Amazon Basics sale: Shop tons of home items under $50

Save up to 20%:As of Sept. 30, a ton of Amazon Basics items are on sale as a Deal of the Day, including a great selection of home items under $50.

Between the shift in seasons and the looming holiday season, your list of stuff to buy (and subsequently, your spending anxiety) is probably growing on a daily basis.

You may be able to check some items off of your list for cheap at this huge Amazon Basics sale, running as a Deal of the Day ahead of Amazon's second Prime event of the year. Tons of home items — kitchen gear, bathroom towels, dumbbells, and more — are on sale, with many hitting the "under $50" or "under $20" cutoff.

Items under other Amazon private brands, from furniture to stainless steel wine glasses, are also strewn throughout the list of deals.

The official deal terminology says "up to 20% off," but savings are closer to 50% off on a lot of items, and finding 'em doesn't require digging to the eleventh page of the sale. Feel free to peruse the whole thing on your own, of course, or take a quick glance at our favorite deals:

Amazon Basics 8-Piece Airtight Food Storage Containers

Organization TikTok, rise up. This set of eight round and rectangle food storage containers can take your pantry from chaotic to coordinated, and they'd make a great wedding gift, too. The airtight lid is ideal for keeping dry goods like sugar, coffee, and cereal fresh.

Amazon Basics 6-Piece Nonstick Bakeware Set

The first step toward doing all of that fall baking you've been talking up? Having something to bake in. This nonstick bakeware set should cover your bases: It consists of six carbon steel pans (a loaf pan, two round 9-inch cake pans, a 12-cup muffin pan, a roast pan, and a baking sheet) that can go in the oven.

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Amazon Basics Hanging Closet Shelf

Anyone living in a college dorm could probably use one of these bad boys. This sturdy fabric shelf has six tiers and can hang on a wall or on the back of a door, creating extra storage space for towels, shoes, or sweaters.