Do you suffer from Insomnia? Or do you have a penchant for exclusive hand-crafted beds? Then do take a look at the Savoir Bed range which is also found in the elite Savoy Hotels. The beds range from $8,000 to $55,000  and are a favorite among the Page 6 crowd including Emma Thompson, Liza Minnelli, King Hassan of Morocco and Princess Yasmin Aga Khan. Hand-crafted in the United Kingdom, the Savoir Beds seek to provide a complete bespoke experience to their patrons.

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The Savoir Bed

Renowned designer Karim Rashid offers another bunch of home furnishings with the Woopy Armchair and Bar Stool. These are new colorful furnishing solutions for the home or maybe even the office setting.

The stools were made from single rotomoulded polyethylene pieces and are also available in different colors like white, red, coral, grey, light green, amethyst and blue. The Woopy Armchair and Bar Stool is perfect to host guests, both for indoor and outdoor use which should more than compliment you for being a good host on certain functions and occasions.

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Karim Rashid Woopy Armchair and Bar Stool

For the people looking at new kinds of chairs or stools, here is one for you. This is the Leaf Stool and Bar Chair something from Korean designer Hyunsoo Choi. The chair carries a simple yet functional design, something organically aesthetic.

Ideal for the people who want a more natural look as far as indoor home furnishings are concerned. The Leaf Stool and Bar Chair is something natural and even comes in pastel colors and plain wood finishes. Elegant and chic, it really brings a sense of nature inside one’s living space. Since it looks like a typical piece of furniture minus its subtle arching backrest that is definitely a feat to be acknowledged.

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Leaf Stool and Bar Chair

It seems that car companies are being eyes as the next inspiration for home furnishings. After seeing that 1957 Chevy Chair, now we see an Aston Martin-inspired sofa. The sofa comes with a significant Italian signature and boasts of advanced industrial technologies like carbon and kevlar compounds hand in hand with materials like leather and cashmere.

The Aston Martin Sofa is made up of a frame of steel and is capped by a leather finish. The chaise lounge is all elegance with its monocoque bodywork made of carbon fiber with aluminum applications.

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Aston Martin Sofas

Here is a classy Apple-inspired device that should combine fairly well with your home furnishings. Though it may not be the first time you would see an iPod Lamp, this new one from Hammacher Schlemmer is designed more to look like a sturdy light emitting piece which retails for about $199.95.

It will support either an iPhone 3GS or higher or iPod, plays music through two 10-watt speakers, and has a AUX input to attach external music devices. The iPod Lamp offers a linen lampshade and the stand is made from hardwood with brushed nickel adornments.

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The iPod Lamp

The Minus 13 chair may seem like a rough seat to check out but it is really made up of 56 magnetic pillows what is keeping it in shape. The chair carries a contemporary design and is a perfect add for the modern home.

Seems like the Minus chair is another one of those disassemble and then assemble home furnishings and from the looks of it, you may even end up creating something new.

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The Minus 13 Chair

Here is something unique. With all the great designs we see as far as home furnishings are concerned, who would ever think that a bunch of 5 year olds could come up with something like this Doggy Table. Apparently it was an experiment that Quentin de Coster had in mind, putting together 5 kids to see what they could produce.

All of the drawings drawn by the kids were interpreted and transformed into this dog-table. It comes in the size a kid would ideally be tied up with and even has a kid-container for all the drawing utensils a kid would normally need.

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Doggy Table for Kids

For sure you have seen some of the craziest design concepts as far as home furnishings are concerned and this Athena Sofa is bound to be familiar to most of you. Though close to being a La-Z-boy of sorts, this sofa has an integrated multimedia PC with a couple of LCD displays which come out at the armrests.

Further, they also have an iPhone or iPod dock which allows you to play music while relaxing on them. And yes, they do have integrated speakers as well, including an 8” subwoofer. But aside from these perks, the overall design is what is pretty important about the Athena Sofa.

And now the hard part, the price! This Athena Sofa will cost you a whopping $15,436. Not a cheap price for a multi-functional piece of furniture.

(Source) Oh Gizmo

The Athena Sofa from Switzerland

The Rendez-Vous table and kitchen is both space saving and a work of genius. For people who want to cook and eat once done, here is a great table design from Electrolux that is bound to be a want, especially for the rich and famous.

Designed by Electrolux, there is no doubt that modern homes that have a knack for highly expensive home furnishings will go for this 2 in 1 table. It would not be surprising to see this table become similar to the restaurants where they actually cook food right in front of you to which you dine once done.

Rendez-vous is an interactive table, the first of its kind that features a tabletop that embeds an inductive cooking system on the whole surface that uses sensor technology to break away from the dedicated cooking zones, so you can now place the pan anywhere on the tabletop and start cooking. The tabletop powers all your appliances without the use of a cord. A mobile phone or blender can be placed on the surface to charge or activate. Beneath the table are modular drawers that can hold a stove, refrigerator or almost any kitchen appliance depending on your needs. When dining, the drawers tuck away beneath the table. Another futuristic feature of this interactive dining-cum-cooking table is a virtual chef that guides the consumer through the cooking process, making it foolproof.

This product is not affiliated with Bedzine.

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The Rendez-Vous Table and Kitchen

Muji of Japan is adopting a new campaign which they call Recycled, Redesigned which is something that will make any home the target for eco-friendly designs in the modern age. Throughout the rest of March, the retailer will be setting up a series of window displays, made from recycled cardboard, to show-off its new range.

Some of the products include hand-blown vases made from recycled glass; bedlinen, slippers and t-shirts crafted from reused yarn and paper files made from recycled Japanese milk cartons and paper cups. The spring season bedlinens are made from 100 per cent certified Fairtrade or organic cotton, woven from the excess yarn that is usually disposed of.

