2.meethue.com

A versatile and colourful LED strip that works extra-well with the Hue app – yes, you’ll need the hub to get started, but its soft, domed diffuser means those colours and whites blend beautifully on the wall.

LIFX Z

£79.99, lifx.com

Flexible and fun, the Z lightstrip is one of the most lurid we’ve seen. If you want to put some bombastic colours on your wall, its 16 individual and diffused zones are the answer. Super-easy to set up, too.

Eve Light Strip

£70, evehome.com

The Eve Light Strip talks directly to HomeKit, and it’s amongst the brightest strips on the market. Not the most useful application, but perhaps you really need to see under those kitchen cabinets?