Articles in the Home Decor Category
Posted in Designer, Home Decor on 1 April 2008

I believe there is two categories of people i.e. one who dreams and make efforts to materialize it and others who are contented with the fact that they dream. Which lot do you fall in?
Why am asking this seemingly silly question is because I have a strong admiration for fishes (not sharks) and would like every single product, appliance, gadgets residing in my house to have an aquarium feel. It is quite possible but I have to spend some time doing certain R&D over the project. Against it, the second lot would install such accessories just to invite attention to their house irrespective of their likings.

Based in South Florida, Living Color Enterprises is an established custom aquarium builders and have crafted some of the most-exclusive fish tanks till date. Their offerings are being featured here and everywhere. Can you recall Antoine’s aquarium from Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalow, or Roy Williams’ tank from his November MTV Cribs episode, if yes, then unconsciously you seem to be familiar with Living Color’s work. Each of their tanks come equipped with exclusively furnished coral reef structures, high-end cabinetry accessible on state-of-the-art aquarium technology. Ordinary models from company’s Discovery Collection are priced at $12,900 while the customized aquariums are retailed at $25,000. For designing customized tanks, it requires almost 8-6 weeks and includes everything right design to fabrication.

The pictures are of a bar counter for a pool house in Palm Beach Florida. The first one reflects a 3-sided master bedroom bar aquarium, second depicts a seamless kitchen cylinder tank built for a house in Canada while third one features Parkland, Florida home that is equipped with a custom wall-unit integrated into a small living room to capitalize on functionality. If it fails to interest you then do take a look at the coffee table cum aquarium.
Posted in Furniture, Home Decor, Shopping, Technology on 1 April 2008

Call it a TV or a mirror, it has both and is designed for elite class who loves experimenting with such products. This elite collection is a much-in-demand offering by Seura, which has offered three models of television mirrors available in all TV sizes, thereby screen getting completely erased when turned off. “Wow†is too less a word for it. By installing one ion your bathroom, you can watch your favorite soap or test series by relieving yourself, thus no waste of time or rather double utilization of time. It gives you an option to bring home an LCD in your large contemporary-designed master lavatory.
Wisconsin manufacturer Seura offers gamut of such TV mirrors manufactured to integrate LCD TVs, and apparently accesses this mirror technology for smaller displays to be used in bathrooms along with larger mirrors that can be plugged on to the walls. Redstone American Grill in Minnesota lately inked a neat deal with Seura to clad its restaurant with the mirrored products counting placing of TVs over urinals.

Seura’s television series are available in three models viz. Enhanced Series, featuring vanity mirrors with fading technology that disappears TV screen when TV is turned off; Premier Series is there for producing giant decorative art mirrors featuring vanishing technology; and then comes the Decouverte Series vanity mirror that does not integrate the vanishing tech. If all this is too much for your taste then you can keep your fingers upon the ordinary models manufactured by them with a tinge of illumination. Truly, everyone can’t afford to install TV in a bathroom.
Via ElectronicHouse
Posted in Antique, Designer, Furniture, Home Appliances, Home Decor, Shopping on 31 March 2008

I have a fad for crazy things that are functional in nature besides making a difference to the ambience via their silent presence. And now I got the additional third feature that makes them in demand today—they are antique. What a good feel it gives when one installs a globe that can house all your wine bottles and you flaunt it during all your parties.
Featured above is one such wooden globe bar that features world’s finest maple from Malaysia and Vietnam. The boundaries are hand-crafted with hand-highlighted countries via a variety of shades. Oceans are notified via hand-cut panels of maple fitted with exactitude. The 24k gold plated ribbons adds spark to the otherwise dull latitude and longitude lines. Unlike ordinary globe bars that depict old world cartography, these reflect current place names and borders.
Right at the equator, the globe unfolds to offer you the magic of a hidden wine bar with space enough to house bottles, glasses and accessories. It also offers additional area for storage on lower shelf. Its easy-roll casters make it portable to any place, so possibility is now whenever you plan to go for camping; this has to be your must take-away thing. Erecting an inspiring 42″ tall, this globe is ordained to become a valued heirloom. It measures 20″ (diameter) x 42″ (H) x 30″ (W) and is priced at $2,045. Check out the pool of globe wine bars here.

