Here is a functional piece of furnishing that should be perfect for homes which don’t have the luxury of space. The Ludovico Chest may seem like a standard chest to where you can stock up your clothes and stuff but come a bit closer and you may be surprised to find that this is actually a chest which can transform into a nifty chair and table set.

The Ludovico Chest was designed by Claudio Sibille of Uruguay. It is made from eucalyptus wood and can really throw you off into believing it is a standard chest for putting you clutter in order. Remove the table and pull out the chairs, and suddenly you have a complete set of furniture that can disappear again at a moment’s notice.

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Transformable Ludovico Chest

Hence, whatever occasion such as perhaps fine dining occasions, swimming or casual wear, you don’t have to bear with the burden of having to figure out what clothing you want to put on. Snappy Dresser uses a system based on common sense reasoning that matches clothes styles and functions with the concepts needed for the context.

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A Snappy Dresser from Nelly Trakidou

The whole thing was designed by Antik Kombo who made this chair with only two legs. The chair back box portion offers the necessary balance for it, serving as a storage box or a shelf. Keep it in on a hallway, next to a larger dresser and it will stay true to its name. The silent servant will help you store shoes, small objects and clothes.

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Silent Servant Chair Back

The step stool should be ideal in case you want to take out other stuff stored in high places in your home. But what makes the stool cool is the fact that it can be stored easily without worrying about where to place it.

Step stools are known to offer problems as far as adding to clutter problems but the Boost Step Stool is something you can easily hang alongside your clothes or a hook for a more organized household.

The Boost Step Stool has a thin profile and a clean and attractive style that should work in most closets or even the kitchen. In addition to hanging up, this step stool can also stand up when folded. The non-slip legs on the stool allow it to stand up by itself. Made with an aluminum frame and plastic steps, the Boost Step Stool is a sturdy and lightweight device for easy lifting and carrying.

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The Boost Step Stool

Here is a solution for people who are always on the go. At first, it may seem like a rusty old luggage bag whose only function is to provide storage to your clothes and stuffs. However, explore it closer and you may be surprised to find that this is a multi-functional solution that can be a picnic table or even a music player too.

Given these features, this is one useful old-fashioned looking luggage solution that should bring out all the stops that next time you go out with some friends or members of the family. It should perk up your outdoor boredom by allowing you to amplify some music which can be done by plugging in your iPod. The speaker system can be recharged using a mini boot USB charger.

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Picnic Luggage, Table and Music Player

If you are on the lookout for unique and different shelvings, check out the Victor Wooden Shelves. They were designed by Daniel Becker of Germany, made out of solid oak wood and quilt backs over the traditional materials shelves were made.

With the use of quilts, people get another material to consider. It gives quilting another dimension, something that initially limited it to bedding, clothes and some sofas. Using fabric-covered MDF panels, these shelves provide a new type of accent for any home. They should easily be adored inside homes and are available in two sizes. Alternatively, these wooden shelves can be hung on the wall.

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Victor Wooden Shelves

If you are looking for more storage using uniquely designed containers, the Peekaboo Dresser should be something to check out. The dresser shies away from the usual cabinets that are pulled out to place your clothes and stuff. Rather, the Peekaboo Dresser comes with a set of storing units in an odd but different shape and can be easily swiveled out whenever you need to place something for safekeeping.

The dresser features laminated drawers made from bamboo materials to offer a neat presentation of sort for people who want something queer in their home or their room. The design makes it a great fit for any modern to contemporary home design, storing away the clutter while perking up the place with its different make.

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The Peekaboo Dresser

Clothing stands were designed in a way where people could easily hang their clothes and make sure that there is less clutter in their homes. However, there are some people who could care less and ignore the standard racks but Alberto Brogliato may have something to change all that.

The Godot Clothing stands is an unusual coat rack which brings together some fantasy worlds In organic and abstract ways. The rack is equipped with a curious hollow for stowing away items and interchangeable hangers of different colors. Not only is this rack unique, it offers a whole new option and potentially more assistance each time you get home and surrender your jacket or coat before proceeding to your home itineraries.

