Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

If you, or your home-improvement-happy spouse, loves tools and gadgets, here’s a must have: the MagnoGrip Magnetic Wristband.

Just strap it to your wrist before you start your next project, and toss a few nails, screws, drill bits, or even small tools onto it. Instead of fishing into your pocket or toolbox, you’ll find everything close at hand (er, at wrist).

Since, these days, women are just as likely as men to tackle home improvement projects, the wristband is available in pink as well as red. And, for those who need more than a few nails at a time, consider the MagnoGrip Magnetic Carpenter’s Tool Belt.

All these home-improvement helpers are available through the same company, with costs running $15 (wristbands) to $40 (belt).

The birds in your backyard are beautiful to look at, especially if you’re an avid bird watcher. However, these melodious creatures can be pests when they choose your patio to be their bathroom. So how do you prevent them from doing their business where you enjoy eating?

The Solar Powered Bird Repeller is an eco-friendly way to stop birds from getting onto your patio, pool area, A/C unit, boat or car cover. This gadget functions off of the solar energy that it captures, and it has rotating arms that act as a scarecrow to nearby birds.

Since this green gadget is made from a weather-proof plastic, you can mount it anywhere. Also, there are steamers that you can attach that further ensure the birds are deterred from your property. Who knew that repelling birds could be so effortless?

When you can’t be a part of a royal family, what’s the next best thing? Why to live like royalty, of course! If you want to give your bedroom a touch of class and elegance, add a luxurious crown to the head of your bed.

The Majestic Bed Crown is one of many bed crowns that you can choose from to help give a royal presence to your bed. It has baroque styling as well as acanthus leaf detailing. This handcrafted piece measures 13.75” W x 10” D x 17” T, and it’s composed of wood with an antique gold finish.

Another royal looking accessory you can add to your bedroom is a French-style Monogrammed Overdoor. This piece of decor is meant for hanging over your door, and it measures 38.25” W x 0.25” D x 13.5” T. This personally detailing will take your bedroom to the next level or elegance

Enjoy a little more warmth when you go to bed? Or maybe you like some heat by your feet while you’re reading. Why not cozy up in a stylish way?

The Scir Radiator is a stainless steel electrical radiator that can give you extra warmth in a tasteful way. The radiator is an art piece in itself. It has Italian craftmanship, and the brushed steel and floral motif really makes it unique.

This radiator has a 5-foot power cord, and it puts out 480 watts of heat. It measures 75” H x 47” W x 16” D, so it will make quite an impression in your bedroom or sitting area.

Radiators have come along way, and you can have an elegant one for your bedroom or guest room. If you keep your home cooler, adding a radiator like this to your guest room is a great idea.

If you’re tired of looking at those boring old painted walls, you might change things up with some eco-friendly wall coverings. These Kirei Coconut tiles are pretty unique, too: they’re made from reclaimed coconut shells. Yup, now you can drink the coconut milk, eat the sweet meat, and hang the shells on your walls.

The Kirei company is the same outfit that brought us those kirei-board cabinets back in the day (made from the fiber of the renewable sorghum plant), so it’s safe to say they know green.

The low-VOC tiles (12 inches square) and panels (48 inches square) are the perfect way to dress up your walls. They’re available in a number of patterns, color combinations, and textures, and don’t worry: they’re Class C fire-rated, so you needn’t worry about the coconut material being more flammable than other wall covering options.

More information at Kirei.

The LS6245 from VTech is an expandable cordless phone system that has Bluetooth wireless technology. This phone has so many features it’s sure to fit all of your communication needs.

It has touch controls on the handset and base, quality sound and range and LCD screen with white backlighting. Since the phone has wireless technology, you can connect it to your cell phones, and you can also use up to 12 handsets with one phone jack. The digital answering system provides callers with 14 minutes of recording time, and you don’t have to worry about tapes or moving parts.

In addition to all of these high tech features, you can store 100 names and phone numbers, and you can also make conference calls or intercom between handsets. This slim, handheld phone has so many functions to make your life easier. Plus, it’s WiFi friendy and Energy Star efficient.

During the winter, it’s just not an option to hang your clothes outside to dry. Plus, sometimes you just don’t have all of the time in the world to hang your clothes outside or inside for drying. With the Folding Electrical Clothes Hanger you can dry clothing, shoes and other accessories faster. In addition to using it at home, you can also take it with you when you’re traveling or on vacation.

Some of the basic features include: durability, quiet operation, temperature controlled setting, insulated and heat resistant frame and rust proof hanger exterior. Because the temperature of the hanger can’t get too hot, your items won’t get burned.

In order to use the hanger, you put one or more items on it as if you were hanging them. Then you plug the hanger into an outlet. It’s best to button or zip the garments so that the heat stays trapped and dries the clothing faster.

When you walk into your home in the evening with several bags of groceries in your arms, it’s easy to trip and fall or lose your bags along the way when you’re trying to turn on a light. Instead of fumbling and bumbling through your doorway at night, install a motion sensing LED light to brighten your entryway.

This Motion Sensing LED Light is a simple lighting device that turns on when it senses motion. You can install it near a doorway or put it in your baby or kid’s room. A light like this is convenient if you get out of bed during the night or come home after dark.

Some other features include a long LED life of more than 80,000 hours, adjustable sensitivity, suitable for indoor and outdoor use, low power indicator, easy installation and sensitive motion detection up to 3 meters.