Luxury Gemstones in Home Interiors

Never mind the economic downturn. There are still luxury products out there for those who can afford more than just beautiful natural stone. Majestic Gemstones takes what we use as personal adornment and offers the ultimate natural stone - precious gemstones for your home.
The company manufactures luxury flooring, counter tops, fireplaces, sinks, mirror frames and even furniture. The resulting products are virtually maintenance free - they are scratch, stain and heat resistant and won’t absorb oil. These minerals are translucent so coupled with the right lighting, the gemstones will glow “majestically”. The gemstones used include amethyst, jasper, quartz, agate, sodalite, rose quartz and tiger eye. Yes, this is bling for your home!

Temperature Sensitive Glass Tiles

Moving Color is an innovative technology which takes glass tiles to new heights in terms of interior design. These are temperature sensitive textured glass tiles which change color with the ambient, body or water temperature. So when someone touches them or if warm water from a shower
hits them, the tiles then literally “bloom with color”! How neat is that?
The manufacturer offer tiles in different sizes and for all sorts of applications - wall, floor and counter tops. There are also texture and base color options which allows you to custom the look you want. Clients can also choose the activation temperature of the tiles which will then go through 3 shimmering phases, each with a 6 – 10° rise in temperature. ”Once the temperature peak is passed, the base color returns and remains the same until the temperature drops.”
How much is this going to cost? It’s approximately $17 per standard size 4″ x 4″ x 3/8″ tile or $149/ft with reductions for volume discounts. It’s not cheap because the tiles are all individually hand made from recycled glass but you have to admit, they are “cool” when hot!

Mannequin Lamps

Daniel Loves Objects of Singapore designs lamps like no other. Called At Your Command, these really cool lamps can be manipulated into different postures as they are jointed. Imagine how much fun you could have arranging the lamps. A single one could be posed on its knees or leaning against the wall if you feel like you need a prayer or two after a rotten day. Group a few of them together and you could tell a story with a lighting scene. It’ll be a grand conversation piece!

Ergon by Venetian Celegon, Trendy Two-way Door

Space is such a premium in modern homes and tiny studio apartments that even a single square meter of area can make a huge difference. That is exactly why the ultra-modern and uber-cool Ergon rototranslating doors by Venetian Celegon are such a cool and chic innovation. The doors allow for both rotatory and translatory motion in one go, and their spinning around the central axis ends up saving on 50% of space— otherwise consumed by the conventional doors as they open up. This is so much fun, looks quite futuristic and is like bringing home those spinning glass doors from the mall. A great mix of form and function.

Luxurious Chestnut House in Newport Beach

A sustainable and eco-friendly home that was both cost-efficient and easy to build, the exclusive “Chestnut House” was designed with an ambient feel in mind. The location at Newport Beach adds a tinge of luxury and gives the home more than enough power for harvesting the sun’s power via solar panels attached to the Energy Star Cool roof. It is a modern family home equipped with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, with bare walls that have not been painted (for better preservation and to avoid toxic emissions), recycled glass floors, and renewable resources that make it perfect for the green minded.

House of Vision by Kouichi Kimura in Shiga, Japan

In 2008 Japanese designer Kouichi Kimura created a specific property in the outskirts of Shiga, Japan. Located on foot hill area with fields surrounding the entire property, at a first glance the building looks odd, a bit minimalistic, and clean. But a deeper look and you can get a feel for the exceptionally emotional design intended to blend with nature. With a clean interior that exudes a pure ambient feel, the overall theme of the 181 sqm residence is a mixture of modernism as well as an unsurpassable natural ambient. Dubbed the “House of Vision” it’s the elegance of this enchanting project that got us sold in the first place.

IJburg House in Amsterdam

Kirsten Gabriëls and James Webb are the guys behind the IJburg House. Located in the Netherlands, only 20 minutes of central Amsterdam, it has the similarities of a typical canal house. With a beautiful layout and a contemporary design that charms on a first glance, the 285 sqm building features a lowered level for the children, an upper level for the parents and a bufferzone or the social area, at the ground floor. With sharp edges, a large full height glass door on the facade and elegant wood furnishings, it definitely looks like the dream home for someone ready to move in Amsterdam.