Home » HOME » FURNITURE (Page 12)

• 

  Muunto’s Wall-Mounted Modular Storage Systems Look Dazzling, Better Than Permanent Fixtures

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Shelving and storage fixtures have always made sense as modular setups.  In fact, I’ve been very disappointed with the lack of such options from my local furniture stores.  Europe-based Muunto offers one of the best systems I’ve seen on that end, providing wall-mountable units that you can mix and match to your liking. Using Muunto’s customizable panels,  you can add new shelves, drawers, cabinets, ledges and worktops  (which they refer to as storage accessories) whenever you want, simply inserting them [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Artanova’s Athena Sofa Shows That Couches Can Go Multimedia Too

  FEATURED, FURNITURE, HOME

  Why bother with a separate PC and a sound system for your living room when you can get it installed right in the couch?  That’s right, the Athena sofa from high-end furniture maker Artanova brings the erstwhile home fixture into the digital age, decking it with a full suite of multimedia capabilities. You’ll never guess just by looking at it.  Clad with a high-fashion design, the Swiss-made living room furniture looks much like any expensive piece meant to adorn moneyed, [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Foosball Coffee Table: Set Your Drink, Put Your Feet Up, Play A Quick Game

  FEATURED, FURNITURE, HOME

  Ever thought about scoring a foosball table, but can’t find the space in your house for it?  Trade in the four-legged slab in your living room for a Foosball Coffee Table and your dilemma is instantly solved. A functional coffee table, it’s decked with a wooden frame and a sturdy glass surface for setting both old magazines and smelly feet on.  What sets it apart, of course, is the hollowed-out inside panel, which houses a full-featured, albeit smaller-sized, foosball game.  [...]

  Continue reading »

• Advertisement

•  
• 

  Zona Uno: Cardboard Furniture Just Isn’t For Back Alleys Anymore

  FURNITURE

  Want low-cost furniture for one-off events, like trade shows, exhibits and fairs?  Sure, you can drive by the salvage yard trying to score the cheapest crap you can find.  Still, I doubt that’s going to prove any more affordable or more convenient than Zona Uno’s cardboard elements. Geared towards showrooms and events, they offer a varied selection of cardboard furnishings specifically for those purposes.  Currently available items include different types of tables (inclined, flat), poster panels, computer display panels, various [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Antique-Looking Mayfair Steamer Secretary Trunk Opens Into A Classy Workstation

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Want your own home office in a trunk?  Take a gander at the classic-looking Mayfair Steamer Secretary Trunk, an oversized cabinet that opens into a functional workspace. Designed by furniture maker Timothy Oulton, the reproduction antique piece comes with several drawers, a filing cabinet, multiple shelves, a functional pull-down work desk in front of a tack-on board and bottom space to fit a folding chair into.  They even threw in a hidden wire management system so it looks all neat [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Special Chair For Fat People: No Go For Sao Paulo Train Stations

  FURNITURE

  I’ve never been to Brazil, so I can’t confirm.  A news report, however, says the city of Sao Paulo has installed special chairs in the city’s train stations to accommodate fat people, who can’t fit in the otherwise slim-size seating panels in the waiting areas.  As it turns out, there’s a soaring obesity rate in the country and the chairs are a response to the increasing number of “big” individuals. Awesome, right?  Apparently not.  According to the same report, the [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Globe Bars Add A Touch Of Old World Class To Your Alcoholic Tendencies

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Geography and alcohol, anyone?  Super spies planning journeys around the world will do well outfitting their hideouts with one of these Globe Bars, a charming home fixture that combines the elegance of an Old World globe with the utility of a place to keep your favorite poisons. Featuring faithful reproductions of a 17th century globe (so don’t be surprised if your home country isn’t there), the stylish pieces should add a touch of class to any room (apart from enabling [...]

  Continue reading »

•  
• 

  Study Bed: Because Your Wall Bed Pales In Comparison

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Busy on the computer one minute, idle the next?  Why waste more of your spare time on Twitter and Facebook, when you can just use that time to sleep?  The Study Bed gets that job done, transforming from a workspace to a sleeping area in one swift motion. A clever space-saving solution for a bedroom and study room combo, the versatile fixture keeps everything clean and simple.  You don’t even have to remove a single item on the desk when [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Diamond Plate Kegerator Cabinet Adds A TV To Your Beer Tap

  ENTERTAINMENT, FURNITURE, HOME

  A beer keg with a flat screen TV right next to the tap is a bad idea in so many ways.  Still, I doubt that’s going to stop people from getting the Diamond Plate Kegerator Cabinet.  So, I’ll just pipe off my warnings and hope someone heeds them before it’s too late. See that brand-spanking new HDTV?  That’s about to get doused in beer and ice.  Mark my words.  Every drunk worth the alcohol content in his brew have spilled [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  S T R E T C H Turns Giant Rubber Band Into A Shelving Solution

