These amazing floor and pendant lamps are made of real ash wood! The designer Ieva Kaleja managed to preserve the rustic wood log detail on one side of the shade giving the lamp its dramatic look. These translucent ash wood...
An interesting lamp design where an arched shape that is commonly found in table lamps, is taken to the floor, to create the Semjase floor lamp by Lucente. This huge arched lamp is composed of three curved metal elements and...
This extra large mirror is a 1998 design classic by Philippe Starck, produced again in 2010 by Italian AGC Flat Glass Co., as an eco-friendly and safer version. This beautiful large floor mirror now comes with safety features such as...
Plywood has become a material of choice for many modern designers, and these bent plywood chairs from Emmemobili is another great example of cool furniture that can be created with plywood. The Dogon chairs by designer Ferruccio Laviani are bent...
Metal furniture manufacturer and design house Heron Parigi has created this stylish metal lounge chair, the Luft. Luft is a steel and aluminum chaise lounge with automatically adjustable backrest and footrest. The precise mechanism allows for easy blocking and releasing...
For fun lamps go with these new Metalarte lamps that boast funky lamp shades and unusual designs. For so many competing ultra modern lighting designs out there, these designer lamps display elegant artistic style and are great conversation starters. We...
We find these plumbing pipe lights by MESH Architectures quite intriguing ... Especially perfect for modern lofts, they managed to fit them beautifully into many decor styles, from modern contemporary to eclectic to rustic and to more traditional ... These...
We've been long contemplating the idea of raising chickens in our urban home, and this portable coop kit by Chicken Cribs presents an interesting modern option. The coop designer, California-based landscape architect Andreas Stavropoulos, says the kit can be assembled...
What looks like block of wood is actually a lamp. This rustic table lamp was designed with nature lovers in mind. When it is off, the wood grain is visible. Turn it on and the oak leaves magically appear. The...
The "Antler Stool" is an interesting option for entryway as it serves two purposes: it makes your guests laugh right from the entryway and it lets them hang hats, purses and umbrellas. Designer Ji-youn Kim explains that this stool turns...
This cool small red sofa is by Raison Pure Design Studio. As nicely put by Mocoloco: "Escape to the other side of the mirror when you hide behind the Double Je (double me) sofa from R' Pure Studio. From behind, the sofa disappears into...
Inspired by the contrasting bathing cultures of Finland and Japan, sauna and sento, the Tatit wooden bathroom stools look like a cool dynamic pair. These cute, appealing wooden stools bring earthy rustic touch to the bathroom. Made of Finnish laminated...
This leather soccer chair makes a great father's day gift or just a cool chair to have for soccer fans, right in time for the Soccer World Cup. Patterned as a soccer ball, the Hattrick armchair rotates on a circular...
Add fun to your interiors / exteriors with these cool lamps by Serien. The floor lamp Slant XL and the table lamp Elane each comes with its own personality. Thanks to its cool shade patterned with white dots on red...
Finally someone made this cool idea reality ... a sofa design with magazine pouches on the outside of both arms. The cool Camp sofa is a new (2010) item from an Italian brand Cappellini well-known for its funky ultra modern...
We like how designers at Lapalma can take the most common designs and strip them to their bare essentials while preserving the aesthetics. The result is the minimalist but appealing creations that are easy to manufacture and require minimum materials...
Square Root Industries has been creating these whimsical 3d patterns from a sheet of steel.Set on a wood or leather top and covered with tempered glass, they make interesting artistic coffee tables. There are many nature-inspired patterns cut either in...
No less fascinating than the wall mounted lights we've just mentioned are these unusual Plastered Lights from Flos' Soft Architecture collection. Works of several famous designers, these lighting fixtures are actually made out of a light-weight high-strength composite material (Under-Cover...
Yes, these are wall mounted lights ... but they look like they were simply pierced through the wall. So let me cut to the chase here: these decorative Wallpiercing ring lights were first mounted onto mobile plaster panels. Then the...
MASHstudios have created this contemporary canopy bed in solid teak wood. Read the designers' description below. "What's as striking as the California Pacific Coast Highway's ocean view drive? A brilliantly designed four-post platform bed in beachy solid teak. MASHstudios has spent years...
We've found the big bag loungers we like - the My and Roo loungers by Finnish company Woodnotes. We like them for their very earthy look achieved thanks to the material used - paper yarn cotton fabric in Sand color....
These are fun. A more modern and fun interpretation of the old boring decorative wall boxes often found in TJMAXX. Can these funky designs by Alison Smithson for TECTA actually be the old world Cornell boxes that were given legs...
I know you'd rather be relaxing now on this cozy patio furniture by Manutti, set on these water edge patios by the water edge pools somewhere in Italy. We just couldn't hold ourselves from showing these captivating photos presenting many...
For small spaces, go with the coolest dining room sets by Ozzio. There are plenty of table and chairs designs to choose from to create your own set. Here's just one modern example ... Latch is a transformable table that...
With so many patio shower designs available, this shower by Metalco stands out with its fun appearance. Aptly named Quiz, this cool shower design by Marco de Luca is a brushed stainless steel structure that provides quick connection with the...
This cool storage furniture by British designer Lisa Sandall, the 'Chin Up' unit, deserves its place in the art museum, seriously. She did it. It's a very impressive avant-garde design and a practical, awesome idea for storage furniture. Even the...
The Apis designer barbeques by Metalco look like they landed from Mars. This cool barbeque is fun to have on your patio, not only to grill but as a conversation starter. There is also a taller version (a Martian mothership?),...
Like to take a bath outside? Not a problem if you got BadKast, a Dutch version of Finnish sauna by designer Anna van der Lei. Anna believes having a bath inside of the bathroom is "too restrictive". Having it in...
San Francisco based architect Craig Steely and his artist wife masterfully crafted the interiors of their gorgeous, newly renovated modern home ... but the 'jewel' of the project is, of course, this expandable living room, seating on the very top...
B&B Italia brand Maxalto has introduced a new solid wood dining table - Plato Acro by Antonio Citterio. The legs and the top are all solid wood. The available wood choices are: Canaletto Walnut, Grey Oak, Brown Oak, Brushed Light...
