Christmas is the time of year when your home gets decked up and looks a bit different from the rest of the year. To match all the glitter that your home exudes from the inside, here are some gifts that will your make the insides feel special too.
Geniesys Optimax II Projector & Docking Speaker for iPod
Watching videos on the iPod is great when you’re alone at it. But, when a bunch of people come in and want their share of a glimpse, all hell breaks loose. To avoid just this, here is an iPod projector dock called the Geniesys Optimax II, that projects video up to 32 inches wide, from your iPod. This projector dock also has a couple of speakers that will deliver rich sound befitting the video. So, that means the Geniesys Optimax can also act as a sound box to croon out your favorite numbers when it isn’t projecting video. Yours for $281.
Diva Lamp and Music system
Dante Donegani and Giovanni Lauda have designed a sleek piece of bedside chic called the Diva. The gorgeous looking Diva is a multi-functional reading lamp that belts out music, tunes you in to the radio and even functions like a clock. The retractable reading lamp uses a 4.5W, energy efficient LED for illumination. It also has a dock for your iPod or iPhone. Built-in speakers amplify the music and controls are via infrared remote. You can interface with the Diva via the little illuminated screen. To top it all off, the Diva can also connect to other music players or your PC courtesy its 3.5mm jack. Bring the Diva home this Christmas for $624.
Lux Shower System
The Korean bath fitting manufacturer Cebien has crafted this very classy looking piece of glamorware called the Lux. The Lux is a unique shower head that is fitted with motion sensors. The motion sensors allow the Lux to light up the LEDs and bathe your shower area with white light. Showering in such an ambiance must be a surreal experience in itself. In addition to this little piece of trickery, the Lux brings versatility to your glamor room by functioning as a ceiling shower head, waterfall faucet, hand shower and body sprays. All this functionality will certainly have a price, and that would be $855.
SmartFaucet
We can’t think of too many people who would want to check their email at the faucet. But, for those who want to, they can do so with the SmartFaucet. This cool contraption is not just a humble faucet but a very smart device with a touchscreen. The SmartFaucet has a cool face recognition feature that will automatically recognize the user and will flow water according to the user’s preferred temperature and flow intensity. The touchscreen will also help you check your email and display the outside temperature. Very futuristic!
MP3 Mirror
Here is another piece of glamor room decor that will entertain you at the same time making your glamor room look like a million bucks. We are talking about designer Antonio Lupi’s MP3 mirror which can dock your iPod and play your favorite numbers as you get ready to face another day. This is a great accessory to overcome the monotony daily tasks bring to our lives. The mirror also illuminates your glamor room by a LED lighting system. As of now, we have no details about the pricing and availability of the MP3 Mirror.
ChefStack Automatic Pancake Machine
Lazy bums will love this. You can lounge around while hot pancakes for you and your family will automatically be made in your kitchen. Yes, we have here a very handy piece of kitchen kit called the ChefStack Automatic Pancake machine. This machine will make pancakes in less than 30 seconds and no, you don’t need to stick around to supervise. All you need to do is turn on the machine and make sure that it has batter pouches in it. It will do the rest and churn out 97% fat-free pancakes. Hmmm, the machine is a healthy option too. The ChefStack Automatic Pancake Machine sells for $3,500.
Vismara Ciaika Coffee Table
The Vismara Ciaika coffee table will do a lot more than just being a humble coffee table. Firstly, it will look very hot and make a worthy living room adornment that guests will surely admire. Then, it will also gobble up vast amounts of things in its many hidden storage sections, thus saving you a lot of space. Yes, this coffee table has four side doors and two surface doors that open up to cavernous storage spaces. The coffee table can store 800 CDs or 378 DVDs and can also play host to your bar equipment, magazines and other knick-knacks. This classy yet functional Vismara Ciaika coffee table retails at $4,295.
Pressalit AutoClose Toilet Seat Cover
Here is an intelligent loo seat that will close down when no one is around. The Pressalit AutoClose Toilet Seat cover has been developed by students at the SkJern Technical College in Denmark. And, if you are wondering how the loo managed to become so intelligent, the Pressalit has a infrared sensor that senses the presence of a person in the toilet. If yes, the toilet cover remains open. Otherwise, it closes automatically, thus preventing airborne germs from transmitting. You can buy the the Pressalit AutoClose Toilet Seat Cover here.