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Godot Clothing Stand

From the looks of it, this is one design that could be useful if you have a laundry business. But then again, the Laundry Furniture Design is an ergonomic design that should make sure you don’t run out of storage any time.

With this design idea, you will always have storage at all times and for anything. The idea offers an ultra-fashionable way of making sure your clothes are washed and hung properly. This chic new line offers plenty of storage, rails and hangers, ensuring every closet need is conveniently at hand, from the wash to drawer.

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Ergonomic Laundry Furniture Design

If you want something different in your home, here is one for you. It is called the Twister Shelf Concept, an oddly designed shelf that comes with shaped hangars that should hold your belongings and offer a tidier environment.

The modules are shaped in the form of organic leaves and are curved and varied in size to accommodate smaller to bigger objects like keys, mobile phones, wallets, scarves, etc. The Twister Shelf Concept should be great for pads and modernly designed homes, particularly the ones looking for something different to organize their clothes and other clutter.

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The Twister Shelf Concept

In another odd creation meant to serve a purpose, the Hiroshima Coat Rack supposedly reminisces about the historical bombing of Japan. The idea may be great but it seems that maybe only the few people who have memories of the debacle may find this coat rack interesting. Take note… MAYBE!

The clothes hooks, designed by Mehmet Erdi Özgürlük & Anıl Ercan and could be something trendy for a home. A unique idea but certainly something that may not gain much rapport.

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The Hiroshima Coat Rack

Hangers are known for addressing the way we hold clothes but apparently here are some that have been put to another use. Apparently the Light Mi takes the familiar hanger forms and bunches them together to produce this neat looking chandelier type of a lighting display great for homes.

It carries a mix of a bird cage and a hanging chandelier, a new twist for people looking to add some sensible lighting to go with their individual interior designing preferences.

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The Light Mi Mixes Lighting Solutions with Hangers

This armoire may project a familiar shape if you are fond of watching David Blane and other magicians when it is time to cut a person in half. But realistically, this is actually a mobile closet in disguise. The armoire is pegged with swords but don’t worry about sharp objects when you open it. They are actually the acrylic shelves that holds your stuff when you need to store and organize clothes or even books.

And as you would guess, if you feel there is too much holders, you can always take out some and provide more room for hanged clothes which you don’t want to get crumpled. The Magician Sword Box Armoire is a brainchild of Rafael Morgan.

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Magician Sword Box Armoire

When it comes to making sure your clothes do not lose their zing and use, Really Useful Product Inc. unveils a new product with these innovative Z-hangers. Awarded the IPEX 2008 Invention of the Year award, these hangers protect garment collars from being stretched, often the case when people want to wear them instantly.

The Z-Hanger’s revolutionary design protects garment collars from being stretched-out, even with the top button buttoned. The Z-Hangers were a “sellout success” at their première at the Magic Show in Las Vegas this year. The Velvet version of the Z-Hanger has been featured on the “Style” and “Fine Living” channels.

This product is not affiliated with Bedzine.

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Z-Hangers for Wiser Clothing

For storage solutions that children need, here is a great tool chest drawer that can be a great option. Kids have lots of toys and stuff. And if there is one thing that parents hate is seeing a messy room where kids leave most of their clothes and toys sprawled.

As a whole it looks like the usual storage bin that mechanics use when they play Mr. Fix It. Depending on how neat they keep this tool chest drawer, proper organization and storage is important. This tool chest dresser should be a great fit for kids who need direction on how to properly store their belongings with a little help from their folks of course!

Price: $80.99

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Tool Chest Dresser

LG Electronics is taking the age of modern laundry to a different light with the use of their LG Motioncare Technology, LG Electronics announces its new line of laundry solutions aimed to reinvent the modern-day laundry room with product performance enhancements as well as an expansion of the popular, distinctive square-door design across its washer/dryer line.

Additional 2009 performance enhancements include the LG MotionCare Technology, which uses new cleansing motions to care for clothes and save time and energy; the unique LG TrueBalance system, to significantly reduce vibration; and an expansion of the company’s pioneering TrueSteam technology, which offers advanced functionality including the ability to reduce allergens and wrinkles from fabrics.

