The Midas Touch: Gold Covered Living Room Furniture
Designer Philip Plein clearly has the Midas Touch. He has created a living room set using several forms of gold – such as gold-plating, solid gold, or simply a manufactured shade. Plein’s set comprises of a royal nest with a sofa, a coffee table, an arm chair, a side table, lampshades, and cushions. Whether it […]
Calvin Klein – Luxury Fashion to Luxury Furniture
If you are looking to refurnish your house and don’t mind the price tag, you may want to hold off on making any purchases. Good news. Calvin Klein has announced the launching of two designer furniture lines. The two lines are called ‘Calvin Klein’ and ‘The Curator Collection by Calvin Klein Home.’ Calvin Klein spells […]
IKEA Organises Furniture Swap
Over the past few years, swapping clothing, books, music and movies has taken off around the world, with groups meeting for swaps offline and online. Now, Marquette Turner has learnt from it’s sources that flat-pack behemoth IKEA is organizing a furniture swap at its Amsterdam store: a husselmarkt. The swap, which will take place on […]
The House That Jacqui Built!
The head of the German division of IKEA, the Swedish home products retailer, has stated that it is the company’s female customers that excel when it comes to assembling its furniture. It won’t come as a surprise to many to learn that the reason for this is that the men rarely look at the assembly […]
X-Sense Swarovski Crystal Bathroom Faucets
An excess or refined luxury? The X-Sense limited edition faucets from Newform have been produced with Swarovski crystals embedded. Simon Turner FYI: Read related articles on bathrooms; or interior design; or luxury furniture
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THIS WEEKS STORIES: Luxury is…Elizabeth Taylor’s Homes; the Great Australian Tax Grab; Phone Box Furniture; The Blind Leading The Blind; London Luxury Home Prices Falling; Loofah Homes; and more… The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to former Finnish President and international peace envoy, Martti Ahtisaari. He has been instrumental in bringing peace, or […]
Recyclable Homes: The Loofah Project
One of the Laureates of the 2008 Rolex Awards, which rewards pioneering and enterprising individuals, is Elsa Zaldivar from Paraguay, a poor, landlocked country in the heart of South America, who has found a new use for an old vegetable. Elsa has been a long-time advocate and helper to the poor whilst being environmentally conscious. […]
The Big Red Phone Box Collection
Artist Finn Stone (notice the subtle name on the top of the box) has used former English telephone boxes as the basis of his latest collection. The Lamp is eight feet tall and costs a cool $6,498 USD. Here’s the chair: Also to come is the sofa and the bath tub! Simon Turner FYI: Read […]
Design Miami: The Gold and Diamond Chandelier
Encrusted with 220 carats of diamonds, the Gold & Diamond Chandelier has been created by London-based jewelry designer Solange Azagury-Partridge. It is made from delicate links suspended in arcs to form a pear shape that ends in a sharp point, reminiscent of the central medallions of ancient Persian rugs. The Chandelier is 18 caret white […]
Customise Your Own Luxury Bathtub
Gruppo Treesse gives you a chance to order a custom bathtub. The default designs are simple and provide an excellent canvas that allows you to customize at your whim. The Epoca, Epoca Egg, Nina, and New Classic Young designs allow touches such as Swarovski crystals, decorative designs, capitonne upholstery, all of which will seriously add […]
The Swarovski Diamond Kitchen
Japanese company Toyo has created D-Land, a kitchen-dining area that is sleek and sophisticated. Raised above the floor, the units have a stainless-glassy finish, with clean cut lines, and dazzling Swarovski crystals encrusted handles. The Marquette Turner Luxury Homes team has not encountered a kitchen quite like it – yet! Simon Turner FYI: Read other […]
The Hover Chair: Float On Cloud Nine
TThe Hover Chair could be something straight out of Star Wars. In fact, Keith Dixon, the creator of this lounger states that his inspiration came from the anti-gravity Land Speeder vehicles in the Star Wars films. Using powerful magnets to float in the air floating is indeed possible, but maybe the $9620 price tag may […]
All Bar None: The Most Futuristic Bar So Far
This futuristic bar, designed by architect Zaha Hadid, is not just any piece of furniture and definitely goes where no bar has gone before. Finished with a metallic surface, it’s sweeping lines certainly wouldn’t look out of place on the Starship Enterprise. Or, if that’s not such a possibility right now, you could no doubt […]
The luxurious Hot Bed
A bed is not simply a practical piece of furniture. For those that like to sleep comfortably and wake up with a glow, the luxurious Hot Bed, hand-crafted with stained glass and stainless steel, is available for $US10,500. A good night’s sleep may seem somewhat costly at first glance, but it’s a small price to […]
The Cabernet Couch
The ‘Cabernet Couch’ has been made by combining a vintage corduroy futon mattress resting upon 33 empty Cabernet jugs that emit a neon glow. This is yet another addition to Californian winemaker Carlo Rossi Vineyard’s “Jug Simple” collection which also includes other furniture and object d’art such as a Chardonnay Chandelier (also with 33 […]
Have a revolving centrepiece to your home
This amazing piece of furniture allows the owner to fit everything in to your daily life: dining, work, recreation and even a place for his son to practice his skills on the electronic keyboards. Capable of making a complete 360 degrees turn at just the touch of a button, imagine being able to watch TV […]
A basement apartment…for over $30million
A basement apartment in London for a little over $30million (Australia) or 16 million pounds, doesn’t just sound like a lot of money: it is a lot of money! Luxury real estate brokers in London know that the Russians are coming, so this is precisely the market that they are targeting. Recently, two basement apartments […]
The ergonomic internet-surfing chair
Up till now we all would prefer our standard desk & office chair for our daily grind at the computer. Thanks to designer Kenneth Lylover, however, you can now a have a totally new approach. You can sit on this odd curved chair on the floor with a keyboard in your laptap and a monitor […]
The ultimate guest bedroom
It’s often exciting to have guests visit your home, and without doubt you want them to feel welcome For extended visits it’s especially important to create a space that will make them feel comfortable, and will be a memorable part of their trip. To ensure that happens, here’s a good checklist that will allow you […]
5 ways to transform your living space
Not all of us have the proverbial room with a view, so to keep things lively on the inside, here are 5 easy tricks for transforming your living space: 1. Repaint, with colour: Like music, colour can work some major mojo. Generally speaking, warm shades (reds, oranges) are energising and cool shades (greens, blues) are […]
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