Joining the gang is the bar globe refrigerator that is also a faithful reproduction from XVII Century. This elegant sphere of this globe bar holds 12 glasses and four bottles, with room for more inside the refrigerated cabinet. The refrigerator is handcrafted in Italy and is equipped with 110V. Both these accessories would surely make your guests envious of you. The price of different patterns of refrigerator globe bars vary from $1,849-$2,245.
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Posted in Designer, Home Decor, Luxury, Shopping on 30 March 2008

Nature’s call is something that one cannot ignore, avoid or delay. And those falling in the elite class do make a choice where to relieve or not. Considering the lifestyle of the majesty, a regal pot is being designed inspired by Dagobert, the last ruler of the 8th Century French Merovingian dynasty. Called Dagobert Throne Toilet, this revolutionary creation by the Herbeau Creations is a retro-looking piece of bathroom art.
Structured using ash wood and finished via hand painted Moustier Polychrome designs, it is quite relaxing. On lifting the lid, the musical clang “Le Bon Roi Dagobert†starts playing to soothe you. And then comes the time to maintain its beauty-Flush Time! Simply tug the pull chain that is escorted by the ringing of a bell. The toilet offers an array of other accessories counting candleholder, ashtray plus a hand painted bowl and plaque. You can install it at your place for $9,874.
Via TrendHunter/ Dvice
Posted in Designer, Furniture, Home Decor on 29 March 2008

Designed by Sotirios Papadopoulos, the offering of full moon sideboard is one of the limited edition of counted 24 pieces. Produced by Italian design company Ennezero, this persuasive accessory is a welcoming entrant to the exquisite form of la luna, which is pragmatically render with an eco-friendly paint called ELI (”Ecolightinside”), discovered by Papadopoulos himself. Unlike any ordinary or honored eco-friendly paint, this paint produces special effects in the dark, thereby shining larger than life/ actual moon.

Artist says that ELI is a gel-coat that’s tailored from a particular environmental powder. Papadapoulous in an interview disclosed that luxury is something that makes your survival more bearable and he as a hard core believer or rather worshipper of design believes that design is no less than the “tenth Muse.”

Aren’t the responses beautiful? It is been said that Fullmoon sideboard will be exhibited at the SOHO gallery in Milan for the “dEMOsign” exhibition.
Via InventorSpot/ YankoDesign
Posted in Designer, Furniture, Home Decor on 29 March 2008

The mindset and mood of an individual is governed by his surroundings. Most of us spend good hours of the day at work with a hope to come back and regain the peace of mind. And if one happens to be amidst boring interiors the no fun. Today, the need is to bring originality to the interior décor and the best way is to deal with available accessories by modifying them, thereby making them look much more appealing.

Likewise, here we have this door: Unlike your ordinary glass doors, Smilodon imprinted a striking dragon and dagger design into it and then crammed it with LED and here you have the final product. Based in Norway, the designer LED-encrusted work features two shades, blue for the dagger and white illumination on the dragon looks really amazing.

It is truly amazing.
Via TrendHunter/ Core77
Posted in Designer, Furniture, Home Decor on 29 March 2008

It’s not only distinctive but a devil creation. Designed by the studio of invention Décadrages and being promoted under the brand BedUP, the bed featured above is a perfect fit for those who keep on cribbing about space crunch. Falling from the ceiling, this innovative furniture piece can help you save around 4 sq mt in your apartment and believe me those who are adjusting in den like space would surely respect this creation.

During day-time, you can store this bed on the ceiling — the undersurface turns ceiling with the choice of incorporated illumination. Come night and this bed is all yours to burn your stress. It descends likewise an elevator to a designated height, thus upholds the stay of furniture previously placed beneath it. It is not only its functionality that rotates your eye lids but also equal respect goes to its judicious and graceful design and structure.
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Posted in Designer, Furniture, Home Decor on 29 March 2008

Designed in U.K, this twist drawer is a new entrant to the unique industry of furniture fittings. Sticking to its name, the drawer set comprising of 1-5 drawers twists at an angle of 360 degrees. This exclusive creation by Heal’s comes in a variety of multihued lacquered wood with glass, and the velour inner side of the drawers can be ordered in any pantone reference shade with no extra cost. This fully assembled furniture accessory can be yours for £1500. This single drawer would respect the needs of all women staying in a common house as once they reach the drawer to get ready; the drawer opens up in their direction with a light press.
Via Heals
Posted in Designer, Furniture, Home Decor, Shopping, Speakers on 29 March 2008

The very mention of waterbeds would mean an invitation for those who have some extra dough to burn unless it is being used by patient suffering from bedsores. It would be wrong to label these beds as similar to floating beds. It is designed by Akva Sound, a company that have experimented with the impossible possibilities and produced this waterbed integrated with built-in-speakers. The incredible team has carved laurels by utilizing the potential of water as a sound and oscillation carrier that led to its birth. Akva Sound is equipped with revolutionary base plate that gives space to loudspeakers fitted inside the bed.
Posted in Designer, Home Decor on 28 March 2008

By now I have served you with coffee on coffee aquarium table and made you stay inside an aquarium, albeit virtually but I did!
Today, I am feeling high and want to introduce you to the ultra-cool form of aquarium viz. the Moody Acquario cum bathtub. I can sense the concept of the masterwork but cannot relate to the logic behind it. Bearing a price tag of $14,500, it makes you think twice before inking a deal. Why? One questions its comfort and also the scariness attached. I am being sarcastical this time as those petty fishes would be horrified to see your naked giant body and must be silently laughing at your whale like figure. Truly, bringing this home would offer you a stay in the natural environment. It is layered with tempered glass and wood.
Thanks, James!




