• DonBracht horizontal shower will rejuvenate your spirit

    One of the few places to spend some solitary time is a shower. These little cubicles that rain those glistening drops of water on our tired backs leave us clean and refreshed. Dornbracht decided to give showers an added touch of luxury and comfort and came up with this horizontal shower design. Instead of having you stand up below a single shower faucet, the Horizontal Shower design lets you lie flat below six shower faucets that rain down on...

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    by gavril, posted February 7, 2012 - 8:18 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Bio-ethanol fireplaces and indoor waterfalls from Acquaefuoco

    The cold winter days are here and there is no better way to toast up your living space than a good fireplace minus the chimney flue and logs of wood. We’re talking about the modern, eco-friendly, bio-ethanol fireplaces from Acquaefuoco that consists of some really innovative designs that also jazz up your interiors besides providing you with warmth. We simply loved the Apollo Table fireplace for its eccentric and compact design pattern of Lacquered steel sheet structure (black or...

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    by shubha, posted January 31, 2012 - 8:41 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Add a dash of nature to your home with Flower sculpture chairs

    Bringing natural elements to your house tends to give it positive vibes. And if you are chair-shopping, then furniture designer and upholsterer, Rabea Giebfried-Nietzard is out with flower sculpture chairs. Shaped as stargazer lily and a poppy among others, Rabea, plans to add more to the collection in the year. Crafted using old Victorian techniques and traditional horsehair filling the artist call her artworks “antiques of tomorrow”....

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    by kamakshi, posted January 31, 2012 - 8:29 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • A $11 million bespoke aquatic complex will allow you to swim with the sharks

    Okeanos Aquascaping, a New York based high-end aquarium and pond design firm, recently earned a spot on the Robb Report’s list of most exclusive holiday gifts with their backyard pool-and-aquarium complex. Starting at $11 million (yes, you read it right) the water complex design features a 30-foot-by-60-foot freshwater swimming pool that shares two of its walls with a massive acrylic saltwater aquarium. Thus with something like this, swimmer will be able to virtually swim alongside angelfish, eels and black-tip...

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    by bree, posted January 30, 2012 - 7:22 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Jewel dazzles up your home with millions of Swarovski crystals

    How much luxury can you use to do up your home? Not enough really! So you need more crystal to shine up your home with Jewel, an exclusive luxury interior finishing product. The Jewel sports over "half a million individual pieces of Swarovski Elements per square meter." More than five years in the making this product contains crystals mixed with a transparent resin to make sure that the walls and furniture stands out. This sparkling resin is applied layer...

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    by kamakshi, posted January 26, 2012 - 7:52 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • The Spiga bookcase let your books rest at an angle

    It's been a while since my search for the perfect book shelf bore satisfactory results. I mean my collection of meticulously picked out books deserves more than a mere rack, right? If you and I think alike, then Gianluca Sgalippa has designed the apt bookshelf for us. The Spiga shelf is created with wood and ABS and is finished with lacquer and ABS edges. Product page aptly describes it as, 'The L shake shelf gradually changes as the angle...

    by kamakshi, posted January 24, 2012 - 7:36 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Lagoon glass sink with a fish is captivating

    This next bathroom fitting is sure to delight adults as well as kids. For Swedish brand Kosta Boda, designer Kjell Engman has designed a very interesting and contemporary glass sink. The Lagoon sink with fish at first resembles an ice-block, however in this case looks can be deceiving. The glass sink is captivating and is produced with decorative bubbles to give it the natural image of water. To make it more interesting a frozen fish has been incorporated within...

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    by babita, posted January 23, 2012 - 3:59 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Monaco moon jelly fish tank is hypnotizing

    Sometime back we enthralled your brains with the world’s largest privately-owned jelly fish tank. Now here is a chance for you to have one of your own, for $2,900. Although unlike the aforementioned aquarium which could accommodate up to 150 moon jelly fish, this one is a more modest version with just 10 allowed at one time. You could perhaps cram in more, but that would not then be such a pretty picture. This aquarium, called The Monaco, comes...

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    by shilpa, posted January 13, 2012 - 5:46 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Big Heart shaped Decanter lets you pour some wine with all your heart

    Don’t we all love a glass of good red wine? And the doctors aren’t all whine-y about its benefits, a prime one being for the heart. Also, it is nice to enjoy a glass poured from a traditional wine bottle and savored over good company and food. Someone had to think out of the box and Bordeaux-based sculptor Etienne Meneau went a mile extra. In order to show how wine becomes modern, the sculptor crated a series of decanters....

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    by shilpa, posted January 11, 2012 - 6:30 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Munna Heritage Revisited Armchair promises best of style and comfort for $49,000

    The holiday season gifting might have come to an end for now but that doesn’t mean you can treat yourself to the classic luxuries of life. Here is the Heritage Revisited Armchair from MUNNA which is an exquisite piece of furniture best suited for bold atmospheres. The silver back here on the chair is completely handcrafted and draws its inspiration from the traditional Portuguese filigree. Besides its classy attire, the armchair affords you endless comfort and wellbeing. The Heritage...

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    by bree, posted January 5, 2012 - 5:29 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Natuzzi Sound Chair gets a glitzy makeover with Swarovski crystals

    A group of seven girls from the Interiors Department of Manipal University in Dubai has proven how sheer talent could take them on an international platform of excellence. Winners of the INDEX Student Challenge 2011 redesigned the luxurious Italian Natuzzi sound chair. They presented four designs of which one that used Swarovski crystals won the bet. The chair which comes with features such as speakers and mp3 players is available for sale at the Natuzzi store on Shaikh Zayed...

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    by shilpa, posted January 2, 2012 - 6:10 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • CTX, the Cadillac of lawn tractor heads to Detroit Auto Show

    We are still few months away from summer here in the US, but if you are in the market for a new lawn mower then head on over to Detroit next month. At their annual North American International Auto Show, Craftsman will display their latest CTX premium tractor series. This new lawn mower is intended for homeowners who own more than two acres or more of property and anyone with that kind of property knows mowing is not all...

    by babita, posted December 31, 2011 - 2:42 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Lion and Giraffe can be gift-wrapped this Christmas

    If bringing in an exotic animal from the wild and taming it well enough to have it live in your crib without biting your arm off is too much of a task for you, we've just stumbled across a pretty decent alternative! These oversized plush animals are bound to have your guests yelp in fear on a first look. Perfect pieces do go down in your family’s heirloom and to be passed on from generations to generations, these also...

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    by gavril, posted November 24, 2011 - 7:50 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Gold Hand and Foot Chair will be desired by King Midas' clan

    Have you ever wanted to sit in the hand of God? OK this isn’t exactly that, but a giant hand with four hideous feet to hold balance as you sit in comfort. Dated to the 20th Century, Mexico the chair is created by Pedro Friedeberg. I might not be able to see it that way, but the Gold Leafed Hand and Foot Sculptural Chair is described as “iconic and amazing”. It should be if you are expected to pay...

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    by kamakshi, posted November 24, 2011 - 2:56 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

  • Döttling unveils Liberty safe collection draped in leather

    Döttling has come out with luxury safes of all sizes, big or small and with all the state-of-the-art-technology that is true to our times. This time around, the brand is out with its newest safe collection that rates high on vanity and safety at the same time. Named as Liberty, these Döttling high-security safe come covered in the finest calfskin and Alcantara interiors. The safe also sports “high-gloss polished fittings and an opulently framed input unit”. Made in Germany,...

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    by kamakshi, posted November 23, 2011 - 2:43 AM in Home Improvement| Comments ()

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