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LG Electronics Laundry Solutions

If you are single and live in a small apartment, this might be the perfect bed as you can use the storage space underneath the bed for your clothes while the bed itself is sized perfectly for a small bedroom.

Priced at $379.99, this sure beats prices for most platform beds which don’t come with storage.

Price: $379.99 on Amazon

Espresso Finish Queen Size Platform Captain Storage Bed!

For sure, most kids are fans of this famous kiddie show, Thomas the Train. And while we see a lot of toys and clothes in the market that they often want us to buy, here is one that they can serve as a good hider or protector when they hit the sack.

Fitted to slide between any twin-size mattress and box spring, the Thomas Bed Hide Out doubles-up as a play environment that can be connected to most EZ Twist products via the crawl-through tunnel port. Featuring fun images of Thomas, this Bed Hide Out features tie-off windows for hiding play, as well as EZ Twist¿s patented twist-and-fold technology for instant set-up and easy storage.

Turn any ordinary twin bed into a fantastic retreat. Lightweight, durable polyester bed topper features adventurous graphics, under-bed storage flaps and a crawl-through tunnel port. Tie off the windows for hideaway play. Bed topper folds flat when not in use. Measures 78″L x 60″W x 40″H. Connects to other Twist ‘N Fold Play-Hut items, sold separately.

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Thomas the Tank Bed Topper

One thing that people need in most rooms are holders when they want to hang some clothing temporarily. We see a lot of them in plastic and wood in the market today but while you are at it, why not get stylish?

Looking like the end of a branch sticking out of your wall with a little bird sitting on each, these Sparrow Hooks look good even when not in use. When you do use them, each hook offers multiple points to hang things from. And these are birds that won’t wake you up with their chirping at dawn.

Price: $20.00

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Sparrow Hooks for Clothes

Some homes have their maids while others leave that to their moms. But if you really have nothing else to do, take the initiative. Once you start with that, you are bound to notice other stuff such as clothes hanging around or perhaps some books left in disarray. The key to an organized life is having a properly maintained room so start with a well-made bed that can kick off your ideal room organization. It has a bearing on how to start your day right.

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What Does it take to Make A Bed?

In these times where not even your home is safe from potential bugs and diseases carrying insects, it would be best to get good pest control services that is water-based over the standard ones that make use of harmful chemicals and can even stick to your furniture and clothes if you don’t cover them up properly.

That is perhaps why water-based pest control service is now better. Other than not being harmful to the lungs, they are safer and provide lesser worries since they are odorless.

People may not be able to smell them, but the bugs can so when you ask for a pest control service, make sure you get the water-based to keep your home bug and insect-free.

Get Water Based Pest Control from the Pros

Depending on your practice, bed sheets would often follow a certain interval as far as changing them. This excludes instances of course like perhaps bed wetting or when the baby throws up. But setting aside these situations, some schedule bed sheet replacement normally weekly or if you are that fond of cleaning and have a lot spare bed sheets around, maybe twice a week.

Of the two, it seems that a weekly schedule is the better alternative. Consider the following things that can happen in a week to your bed sheet:

1. Building up of dust mites that can cause skin irritation
2. Mixture of sweat or unsanitary body fluids while we are sleeping
3. Accumulation of dirt from clothes when we lay down
4. Baby issues like vomiting or bet wetting

For sure a lot of us have had these issues at one time or another. But we also have to consider the following:

1. Bed sheets available for use
2. Cleaning issues
3. Green issues that include cutting down on use of water and detergents

But to be safe, a weekly changing of bed sheets is advisable. Besides, you don’t want to sleep in a bed that may have issues as far as skin and sanitary ones are concerned. It is just a matter of trying to put hygiene into it and a week is perhaps the best period to call it safely.

Scheduling the Change of Bed Sheets

When it comes to finding good places to hang your clothes, pants or coat, changes are you will be getting some of these hooks or holders that often come with dual adhesive tape to which you just align and install it at the back of your door or even walls. Now while that may solve the problem, it would be best to consider the proper number of hooks or holders in a certain room. Some would overdo it, making the room look more like a carnage room rather than a place to stay in.

