If you found the Simpsons’ chair wacky and neat, wait until you get a gander at the Caricature as Furniture Part 1 Series. The series is made up pop icons that include singers and models to cartoon movie characters, offering a new and lively way of perking up the home with odd but fun looking pieces.

The whole furniture series was designed by 56th Studio, offering a mix of comical and bold pieces that offer a lot of quirky influences from big names. Among them include that of Grace Jones, who happens to be the said muse for the furniture series project.

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Caricature as Furniture Part 1 Series

If you have the cash and are a techie geek, here is a home makeover you will surely love. Although I think this setup was really meant for the uber rich, the Planar Mosaic LCD tiles do promise to offer a high-tech way of perking up the home through displays that allow you to showcase videos or images on each screen.

There are three models of these unique LCD video wall creation. They are the Planar Salvador, the Planar Pablo, and the Planar Vincent. All are variant in shape and sizes, offering you the flexibility to determine which best fits your area.

The beautifully exquisite Planar Mosaic LCD tiles will be on display at the the Digital Signage Expo 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 6-9 and will be available for sale by spring 2012.

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Planar Mosaic LCD Tiles

The Volna Table carries a futuristic shape, something many of you will perhaps see from sci-fi films. Molded in an odd and irregular shape, the table was designed by Nuvist which should be neat for working at home or even at the office.

The tables are available in a variety of models and colors thus making it easier to adapt to any color-themed setting for the home or the office. The Volna Table stands to take you into the future of furniture design which can also easily integrate with any modern setting at that.

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The Volna Table

The light comes from the underneath the worn hat of the lamp which should be more than enough to provide an enchanting effect to shine out from the mosaics that this sculptured lamp boasts.

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Lamp Sculptures from Sicis

The collection of curious furniture includes a redhead, a blonde and a dark brunette, and while the task chairs have been styled with rounded bob haircuts, the fabulous four-legged furnishing boasts floor-length locks.

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The C’hair Chair

Here is a great alternative for homes without heaters or radiators. These are the Patio Heater Lamps, something that can be used indoors and outdoors as well. Made to provide heat in places where it is chilly, these Patio Heater lamps are elegant and outstanding pieces that can illuminate the way for people.

The body of some models even get this ultramodern glow about them when turned on, which takes their already beautiful classic lines and gentle curves to a whole other level. The Patio Heater Lamps were made by Kindle Living.

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Patio Heater Lamps

Add some new light-rendering stuff in your home with the MGX Bloom Table Lamp. This table lamp was designed by Patrick Jouin and offers the evolving versatility of an opening flower that can fine-tune the level of illumination you desire.

It features a polyamide petal-pushing lamp shade that can be collapsed and unfurled, revealing layers of delicate corollas. The MGX Bloom Table Lamp comes in two heights with about 99 models available. The MGX Bloom Table Lamp should be a great lamp to check out, especially if you are the kind who wants something new in your home.

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The MGX Bloom Table Lamp

You would think that gadgets would be the only ones you would see at the CES 2011 in Las Vegas but it seems there are some mattresses in the mix too. Things like the Vivon Prestige luxury mattress line were likewise there, a product in collaboration with Brookstone.

The mattress comes with a built-in massage system that can be used in five modalities with six different motors to provide an enriching full-body massage covering the critical parts of your body. There are three models available. They are the Prestige III, Prestige II and Prestige I priced at $899, $749 and $599 respectively. The mattresses are now available for pre-order.

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Vivon Life Mattresses with Built-in Massage System launched at CES 2011

Whether it is for business or for personal living, the Chool should be something to have. This is a chair and a stool made by James Lucas that comes with a simple backrest as well.

The Chool should be cool for people living in small spaces and is available in 7 different models with varying colors. Simple yet functional, this is another one of those multi-functional furnishings you can consider getting, especially if you have a small living space.

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The Chool: A Chair-Stool Convertible

When bed time comes, work is perhaps left at the office are at that desk you last worked on in your home. But it seems that with the Vivon Positional Bed, you can now rest easy and get some work done.

This bed comes with a built-in “Vivon Verve” massage feature and comes in standard Joy and Bliss positional models. With the aid of built-in positional motors, the bed can be fixed to any position that users would want while offering soothing massage to keep you relaxed when tension from work starts to set in.

Also,Vivon Verve Vivon’s specially developed Restech Memory Foam replaces traditional petroleum-based formulas with a new, healthier blend that includes natural plant oil, real green tea extracts and active charcoal as natural odor control components.

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Vivon Positional Beds Allows You to Work in Bed

The Philips Wakeup Light gets a makeover with the new model, the HF3470. It now carries a more spherical look and features an alarm clock that gradually brightens up like previous models.

The halogen light gradually increases 30 minutes before your wake up time, simulating a natural sunrise. You can wake up to two nature sounds or FM radio at the end of the 30 minute period. The Philips Wake-Up light will become available by September for $99.99 over at Amazon and Target.

