For the people who want to be fashionable and are looking for functional solutions, the Elements Survival Coat should be something worth checking. A student named Veronika Scott from Michigan has come up with a cool warming solution which should be timely as certain parts of the world become chilly this season.

The Elements Survival Coat is self-heated, waterproof and multi-functional, the Elements Survival Coat uses Tyvec for the outer surface and synthetic and wool blend padding inside and costs about $10 all in all. Also, this design was created keeping in mind the 18,000 street dwellers that face the winter frost every year in Detroit.

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The Elements Survival Coat

One look at the Fluff Bed and you want to jump right into it. Ultra luxurious and ultra comfy, the bed has been designed by Mauro Lipparini. The headboard and bed features soft feather padding and fully removable fabric covering.

Fluff Bed

Target has some great deals on furniture and the one that caught my eye was the Hudson Headboard. Retailing for $349.99, the bed is shipped for free and is available only online.

*  Modern Style Headboard
* Brown Hardwood Frame
* Brown; Bi-Cast Leather Cover with Polyurethane Foam Fill
* Upholstered Headboard ; Headboard Features Comfortable Foam Padding
* Available in Full/Queen Size
* Some Assembly Required
* Spot Clean Only
* 63W x 3.5D x 50H “

Hudson Headboard

The best way to save on trying to refurbish furniture made of linens is to do it yourself. Sounds hard? Not necessarily if you find the right classes that can teach you how. Most people today have lots of furniture such as couches, sofas and bed seams that can really be repaired with the right resources. The issue of how to go about it only requires interests and of course some helpful classes led by the people who do re-upholstery for a living.

The women who are particularly good at sewing and handling knitting jobs are the best people who can really go far with this endeavor. With the right advice from specialists such as the Fabric Farm, they can repair upholstery on their own and save a lot. As far as the classes are concerned, they only cost about ¼ of the amount needed to have re-upholstery on certain furniture ensembles. So with that staggering difference, why not try out these classes so you can learn and save at the same time?

Because couches and chairs are among the most difficult pieces to upholster, Haly recommends that beginners first tackle smaller sewing projects such as a lampshade, pillow or tablecloth.

On each project, the novice do-it-yourselfer will learn a skill or two — how to do a certain stitch, how to insert padding — that could later be applied to a piece of furniture.

(Source) The Columbus Dispatch

Re-Upholster Seams Yourself

For our babies, we would want them to get the best comfort wherever they may be sleeping like portacots. This includes placing additional foams, mattresses and pillows to get that soft sleeping position that babies are bound to love.

But while the intent is good, they can also be a threat. Babies do not have the same strength that adults may have and just in case, suffocation once these additional mattresses fall on them unknowingly.

Association executive director Tim Wain said he was alarmed by the findings of a Monash University Accident Research Centre study that suggested one in three people used additional padding with their portacots, unaware of the dangers to children.

“When you apply an additional mattress … it creates a gap that the child can roll into and because the sides of the portacot are flexible they can’t lift themselves out and suffocate,” he said.

(Source) Couriermail

Portacot with Extra Mattresses Pose as a Suffocation Hazard

Here’s a great practical sofa for impratical people.

Wow, take a look at this beautiful multi-functional Bookcase Sofa, Flexform Oltre sofa! If you are multi-tasking like me, watching TV, reading books, and using the laptop on the sofa, it’s the perfect sofa for you.

The backrest metal frame coverd with polyurethane padding and a protective fabric lining seat cushion in down with a resilient inner core or with polyurethane and dacron back cushion filled with down available in different dimensions bolster on the back filled with dacron Shelf/Case modular with function of armrest /backrest – metal frame covered with hide leather on top armrest in fabric with metal insert covered with polyurethane padding and a protective fabric lining upholstery removable fabric or letaher covers.

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Flexform Oltre sofa – Bookcase Sofa!

Check out the uber-cool Ikos Modern Designer Leather Sliding Sofa. Made in Italy, the sofa is entirely hand made using the finest top grain full aniline leather. The leather sofa features wood and metal frame, chrome base, springs with elastic belts and seats, backs and armrests filled with polyurethane padding wrapped in layers of acrylic fiber. The Ikos Leather Sofa is made to order and is available in 14 different full aniline leather choices.

Ikos Modern Designer Leather Sliding Sofa

The Eosonno Queen Size Bed with Leather Headboard is part of the Eos collection designed by Luciano Pagani and Angelo Perversi. The highlight of the bed is its headboard made of high density polyurethane foam with Dacron padding and a platform of padded wood all covered in matching Frau Leather. The feet are made of polished aluminum. The bed measures 64″ x 88″ x 38″ height (headboard); platform is 12″ height from the floor and for more info head over here.

The Eosonno Queen Size Bed with Leather Headboard

Abad Diseño Design Group brings you the Loja Bed, which takes an understated design approach and has a distinctive pared-down, sleigh bed form. The Leather bed features light padding over the entire frame to create a soft, cushioned surface and the headrest features a slight pitch to accommodate comfortable reading or TV viewing. If you like what you see then head over here where it’s retailing for $4,300.

Loja Leather Bed

Pamper yourself with the supreme comfort of the Solana Chaise Lounge and take advantage of its most unique feature! You can choose to attach the carved sloping arm to either side of the chaise!

It features solid hardwood frame and covered with plush polydacron padding. Neutral, leaf pattern tapestry and hand carved tapered legs, apron, and sloping back rail. Finished in a handsome lightly distressed deep cherry and includes an 18″ square fringed pillow and bolster

Accent Chair

Accent CHair

Made in Italy, this Elemento Bed designed by Roberto Grossi for Tacchini is a smart furniture with plush padding, soft upholstery and clean aesthetics. This upholstered platform bed combines fabric and metal in a sleek profile, which stands on a highly original base of chromed iron rod.

Elemento Bed