Express yourself in your own kitchen with these cool bespoke splashbacks by Funky Splashbacks. Funky they are as the name suggests, each splashback is handpainted on a 6mm glass and individually crafted by British artist Jo Omar. "Combining color, texture and pattern, the vivid splashbacks are ideally situated behind a cooker, or placed above a kitchen or bathroom sink". An interesting alternative to tiles, these bespoke splashbacks are made to your custom dimensions. For more information visit Funky Splashbacks.

A crystal clear interior design chandelier ... this is by far one of the most beautiful hand-made chandeliers by international glass artist Robert Kaindl we've seen. Made for Interior Designers, Robert Kaindl's chandeliers "appear to be free and floating, suspended by a single cable, yet they are a study of balance and symmetry". For more information visit www.RobertKaindl.com.

Modern designer lighting by Contardi, an Italian company specializing in decorative lighting fixtures, is now available at YLighting, one of the best online sources for modern lighting. Fashionable, cool and unusual, the Contardi lamps really stand out. Here are just some of the designs that will make a great statement piece or a conversation item. YLighting

What an adorable set of solid cedar furniture! We can almost smell the fresh cedar wood. Armchairs, stools and benches, all carved by hand from solid cedar trunks. Made from an old world material but very contemporarily shaped, this furniture fits beautifully in the modern spaces - just look at the images below ... Riva.

Is this a mirror or a table? Both... a mirror unfolds into a modern contemporary folding dining table. A really amazing piece of furniture from an Italian company Porada, don't you think so? And this table looks great on the wall, oops, I should've said this mirror looks great on the floor ;-) Actually, it does - just look at the pictures. A neat idea for a folding table, especially when your dining space is limited. Look it up under 'Tip' at Porada.

If you're looking for a modern mirror wall art then these whimsical mirrors by an Italian company Porada could be it. Lotus&Fraska wall art collection consists of several mirrors that you can rotate 360° each to get the arrangement you like. To continue the same art theme around the house, consider MiniLotus&MiniFrasca, a collection of turnable mirror accessories that also serve as hooks for clothes. Porada.

We spotted these very unusual lamp designs at Industreal, an Italian design studio and store. And we thought the two ceiling lights, Pixels and Clouds, will be of our readers interest. The Pixels ceiling lamps by Guillaume Delvigne come in three "pixelisations", from high to low resolution: 300dpi, 144dpi and 72dpi. For those of you in computer graphics, this would be a treat for the eye ;-). Another unusual ceiling lamp is Clouds by Doodle - "a white light in the shape of a cloud" - a cool modern object. Both light designs are in porcelain. Buy them at www.industreal.it.

A flower vase may be one of the most exploited design objects in the world - every modern designer has designed a flower vase, and everyone thinks that anything can be a vase ... still, some design ideas are just so much better than the others. We've put together a great selection of some of the coolest modern flower vase designs ... Sources: Corriere Della Serra, The Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid.

We've always been fascinated with the amazing beauty and variety of the natural wood flooring, especially the wide plank flooring which is our favorite. Wood flooring is the perfect way to add value to your home, but to make your house distinct don't just settle for common boring floors everyone else has. Instead select from exiting white, yellow, red, brown and black hues and multitude of interesting wood textures that domestic wood species have to offer. With so many unique options to choose from, Carlile has an enormous selection of some of the most popular modern contemporary floors ... here we've selected a few that fit most modern homes. Take a look and then contact Carlisle for purchasing.

Brown Maple / Ash

Birch / Hickory

We find the idea of having a heated bench radiator quite appealing. Contemporary look, comfortable wooden or metal seat and simple enough installation characterise these bench designs.