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Philips Wakeup Light Now Cheaper and Better

The Discreet Window are blinds which can be programmable depending on a user’s wants. It has four modes where four spheres allow you to operate and control the cords depending on your work activity. The more you work, the dimmer the lighting you will get from the window.

To operate the blinds, all you have to do is move the small spheres on the control cords around by sliding them. Four models of the blinds are available, open, half-open, closed and graph. This allows a user to display digital information about their work on the blinds and works as a self-improvement tool that helps with an overview of working routines.

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The Discreet Window

At some point, your refrigerator may need a new paint job. Especially for the models that have been around for some time now, the normal impulse of people is to have them repainted in the primary color that they were in. But if you look around, why not try something different. Why not employ a unique and one of a kind design catered to your liking?

Coolors makes it possible. They can redesign any home furniture to any design you desire. For starters, here are cool refrigerator designs which can really show off your artistic nature. A wide variety of designs can be chosen or maybe perhaps something more appealing to your liking.

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Coolors Colored Refrigerators

One thing that typifies a great interior designer is getting and blending certain appliances with the overall home design. At times it may be costly while others would have them customized. But if you hop on over at Jenn-Air, you may be surprised that they have refs that can match your kitchen theme like let’s say your kitchen cabinets.

Jenn-Air’s flush-mounted tech is unique, using a special articulated hinge that lets you swing open the doors to greater than a 90-degree angle. Besides that, you get lots of high-tech performance for $6900, including a precision management temperature system that gives you customizable coolness in different areas of the refrigerator.

Jenn-Air also offers three other fully flush models. This includes a 36-inch refrigerator with doors blending with certain kitchen cabinet designs and a bottom freezer. Other models include a 42” and 48” side-by-side refrigerators.

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Flush Mounted Refrigerators for your Kitchen

For home owners who invest heavily in green houses and plants, here is something useful for you. Proper lighting is essential but the proper light resources are needed. Apparently thanks to LED technology, not only will home owners be able to combine alternative energy with proper lighting.

The new LightBlaze 400 improves upon prior models with better cooling, allowing for brighter output and longer life. The new PARBlend color mix provides the spectrums plants crave, resulting in exceptional growth and flowering.

It’s not unusual for a grower to start with one or two LightBlazes and then come back and buy 6 or 8 more. And in these economic times, our product is good insurance against rising energy prices.

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Lightblaze 400 with PARBlend Technology

Healthy cleaning produces healthy homes. And when Electrolux is mentioned, you know you are getting some quality made stuff, especially if it is geared towards the home improvement area. As far as the Electrolux Oxygen Central Vacuum System is concerned, homes need the right cleaning to keep hygiene to its optimum level.

Especially if you have kids or people who lack the proper system to stave off these germs or infections which may more or less make them sick, anyone can get all the help they can get from these appliances that can only get better with technology inputs.

The Oxygen Central Vacuum System is available in two models, the 600-airwatt Model ZCV910 for homes up to 7,000 square feet and the 650-airwatt Model ZCV920 for homes larger than 7,000 square feet. The sleek, art deco-styled Oxygen power unit provides a vivid LCD display panel that tells the user how efficiently it is operating and when to empty the dirt collection receptacle. An integrated silencer also assures quiet operation.

The Electrolux Oxygen Central Vacuum System can only be purchased online. The Model ZCV910 Oxygen power unit can be purchased for $669.95.

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Electrolux Oxygen Central Vacuum System

People who look for great means to relax and unwind normally look towards spas for stress relieving service. But if you hate going out, would you bother stepping out when you can have a great device like this Wellness Cocoon to provide the right service to soothe your aching body?

The Gharieni Wellness Cocoon includes everything you need to rejuvenate your body and soul, including the infrared sauna, steam sauna, aromatherapy, Vichy shower, Vibro massage, 4 spots for colored light therapy, hydromassage, whirlpool massage, underwater hand massage, face ventilation, disinfection system, water heater and hand shower.The cocoon even comes fitted with an audio system to enhance the entire wellness solution.

The Wellness Cocoon is available in three models, Elegance, Dream and Mediq, the Gharieni Wellness Cocoon sells for approximately $12,000, $16,000 and $24,000 respectively.

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The Wellness Cocoon

Add a certain design to your toilet needs with some printed designs such as this one from Toto. The patterns for these toilet models are based on sho-chiku-bai, which means “pine, bamboo and plum” in Japanese. Each toilet is hand-painted by a Japanese artist, so you won’t find any two identical in the Miyabi collection.

The Miyabi toilets are an artistic representation of the four seasons. The plum tree design of silver branches and vivid flowers represents spring. The highlight of the collection is the Miyabi Summer toilet (pictured above), which features an eye-catching golden plum-and-bamboo motif painted in 24-karat gold and sells for a whopping $12,000. The rest of the three in the Miyabi collection cost $10,000 each.

