I think we can all agree that one of the most heart warming sights is a fireplace on a cold winter’s night. In order to keep that fire burning, we need to have a pile of logs ready. These beautifully modern Wood Log Baskets, from Blomus, will help you keep the fire lit all night long, while adding a touch of style to your fireplace design. Continue reading →

Imagine yourself spending the evening outside on the porch, relaxing with your loved ones, enjoying good food and wine. To complete the last piece of this perfect picture you need the right kind of lighting, and the Faro Tealight Holder Set is the missing piece.

This set features three holders in gradating sizes, all with sturdy and softly brushed stainless steel bases. Frosted glass shades with clear glass shades and ribbed inner holders in a deep, contrasting finish will give a touch of elegance and spread a soft glow all around. Continue reading →

Imagine… You’re sitting down for an alfresco meal, you have delicious food on the table, a bottle of wine, candles, the whole lot. There’s only one thing missing – a fresh cool drink to start with. The Fontana Water Carafe is just what you need to serve your guests in style and leave them wanting more. Continue reading →

Children are lucky. They have so much more imagination than we do. They are inspired by little things, the kind we see as unimportant. That’s exactly why only people who are imaginative and inspired will understand the greatness of Reed & Barton’s snow globes and musicals. Continue reading →

I love using fresh herbs. I find that nothing is as satisfying as the smells and flavors that fresh cut herbs add to my cooking. Because I don’t have a “green thumb” I haven’t been very successful at growing my own herbs. I know it’s supposed to be simple to grow them, but all my herb pots seem to die on me.

I purchase my fresh herbs at the farmers market but I always end up throwing most of them out as they don’t keep very well, and drying them defeats the purpose. Then I received the Sagaform Herb Pot, and was introduced to an ingenious way to enjoy fresh herbs. Continue reading →

The Rook table lamp is one of the highlights of Blu Dot’s new collection of home furnishing. This unique lamp is a playful light fixture with a wide and chunky three-legged, solid walnut wood base with an off-white linen shade and a gray 80” cloth cord.

At first glance it looks very simple but the proportion of the stand and the play of the color contrast between the dark wood and the light shade give it a modern sleek look with a warm feel to it. The Rook has also a playful quality because you can place it on three legs with its shade pointed up, or balance it on a single edge with the shade cantilevered to the side. Continue reading →

I love the 2D:3D collection from Blu Dot. This clever collection is based on the concept of origami: to transform a flat sheet of material into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques, without the need for cutting or gluing. Sounds simple? The difference is that this creative group has managed to do this with metal.

Blue dot was founded in 1997 by three college friends who shared a passion for art, architecture, and design. Their goal was to bring good design to as many people as possible by creating products that are useful, affordable, and desirable. In their own words: “the form is almost inevitable, a by-product of the process. Our job is simply to help it emerge as beautifully and as efficiently as possible.” And there is no doubt that their 2D:3D storage and organizing collection is in line with this mission. Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but personally I’d love to have a little robot that will do all my chores for me: cleaning, cooking, washing. Well, thanks to the Mint Automatic Robotic-action Floor Cleaner it is now looking closer than ever, well, at least the cleaning part…

The cool-looking cleaner sweeps and mops hard surface floors automatically, using popular dry and pre-moistened disposable or re-usable micro-fiber cleaning cloths. Dry sweeping mode is ideal for picking up dust, dirt and pet hair. Guided by the North Star Navigation Cube, it tracks where it cleans so it doesn’t miss a spot. It runs up to 3 hours on a single charge. It operates itself quietly and turns itself off when finished – tell me that’s not a dream. Most important – it is low maintenance with no bins to empty or filters to change. Continue reading →

‘Did you see the salt? Where is the pepper’? Sounds familiar? It seems like whenever you need the salt & pepper the most, they either ran out or gone missing from the table. Bodum’s Twin Salt & Pepper Grinder is the perfect solution for this everlasting problem – as it has both salt and pepper in one grinder.

And, that’s not all – it has adjustable grind mechanisms to change coarseness of the salt or pepper; it is very easy to use especially because of clear compartments showing when the grinder needs to be refilled. The Twin’s shape is round on top and elliptical at the bottom, combining the ergonomically correct shape for hands. Now that you have both salt and pepper available with a fine designed grinder, life seams more, spicy… Continue reading →

Inspiration is a mysterious thing. It could come to us while we’re doing something completely ordinary or observing an everyday event. Either way, once we get inspired, magic happens!

This is exactly the case with the Front Page Magazine Rack from Kartell. A sudden puff of wind riffles the pages of a newspaper was the inspiration for this unique magazine rack. By capturing this moment of riffling pages, eternal life were given, turning a “regular” item into something interesting, creative and inspiring. Continue reading →