Ideally, placing a pair of hooks at the back of the door is enough. For walls, 3 to 4 spread evenly is enough. Going above this number will make your room look in disarray since can you just imagine all of your clothes and stuff hanging in most of the wall area? That would really be something that anyone would hate to see.

Use your closets or hangers if you don’t have a place to throw your clothes. It takes a little effort and is certainly better than having a room that is over-hooked with these holders.

Don’t “Over-Hook” Your Room

Don’t you just hate it when you have a wrinkled shirt to put on? For the women, how about a blouse that seems to need ironing due to improper placement? Many could care less but as a whole they can make a difference as far as proper attire is concerned.

Closets are a requirement for home owners and while many would stick it out with the drawers where they can fold their clothes and store them properly, it just remains there are wardrobe and apparel like polo shirts or dresses that need to be hung rather than folded.

So what complements a closet? Quality hangers are no less required as well. Some hate the sight of hangers but they are really a need if you want to properly place your clothes in closets. Don’t underly the need for closets as they are certainly needed as well in rooms that people stay in.

(Source) Forbes

Hang Clothes in Luxury Closets

Each home is bound to have problems when it comes to organization and cabinets need to be designed in a way to put things in their proper places. We would usually see the stuff hanging around and apparently, it all boils down to the features and the overall design of cabinets we have in our homes.

The Gliss 5th system embraces freedom of space and addresses various wardrobe needs with its functional and movable clothes rods, shelves, and storage cabinets. With modernly classic interiors and infinite configurations made to fit any new necessity, the Gliss 5th system is the new innovation in storing everyday essentials.

So if you want a more organized way of storing things without any worries, check out what Furnitalia has to offer. It may be the right fit to make your home more organized and better to manage.

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Organize Your Stuff With Gliss 5th Storage Cabinets

For people who want classic interiors and home designs, the ideas are best inherited from the people who have already made their mark. For people like Mogul designer Thomas Pisicitello, adding a sexy pitch towards modern designs that people have been used to is a good business transition that can be both stylish and catchy.

So if you have seen those past alluring designs, check out Mogul’s new Haute Hollywood 2008 collection. You are bound to find something familiar and of course worthy to purchase with the right funds.

“The store is warm and very, very sexy with that Gucci-Tom Ford influence,” Piscitello said. “I live in his clothes and he could definitely live in this store. They have the same feeling. We’re all reading off the same page.”

Mogul opened in November 2005 and is Piscitello and Wagner’s second retail venture. The first was Belux, a more classically oriented design shop that opened in 2001 and was run by the designers before being sold to their furniture manufacturing partners in 2005.

“We wanted to do a new spin on the classic old Hollywood style and make it more modern,” Piscitello said of the difference between the old and the new store’s aesthetic. “We took Mid-century elements and then changed them a bit to create a new eclectic mix with a strong fashion influence.”

(Source) Furniture Style

Mogul Revives Sexy Interiors and Home Designs

Storage is something that many people have trouble with, especially when it comes to looking for the right cabinets or drawers to place their other things. Clothes, bed linens and blankets, it is normal to always have this dilemma and while you are already full of large drawers and walk-in closets to accommodate your needs, turning to bamboo-finished baskets or rattan can be a good alternative for your problems.

Best of all, they are more affordable for the wise consumer. Add to the fact that their presence can signal another dimension of bedroom enhancement with a new view of a touch of art when it comes to conceptualization and interior ideas.

And the best part of it is the price. They are all worth less than $60.00. So if you have storage issues, this is an alternative you should definitely check out.

When it comes to corralling clutter, few storage solutions are better (or more appealing) than baskets.

“They’re so versatile,” says Maryland-based designer and shop owner Dennese Guadaloupe-Rojas, “and they provide a nice visual element as well.”