(Source) My Deco

Muji Unveils Eco-friendly Home Furnishings

People looking for good furniture stores that can provide them alternative indoor furniture solutions and interiors may just find what they are looking for when they visit Habitation, a contemporary home furnishings specialty store which has opened initially at Summit Plaza Drive and has announced expansion plans by next year.

Ranging from bamboo floors, paints with no volatile organic compounds, recycled lighting and tiles made from recycled tires, the petty home owner can find the right stuff to use and purchase by a simple visit to this specialty store. So if you want to know what things you can do to go green, this is an ideal store you should look into.

The 5,000-square-foot showroom in The Summit outdoor mall here offers in-stock as well custom-order goods in transitional and contemporary styles, ranging from designs influenced by American Arts & Crafts to the latest European trends, the company said.

(Source) Furniture Today

Habitation Holds your Green Furniture Solutions

The Caress Bed by Somerton Home Furnishings is made from American Cherry veneer & select hardwood. Having a warm cherry finish, the sleigh bed features a reversed diamond pattern and can be ordered online from here.

The Caress Bed

Normally we would hear of immediate actions when it comes to dangerous home furnishings such as this bassinet from Sears. Apparently, there have been some hazard complaints that included a 10-week-old girl who had slipped out the side of the bassinet between a lower horizontal railing and the mattress, becoming trapped at chest level in the 4-inch gap. If she had slipped a little bit more then she would have died.

Apparently, the said complaint which was phoned in by the mother never got the action needed to address the issue. According to sources, it looks like the people who took down the complaint just took the details but failed to note the severity of the danger it brings.

For what it is worth, parents are being egged to be careful of this Simplicity 4-in-1 convertible bassinet. Avoid it or if you have one, address it to the makers immediately before something untoward happens.

(Source) Canada.com

No Action Yet on Simplicity 4-in-1 Convertible Bassinet Issue

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Devonshire Paisley Bedding

Ok here we go again. A new round of recalls has been announced due to some safety issues but this time around they are not from China. Rather, thanks to the incidents that have been reported on one occasion or another, it can be seen that these stuff which include hammock stands, toasters, chest drawers and boilers have caused injury to consumers who have bought them.

• Hammock stands. About 30,000 wooden hammock stands, manufactured in China and imported by Pottery Barn, because the stand can deteriorate over time when used outdoors. This poses a risk of falls and cuts. The company has received 12 reports of injuries. The stands were sold through the Pottery Barn catalog and Web site between March 2003 and July 2008.

• Toasters. About 210,000 General Electric toasters, manufactured in China and imported by Wal-Mart Stores, because they can short-circuit and pose a fire or shock hazard. The toasters were sold at Wal-Mart Stores around the country between September 2007 and July 2008.

• Chest of drawers. About 5,000 KVIBY chests, manufactured in Denmark by Ikea Home Furnishings, because the glass knobs on the drawers can break, posing a risk of cuts. The company received three reports of cuts in the United States that required medical attention. The chests were sold at Ikea stores around the country between August 2007 and July 2008.

• Boilers. About 4,600 Vitodens 200 boilers, manufactured in Canada by Viessmann Manufacturing, because the gas can leak. This poses a fire hazard. The boilers were sold by plumbing and heating contractors around the country between January 2002 and December 2007.

If you think you bought any of these during the said dates, check out your receipts and the brand. Do not allow yourself to be the next victim.

(Source) The Seattle Times

Recalls on Hammock Stands and Appliances Announced

We will always have surplus books in our home and perhaps the issue here would be how to get rid of them. In fact, ask yourself again and wonder if you should!

Books are good for reading and perhaps donating them or selling them to people who may need them is a good recourse. But did you know you could also turn some books into vases that could be good furnishings for your home?

All it really takes is creativity and imagination and you can come up with the unique home furnishings that may be better than buying any in the market. So before you dispose those unwanted books, see first if you can make use of them in any other way.

My idea of using second hand books came around after doing research into common unwanted objects. One of the most common unwanted objects that can be found at either charity shops, car boot sales and sometimes on the streets are books. I discovered that the glue in old books make them extremely difficult to recycle. Aware of this I challenged myself to turn the second hand books that I had been collecting, into desirable objects such as furniture, lighting and ornaments.

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Vases Made from Old Books

When it comes to leather, unless you are able to carefully maintain and take care of them, chances are they will wear out easily. We have seen most leather made furniture such as chairs, sofas and the usual couch at home and if we fail to address the proper way to clean them or care for them, they will soon loose their aura.

But thanks to innovations similar to seat covers, Cover my furniture now offers a great way to bring back the luster and add some ideas to present home furnishings as well. Leather covers can cover up the worn out home pieces and project a better image. Better yet, if you have the traditional cloth covers, you can also turn to these leather covers to change the style that they normally had.

Not a bad way to brighten up your home especially if you are thinking modern these days.

(Source) PR Web

Leather Covers can Rekindle Worn Out Furniture

For one thing, sales are being held due to overstock of old items that may not necessarily be categorized as the fast moving items. A lot of these are home furnishings and if you are wise you would take a closer look if they are indeed worthy purchasing. They may not be hot right now and for sure if you have the product worth extinct, you would agree that it does not always follow that you are getting a bargain.

Finally, the timing of your purchase is crucial – which means you may have done well to wait until the last days of clearance. Most stores are unwilling to discuss quite how low they will go, but at Heal’s, where a spirit of openness prevails, they cheerfully disclose that there will be reductions of up to 70% in the last week.

(Source) Times Online

Avoid The Home Furniture Discount and Sale Baits