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Toto’s Miyabi Designed Toilets

For the classic looking bathrooms, check out the Kalderei Bathroom Suite. The seriously stylish Ellipso Duo Oval is just one of the eight models Kaldewei offers. To continue the theme, the circular Piatto shower base is shown here surrounded by a dramatic shower curtain.

The steel enamel Piatto shower tray actually projects an illusion of floating with its ‘cleverly conceived upturned edge’. Taking the luxury one step further, the new Kaldewei suite can also be embellished with 24-karat gold plating on your request. This gorgeous detailing elevates the status of bathroom fixtures to that of precious art.

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Kalderei Bathroom Suite

Furniture made from crystal doesn’t seem feasible these days as most people are looking for cost-friendly furniture due to limited finances. However, for the people who can afford them, you can expect some elegance and great looking furniture, as offered by Finkeldei’s crystal furniture.

The German luxury manufacturer now offers more than 50 models with sparkling crystals to its 2009 collection. Aside from upholstered furniture, the Crystal Edition also includes tables, cabinets and sideboards for an enhanced decor. So, when other big names in the world of design are curtailing their luxury collection, Finkeldei is upping them with successful sales nationally and internationally. The company also presented their collection at IMM 2009.

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Finkeldei Crystal Furniture

While many have not yet accepted the fact that returning towards using traditional wood burning can really help a lot as far as bringing down consumer expenses as far as electricity use is concerned, a lot of wood burning stoves coming in modern designs are being introduced in the market today.

They are bound to take the place of baking and cooking activities in the usual home and while many would need to adjust to them, it remains that they can really pose a lot of help as far as the home utilities issue is concerned as well as environmental concerns.

The traditional vision of a stove is one burning cheerfully in a cosy, rustic kitchen, but the newest models also suit metropolitan tastes and lifestyle: many wood-burners have been approved for use in smoke-free areas.

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Turn to Wood Burners for Cost-efficient Cooking

A home may not always be complete without the traditional sofa and depending on the design preference, it could be costly. But a good alternative is to perhaps contract good designers and furniture makers to create a copycat image to which you may have to pay less.

There are a lot of upholstery makers and designers out there who can get the job done and among them include the likes of Ameer Radwan who manages Couch, a shop located in Fremont. With more than 200 custom made models in their wing, you are bound to find a sofa that may be familiar but costs less. If not, you can perhaps ask them to make you one based on the couch or sofa that you are aching to have but unfortunately cannot afford.

Radwan is proud to be able to provide eco-friendly couches as well. He tells me that to be considered eco-friendly, a couch must be made with Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood, organic latex instead of standard polyurethane foam, and water-based glues and stains on any exposed wood, as well as sustainable, non-chemically treated fabrics. An eco-friendly sofa from Couch will run you about $2,000, much less than the $5,000 $7,000 his competitors ask.

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Custom Made Sofas from Couch

For the parents out there who may have purchased cribs made by Simplicity, check out your models. You may be among the people who have purchased a potentially hazardous 3-in-1 crib that can put your baby in danger.

The actual issue here are the wood screws which are not compatible and may back out and cause potentially dangerous consequences such as suffocation for your child. So far there have been 14 incidents already. Don’t be the 15th!

Models Affected: Aspen 3 in 1 Crib with a wooden mattress support sold under the Graco Trademark, model number 8740KCW SC located on the envelope attached to the mattress support.

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Aspen 3-in-1 Recalls with Wooden Mattress Support Recalled

If you miss getting rocked liked a baby then the Floating Bed may just work for you! Seeking inspiration from a Pendulum, the bed claims to move “evenly in all planes and directions” so that you feel secure! So what’s the story behind the “unique” form factor? Well simply put this is what you get when you combine a Bed and a Hammock! Call me a cynic but moving to and fro is not the best way to get some uninterrupted sleep! Or is it? Check out the Floating Bed here where all sorts of models are available.

The Floating Bed

Check out some of these beautiful Brazilian Bed Models. If all bed companies advertised like this, they’d get more sales. (maybe huh?)

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Brazilian Bed Models

Check out IT futon for fast and easy bed frame. Here’s a BED frame you can take anywhere with you!

The itbed is made from 7 mm thick cardboard that is folded like an accordion. In one step the itbed can be collapsed into an easily portable bundle making the cardboard bed an ideal solution for guest beds or frequent movers. The zigzag profile of the itbed, reminiscent of a house of cards, is stabilized from head to foot by two lengths of webbing.

The itbed is available in two models. itbed futon is made for futons or thinner roll-up mattresses and comes with an extra horizontal support that is also collapsible. This particular model is especially useful as a guest bed.

Fast and Easy Bed Frame – itbed Futon