  FEATURED, FURNITURE, HOME

  Rubber bands for shelves?  That sounds silly, but the S T R E T C H Shelf (yep, it’s spelled with all those irritating spaces) shows how it can be done, and the results are particularly attractive. The modular shelving solution uses one large rubber band and an array of pegs that you can arrange whichever way you fancy.  Simply position those pegs on your wall, wring the rubber band around them and you’ve got yourself a most awesome-looking wall [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Attitude Chair Lets You Sit As Cocky As You Want Without Falling Over

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Got attitude?  Sit like you mean it with the Attitude Chair, which lets you lean back like the cockiest douchebag in town. You know what happens when you try to lean back with an ordinary chair, right?  You fall down, like the same klutz your mommy always said you were (boo-hoo-hoo).  Now, how are you supposed to feel like the king of the world while pawning AI opponents on your PSP? The Attitude Chair solves this problem easily, as it [...]

  Continue reading »

•  
• 

  Fotel Shifts From A Rocking Chair To An Armchair In 20 Seconds

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Your chair may be comfy, but does it feature transforming capabilities? That’s where the Fotel easily edges your favorite sitting apparatus out, as it’s able to convert from a cosy armchair to a relaxing rocker in the span of 20 seconds – without summoning robotic powers to do it. Created by Hungarian designer Peter Vardai, the Fotel is a brilliantly-designed chair that serves its two purposes without having to undergo any complex transmogrification. In fact, the conversion is as easy [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Homemade Donkey Kong Shelves Tilt Like Platforms In The Game, Surprisingly Keeps Items On Top

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Oh, you thought your shelves were cool?  Well, it’s not Donkey Kong cool! While it may not foster the best construction and design, these homemade Donkey Kong Shelves get it right anyway.  Mounted in tilting angles the same way they were set up in the game, they’re unmistakably lifted straight out of the classic platformer. A perfect set of Donkey Kong Shelves would have been made of steel.  Since no one seems to be selling that, the imaginative (but, obviously, [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Blofield’s Inflatable Furniture Acts Classy, Appears To Succeed

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Inflatable furniture isn’t exactly the classiest thing around.  Dutch company Blofield, however, seems intent on changing that, with their new line of Chesterfield-style chairs and sofas that come complete with a premium price. Instead of the usual playroom and swimming pool uses, the air-pumped furnishings are meant for actual living room installation and has, in fact, earned enthusiastic praise since it debuted in design fairs last year.  According to designer Jeroen van de Kant, the unusual idea took two years [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Recycled Barrel Chairs Make The Perfect Garage Loungers

  FEATURED, FURNITURE, HOME

  Got a few 50-gallon oil barrels littered in your backyard? Do what these guys did – shape it into usable seats, add some upholstered cushions, bring it to a gallery (for art cred) and sell it for north of $400 apiece. Laden with humble beginnings as containers for oil and other liquefied products, both the Butaca Bidon (pictured above) and the Silla Bidon (below) have been fashioned into functional lounge seats, with affluent-sounding European names to boot. The former retains [...]

  Continue reading »

•  
• 

  Alien Abduction Lamp Steals Cows, Lights Up Your Bedroom

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Ever been woken up by nightmares of an alien abduction?  This thing might be what gives you the fits.  Called the Alien Abduction Lamp, it’s a funky nightlight that depicts future hamburgers being snatched by a UFO. The lamp features a cast metal UFO that looks faithful to science fiction images of alien ships as depicted in classic films and television shows.  A clear Perspex resin acts as the beam, shining down on the hapless bovine (removable, so you can [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Authentic F-4 Ejection Seats Fashioned Into Office Chairs

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Want to type your excel sheets at work all while feeling like you’re sitting at the helm of a warplane? Beg your boss to get you the F-4 Ejection Seat from MotoArt, which turns an authentic pilot’s chair on Vietnam-era F4 fighter jets into wheel-toting office buckets. Despite brandishing “Ejection Seat” on its name, the metal-clad office furnishing can’t actually lift off. In fact, judging from how heavy all that steel looks, I doubt you can even pick it up [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Super Dream Cabinet: Luxury Storage Doubles As Your Future Coffin

  FURNITURE, HOME

  If you’re in Japan, as it turns out, you can have your luxury cabinet and die in it too. At least, that’s what you’ll get if your buy the Super Dream Cabinet, a large decorated chest that’s supposed to be well-suited for burying dead people in too. While Japan admittedly has weird tastes, this one is likely a marketing stunt from a coffin-maker who has a little too much inventory of expensive units. I mean, if I thought there was [...]

  Continue reading »

• 

  Coffin Couch: Because A Coffin Is Too Small To Be A Functional Bed

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Ever wanted a coffin as a home fixture but couldn’t find a way to make it useful?  While movie vampires have always employed one as a bed, it’s too cramped to warrant use by daywalking undeads like you and me.  Etsy seller VonErickson came up with a creative solution: deck the thing as a couch instead. The Coffin Couch, as the furniture is called, allows you to indulge your vampire fascinations, all while remaining a functional piece for your living [...]

  Continue reading »

•