TV Tub
An Idiot Box in your glamor room is no big deal, but an idiot box in your tub is certainly something that is unique. Designer Karim Rashid has put one together called the TV Tub for Korean bath fittings company, Saturn. So wallowing in the warm, fuzzy comfort of your bathtub even while getting entertained has never looked better. The sleek bathtub is made up of liquid acrylic resin that is anti-bacterial and durable. The TV is a flat-panel model that sits at the end of the tub. The TV Tub can be bought here.
Man Wall
This Christmas, sports junkies wouldn’t want to miss getting themselves one of these. The Man Wall from HybridSpace Furniture, Florida, is every sports junkie’s dream, as it has an array of features that combines an entertainment system, a mini bar and even a sports ticker. All this sits in a single integrated unit, thus using space efficiently. Here is the long list of features the Man Wall offers: Four TVs, a DVD player with 5-CD changer, Panasonic 5.1 home theater system, a full-size built-in beer keg with refrigerator and tap, a live sports ticker, a microwave oven, two cigar humidors, a five-speaker home theater surround sound system, two wireless surround speakers, an iPod docking station and a 32-bottle wine rack. Now, what more would a man ever want in his entertainment room? No perverted thoughts please! Buy the entire entertainment package for $14,900.
Finkeldei Crystal Furniture
Opulent is a mild word to describe the furniture German manufacturer Finkeldei’s furniture collection. If you’re wondering why we are calling it opulent, why wouldn’t we if all the pieces of furniture are inlaid with expensive crystals that will dazzle guests? Apart from outfitting its furniture series with crystals, Finkeldei also has a plethora of designs to fit every living room chic. To see all their designs and decide on which piece of living room chic you want, you can check out their entire collection here.
Athena Multimedia Sofa
Couch potatoes never had it so good. Now, with the Athena Multimedia Sofa, they have another good reason to never get up and out of their couches. The Athena Multimedia Sofa is a trendy upholstered sofa that has a couple of multimedia touchscreen computers at either end. These computers will do everything other regular computers do, in addition to beaming out satellite TV. All this, along with the Sofa’s luxurious upholstery makes it a compelling option for couch lovers. Only the very rich couch potatoes may be able to afford the Athena Multimedia Sofa, which sells at a shocking $15,436.
Carmenta’s Revolution Luxury Spa
We just saw a TV Tub and now we have a spa from which you will never feel like coming out of. Why? Because, the spa has an LCD TV and an iPod dock to keep you entertained while you relax in its steam-filled, rejuvenating environs. The Italian manufacturer Carmenta has designed the Revolution, and the Revolution has a dry sauna, steam bath and shower replete with LED lights for illumination. All these luxurious features make the Revolution Shower Cabin a piece of glamor room kit that everyone of us would love to bring home.
Gold Rush Backgammon Coffee Table
The Gold Rush is a backgammon table made by a backgammon enthusiast for other enthusiasts. Created by Emmanuel David, an avid backgammon enthusiast and collector, the Gold Rush now adorns Hotel Fouquet at Paris. Drinking a stimulating cuppa over a game of backgammon would be just a perfect way to relax for the richie rich and ostensibly, the designer has inlaid the transparent coffee table with no less than gold leaf. Hurry if you want one of this since only four of these will be made. And of course, this exclusivity comes at a price and a high one at that. $22,600 is the price one will have to pay to own the Gold Rush Backgammon Coffee Table.
Rio Chaise Lounge
Lounging around with a cigar in one hand and sipping single malt scotch, even as you watch the world go by from your beachfront villa would be the perfect way to retire, right? And while you’re at it, what better than Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer’s Rio Chaise Lounge. This Lounge first designed in 1970 has a vintage feel of a age when time ticked at a leisurely pace. The chaise is sculpted out of a bentwood frame with an inviting leather headrest. Weights on the tips make sure that adjusting the headrest is as easy as the lounging is. Yours for a whopping $45,000.
Cosmovoide Bed
Here is a bed that you can either love or hate, but just can’t ignore. The Cosmovoide Bed is a unique bed with springs that suspend it, very similar to the way hammocks are suspended. Apparently, the egg shape of the bed gives it relaxing properties. Although the bed looks gaudy to us, we really can’t argue with the number of features the bed endows its sleepers with. How about 2 electric relaxation bed frames, 7 LED lamps in the colors of the rainbow, a television integrated at the foot of the bed, a DVD player, a high-definition home cinema setup, 6 power sockets, and even a telephone? That is a big list of features, isn’t it? The price tagtoo is as big as the list itself at $61,415.
