Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

Is a certain night of the week reserved for poker with the guys? Well, when it’s your turn to entertain your friends, you definitely want to give them the best of the best.

The Folding Oval Poker Table will be a favorite among your friends, and they might even want to start always holding poker night at your pad.

This poker table measures 83.5” L x 41.75” W x 20.5” H, so it gives you a playing field of 71.875” L x 31.25” W. The playing field has a green nylon cloth, and the table has black metal legs that are collapsible.

In addition to providing a large amount of playing space, this table can hold 10 drinks, and it provides players with cushioned rails. If this particular table isn’t to your liking, there are many different colors you can choose from including blue, red and there is even a Playboy officially licensed one.

Do you have special memory of your parents or grandparents giving you quarters for the gumball machine? Well, now you can bring that memory back to life and enjoy a giant gumball machine in your home. Although you might think a candy machine is the last thing to decorate your home with, it can actually compliment a home theater or even an arcade room.

The Big Mama Gumball Machine is so large that it can hold up to 20,000 Gumballs, Jawbreakers, Sweet Revenge Candy, Super Bouncy Balls or Round Capsules. This definitely a piece that will stand out, and everyone will want to line up to get a treat. This machine is 79” high, and it’s base is 42” in diameter.

Anyone who wants a prize can get one for 25 cents, and fortunately, the machine can hold about $1,500 in quarters. Keep in mind that you can purchase this gigantic candy machine in a red or blue finish.

Having a large flat screen television in your bedroom and living room is one thing, but when you’re preparing food in the kitchen or bathing in your bathroom, how are you going to keep up on your favorite shows?

If you can’t see your living room television from the kitchen or even while you’re hanging out on the patio, the Haier 7” Portable LCD TV is an accessory worth purchasing.

Depending on where you live, you might need to buy an antenna to ensure that you get more channels. However, this portable TV can go just about anywhere with you. Now you can get ready in the morning and watch the news or take a long bath in the evening and watch a show before bed.

When you’re too busy to leave your home or the weather is too bad to permit it, why not have a golf course within your home? The Par T Golf has residential golf simulation that will blow your  mind.

With the golf simulator, you can do other activities with it too such as watch high definition and Blu Ray movies. The system is also compatible with video game consoles like the Wii and Xbox. If you’re worried about the installation process, have no fear because they can create a custom design to fit your needs.

After you install your golf simulator, you will be able to enjoy the great game of golf whenever you want, even if the weather is bad outside. Plus, you will have cinema quality DLP projection to enjoy movies and other video games so your children will want to share it with you too.

Did you know that cherry blossoms symbolize a bright future? Now that spring is well on it’s way, you can look forward to your bright future and even have tableware that reminds you to be in a good mood.

The Tranquil Dinnerware from Pier 1 Imports features cherry blossoms in front of a bluish, gray background.

The dinnerware is sold individually, so you can choose from dinner plates, salad plates, cereal bowls, and mugs. The price for these pieces ranges from $5 to $6. Because this set is more square and has a contemporary design, it definitely gives off a modern tone.

If you’re looking to create an amazing tablescape for this coming Easter, incorporate this dinnerware set. It’s inspired by nature, and it has some Eastern flair.

When you live with a roommate or your significant other, you’re most likely not going to have the same bedtimes. Although you should be able to watch anything you want at any volume on your television, this isn’t always the case. If you want to avoid bothering the person you sleep with or the person who is sleeping down the hall from you, invest in headphones for your television.

These Wireless Television Headphones enable you to watch a game, movie or show at any volume without interrupting the people living or sleeping around you. For them to work, you have to hook up a small transmitter in the television’s audio jack. The transmitter sends the sound to your headphones. Since the headphones are wireless, you can multitask while you watch and listen. The headphones work up to 35 feet away from the transmitter.

You can even use more than one headphones at once, so if your loved one needs to listen to the show at a louder volume, you can make this happen while having the show at your desired volume.

Flat screen TVs have been all the rage since their debut, and according to the Los Angeles Times, the sales of them are growing by 4 million a year. While they make watching TV a more enjoyable experience, they fail when it comes to energy efficiency. Compared to the larger, bulkier units, flat screens use 43 percent more energy. Since more people are trading in their old TVs for flat screens, there is a concern about what this transition is doing to the power grids.

When looking for a flat screen television, you’re going to want to compare prices, but you should also consider how much energy the television will be using. The Philips 42PFL5603D/27 42-inch 1080p LCD HDTV is an eco-friendly flat screen that has some energy saving features. For instance, it has a dimmable backlight, a power saver mode and a standby mode. Even though it’s environmentally conscious, it still has full HD.

Singing in the shower might be your morning ritual but this is hard to do when you don’t have good music to listen to. Having an MP3 player or iPod is convenient, and these devices keep you connected to your favorite music. However, you can’t really take them in the shower with you.

The Wireless Waterproof Shower Speaker with Dock Transmitter enables you to stay connected. You can connect it to your radio, iPod, iPhone, Sandisk Sans, Creative Zen or other MP3 player, so it’s compatible with several devices.

Since it’s fully waterproof, you can hang the speaker in the shower, or you can still hear it if you put it no more than 150 feet away. The transmitter sends the signal to the speakers, so it will keep your music device safe from water. So all you have to do is plug in your device and shower away to your favorite tunes.

What is more relaxing this holiday season than eating great food, relaxing by the fire and listening to classic tunes? If you said nothing, then it’s time to familiarize yourself with the Ion Profile Pro USB Turntable.

This turntable enables you to turn your old records into updated MP3s, so you can listen to your favorite, old songs while you’re in the car or hanging out with friends around the fire. The turntable is compatible with Mac (Mac OS) and PC (Windows XP and Windows Vista), and you can even line-in to convert songs from tapes and other audio sources.

This is a great piece of electronic equipment to own if you have a hobby of collecting old albums. Now you can transfer those classic songs and listen to them on various devices (iPod, iPhone, MP3 player, etc.).

Do you have thousands of songs on your MP3 player? If your into music and have to listen to it all of the time, you can create the perfect environment to rock out in whether you’re inside or outside your home.

The Sharper Image Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speaker is a stylish speaker that enables you to listen to songs from your MP3 player, CD player, computer, stereo receiver, TV and more. As long as the speaker isn’t 100′ away from the transmitter, you can continue listening. This device is also easy to use, because it has plug-and-play technology. You could use this when you’re outside in your pool, gardening or relaxing on your patio.

The speaker’s dimensions are 9” L x 8.5” W x 16.5” H, and it has an internal antenna as well as a retractable antenna on the transmitter. It can operate with the AC power adapter or you can use 8/D batteries.