(Source) Washington Post

Making Your Bedroom a “Basket Case”

1. Lolly Sofa looks to be created from designer who likes lolli-pops.
2. Luna Bed might be for super-contemporary rooms.
3. Mini Bent Ply Stand is a funny looking bookshelf.
4. Ah gowd, we featured Lumeo Bed here once again, it must be real popular.
5. Your dog will love the Wave Bed.
6. Darling Bench looks very useful for DIYers.
7. Ah gowd!  I love this hugging chair!
8. Invite your loved ghosts with the Ghost Sofa!
9. DIY Wallpaper is a pretty slick idea.
10. Matera Queen Bed has room for your clothes too.
11. Leggero Bed is another simple, modern stylish bed.
12. Plantation Day Bed might be good for toddlers.
13. Did I just hear “Blur” Lounge Chair?  It even sounds comfortable.
14. IKEA Ektorp Loveseat does look very ugly…
15. Yey, Robot Wall decals for your geeky kids!
16. Here’s a fun DIY that shows you how to turn IKEA furniture into a gaming machine thingee.
17. The DIY Sofabed!
18. How to make headboard from your photos!
19. IKEA Odda Bed is perfect for your guest room.
20. The Pixel Wallpaper is amazing.

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Technology has changed our lives today and apparently we can see them in the appliances that we buy. One thing that we consider a good buy would be the added features in most appliances, making life entirely easier for us to do.

Among the normal appliances we have at home would be the usual washing machines. For most, it helps ease the pain of laundry and with modern technology each year, you can see that features such as the identification and eradication of unwanted bacteria in clothing you can just imagine the best to come in the years that will follow in advanced technology in appliances we see in the market.

‘Silver Nano’ wash system from Samsung combines the disinfectant and antibiotic properties of electrolytic silver nano-particles while washing. The silver ions created while washing not only leave clothes bacteria-free but are energy efficient too.

“Our endeavor is to introduce more and more health friendly products for consumers. To make life easy for consumers we are continuously investing in R&D for developing new technology and invest around 8% of our global sales turnover in R&D every year,” says R Zutshi, Deputy MD, Samsung India.

(Source) The Economic Times

Silver Nano Washing Machines for Healthier Living

But thanks to innovative bedroom designs, kids can have the chance to be responsible without anyone telling them to do so. Some may call it as dependent on how these young ones were brought up. However regardless of this, the idea of cleaning up your bedroom implemented towards them will surely be something that they will thank their parents one day, especially when they start living their own lives.

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Bed Organizers for Kids

Modern cabin bed with everything an excellent grading student would need. A place to study, a place to store books and their basketball, a place to sleep, a chair and even drawers to store their clothes. Wait, teenagers don’t store their clothes, it’s just thrown all over the place. Oh well, it’s a bonus anyway.Flatpack for easy home assembly.

Cabin Bed

Cabin Bed

Wow. I like this. This is the 21^st inspiration of the bedroom design. The theme color of the bedroom is orange. It really matches with the wooden floor. Besides, the design of the cabinet of the room is really nice. You can even change your clothes in that cabinet. The structure of the cabinet is really very organize and nice.

Bedroom Inspiration #21

Ever heard about the “10 minutes or your money back guaranteed” says your local Pizza restaurant. So before your pizza boy comes to your door step, you can make your messy room clean in 10 minutes. Here’s the tip :-

1.Pick all of your clothes and books; things like that.
2.Put them in a pile on your bed or dresser (mainly just a flat surface).
3.Pick up the first thing on top of the pile and put it where it belongs.
4.Do that for the rest of the items. For example, hang up clothes, put books in your bookcases, and shoes in closet.
5.Dust, but if you want to make it fun, dance while you dust.
6.To make cleaning your room fun, make it into a game. If your friend is over, then to this:
7.Set a timer for two minutes
8.Start the timer, and make sure that your friend has a pen/pencil, and a pad of paper.
9.Pick up as many things as you can, while your friend tallies them.
10.When the time is up, switch. Then compare how much you two did.
11.If you repeat the friend cleaning process, your room will get cleaned.

More tips at wikihow. Opss….., your pizza is at the door now !

How to Clean Your Room in 10 Minutes