Category — Furnish

The Basics of Garden Design Accessories
As part of your garden design you may want to incorporate various types of
garden accessories. Garden accessories can complement the theme of your
garden and show off your unique sense of style.

They can help you create a whimsical, playful environment or they can be
used to create a romantic, charming ambiance. Whatever mood or atmosphere
you desire to create, you can do so by using garden accessories.

Garden Design Must-Haves
The following are the top 10 garden design accessories that you should
consider.

1. Bird Baths – every garden that can fit a bird bath needs one. Not only are bird baths
beautiful, but they also attract numerous types of birds. Birds will enjoy
the water as well as the insects in your garden.

2. Garden Cart – a garden cart can be a functional or non-functional
accessory. You can place your watering can, gloves, and tools in the cart
or you can put a planter in the cart and use it as decoration.

3. Water feature – a waterfall or fountain will provide water movement in
your garden. The splashing and trickling sounds will attract wildlife such
as birds. These soothing sounds will also be a delight to both you and
other visitors to your garden.

4. Statues – while not very functional, statues can aid an air of mystery,
intrigue, and elegance to your garden.

5. Arches – these structures add a special appeal to your garden,
especially when covered in ivy or some other type of flowering vine.
Butterflies are quite fond of ivy.

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Form meets functionality in Danish design house Stilsucht’s Sixpack – an ultra modern bottle carrier that can hold up to 6 bottles of beer, soft drinks, or even water. I simply adore clever yet simple designs and the Sixpack is no exception. In fact, it has a real touch of elegance to it as well. Go to a party in style and present the drinks you’ve brought for your guest this way and you’re sure to stir up conversation about the Sixpack.

Simply brilliant. This really has the potential to end up being a classic. As a standalone object, I’m not sure many people will ever guess its true functionality but I’m certain that when do find out, they would be mightily impressed.

imagesource: stilsucht

A humidifier may not be required in this humid part of the world but I just had to write about this item simply because of its stunning simplicity and the elegance that is so profound in its design.

Meet the Mast humidifier, made from Hinoki or Japanese Cypress, it requires no electricity (woot! it’s a green artifact!) and is bacteria resilient. How does it work? Water is absorbed from the base/hull and is diffused through the delicate cypress fins. Plus point – an aromatic lemony scent that is au naturalle.

Designed by Shin Okada, found via Mocoloco

These are what I call ‘aha!’ inventions and I simply love this. It’s called the Rambler Socket – designed by Meysam Movahedi – a solution to the mess of having to get cable extensions to power up far away appliances. The Rambler socket stores the extension within the wall and from the outset, takes up the footprint of a regular power socket. This retractable extension is pure genius but the sacrifice required here is a deep wall and some hacking if you’re to install it in an already built home.

Nevertheless, this could be revolutionary and developers might incorporate the Rambler into new homes if it takes off.

via gizmodo

Useful art. That’s what Noto Fusai’s art on canvas really is. Essentially, what you get when you purchase this piece is a canvas print of an urban view from the park, along with a fully functional clock that tells the current time! Depending on how you look at it – you’re either buying a clock and getting the print or buying the print and getting the art – this is form-meets-function in the most basic yet beautiful form.

A clever little decoration for the home, no doubt.

Found on the ever interesting gnr8

Imagesource: gnr8

If you’re looking for the latest in contemporary furniture and home furnishings and without much financial constraints, then Gudang Damansara has to be your very first stop. Located in the newly refurbished Bangsar Shopping Centre, this ‘warehouse’ stores a myriad of wonderful modern contemporary furniture, ornaments and accents.

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Anthony Leyland is the genius behind the Manifold 2, a coffee table bent and shaped from a 1m square powder coated sheet metal. Being a mathematician and a designer at the same time has its quirky pros I must say because he’s come up with some very clever designs with this unique design

Here are just a few of the possibilities of table designs he’s created:

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With creative modern furniture, as anyone who visits this blog surely knows, it’s easy to put the “fun” in functional.

From clever bookshelves to ingenious recyclable chairs to quirky and cool mirrors, you don’t have to be a master sleuth to find some cool indoor accessories for your home. But what if all that searching and shopping starts to stress you out, exhausting the very core of your being?

Alright, so that may be a bit of a stretch. But who couldn’t use some real relaxation every once in a while? For those times when you could really use a rest, but don’t have the time for a full nap, why not try a contemporary massage chair?

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Here’s one way to experience a close encounter of the third kind:

All images, source: http://www.alienology.com

This is not a prop from the latest sci-fi blockbuster, nor is it a funhouse set piece. This is an arrestingly complex and uniquely attractive office or bathroom lamp that you can have in your very own home.

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I first noticed it a few nights ago, when I woke up shivering and shaking at about 4 a.m. with my blankets and comforters kicked to the corner of my bed in a crumpled pile. Yes indeed, it’s starting to feel a lot like winter.

Now, I live in San Diego, so I’m sure many of you are sitting there snickering. “San Diego? You don’t even know what cold is!” And, as a native San Diegan (but a student of the world), I would have to agree. So I can’t help but imagine how cold it must be everywhere else, if I live in a meteorological nigh-paradise and I still shiver in my sleep. Time to break out the old matches, time to dust off the old flue and fireplace mantel: time to stoke up the old fireplace! Which sounds like a great idea… only, I don’t have a fireplace in my apartment. I’m sure many of you reading this can sympathize.

But, that doesn’t mean we have to wallow in mutual, perma-frosty misery (though there is warmth to be found in company). Check this out:

image source: http://www.pontonliving.eu

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