Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

One thing interior designs will tell you is to optimize your vertical space. Walls are great for pictures and mirrors, but they’re even better for shelving units.

Displaying or storing your items vertically increases your living space. Then you can free up the floor space. The Walnut Five-tier Ladder Shelf is a decorative yet functional piece that can help you stay organized. The ladder-style design conveniently rests against any wall, and there are five shelves.

This shelving unit measures 72” H x 25” W x 17” D, and it’s made from solid walnut. The rich color and sturdy exterior will complement your living space for years to come. Display your favorite vases or rest baskets and containers full of DVDs or reading materials.

When the urge to start spring cleaning comes, it’s important to get to work in order to stay motivated. You never know when that feeling will go away, so you have to take advantage of it while it lasts.

While it’s beneficial to wash your drapes, bedding, clothing, etc. and scour the floors, your carpets and area rugs also need some tender, love and care. The Hoover Clean Surge Carpet Steamer can help you remove the built up dirt and grime from your carpets.

This steam cleaner has a powerful 12-amp motor and five spin scrub brushes to get deep down into the carpet fibers. The extra long 24L power cord enables you to move from room to room effortlessly so you can get the job done quickly.

Red is a bright color for the bathroom, and if you enjoy waking up to cheery decor, a cherry red sink might be perfect for you.

The Kraus Irruption Red Glass Vessel Sink has a beautiful design and color. It features a waterfall faucet, which allows water to flow out of it elegantly. Between the exquisite style and striking red color, it’s sure to give your bathroom some pizazz.

The tilted bowl enables you to wash your face and hands easier without flooding the counter or dripping water all over the floor.

Update your bathroom with a candy apple red sink, and enjoy the convenient design and modern appearance of this unique vessel sink.

Expressing your passion through art is one way to personalize your home. Plus, by having sculptures to remind you about emotions or important moments in your life, you will have a reminder to live your life to the fullest.

The Floating Heart Sculpture is a red hot piece. The fluid design is intriguing, and the bright red is contrasted with black. The sculpture is made from fiberwood, and it’s hand finished by Vietnamese artisans. This sculpture measures 6.25” W x 16.5” H x 13.75” D.

Accent your home office by incorporating this piece into your bookshelf. You love your profession, right? Well, keep something to remind you of why you love doing what you do. There are so many ways to utilize this symbolic sculpture in your home and this is just one of the ways.

Coffee tables are essential in living areas. You can never have enough space for resting drinks, appetizers, reading material, etc., and when you have an intricately designed coffee table, you will want to put it to use as much as you can.

This Beautiful Coffee Table measures 20” x 36” x 18”, and is regal enough for a formal living room area. It’s crafted from solid teak wood and is embossed with white metal. The neutral metallic exterior matches almost any home decor, and the intricate pattern around the edges and on the legs really make it an interesting focal point for a room.

Enjoy having a place to rest your magazines and books, and use this coffee table when entertaining guests. You can get so much use out of a piece like this, and it will match your decor even as it evolves and changes over the decades.

Fresh flowers are nice to have in your home. Whether you put them on the table or in the window sill, they can bring some color, freshness and beauty inside. For under $10, you can pick up a bouquet of tea roses and enhance your kitchen or table setting.

These Palace Bud Vases come in a set of six. These vases features olive-colored glass, and they can be easily wiped clean with a damp towel. Each bud vase measures 4” high and 2” in diameter.

Enjoy family meals as usual, but add some color with your favorite flowers. It’s such an easy way to decorate, and it’s especially nice during the winter to have fresh cut flowers indoors.

In many homes, table lamps can be so basic. Instead of going with a plain table lamp for your living room, hallway or bedroom, try one that has a unique base or lamp shade.

The Bodega Table Lamp is currently 20% off at Horchow, and it has some striking elements. The white linen lamp shade has a chic rectangular shape, and the base is made from distressed white driftwood. The lamp shade is lined with cotton so this lamp gives off a soft glow. However, you can adjust the lighting using the three-way switch.

This model uses a 150-watt bulb. The lamp measures 14.5” sq. x 33” tall, and the neck is adjustable up to 4”. Add this piece to your sitting room or living room, and enjoy the natural features of this table lamp.

Sofa blankets are convenient to have on the couch or chair in the living room, so you don’t have to get up in the middle of your movie to find a warm throw. Textured sofa blankets can also be added to your bed, or you can accent a hope chest with one.

This Black Silk Throw is a classic sofa blanket. It’s made by village artisans in Thailand using fair trade practices. This 100% silk black throw can coordinate with a variety of home decor styles. The throw measures 40′ x 80” and should be dry cleaned.

Accent your home with a basic throw, and enjoy one that is made from natural dyes. The one downside to this throw is that it needs to be dry cleaned. However, the neutral color and diamond weaved pattern is beautiful.

Even the heaviest of rugs can slip and slide on hardwood floors or ceramic tile. In addition to this being an annoying problem, it’s also a safety hazard in your home.

One way to ensure that your rug stays put in the center of your kitchen or directly under your sink, use a Heavyweight Rug Pad. This rug pad creates a barrier between the rug and floor so that the rug doesn’t move. This rug pad has a nonskid pad, and it can be easily trimmed with scissors to fit the size of your rug.

Stop tripping over your rugs or having to readjust them every time you walk by. This rug pad is an eco-friendly solution to home safety and sanity.