There are other ways of investing your money aside from buying houses so for today’s list, we find out how far up home technology is in the scale of kickass awesomeness. Here are some cool home improvement tips that would surely transform your home into an amazing place.
10) Cooling Drawer
I’m not sure if grandma would approve of this but let’s face it, we all want one. Say hello to the cooling drawer. They are really indeed drawers where you can put stuff in and out, but this one goes with temperature settings. You can adjust the coolness as high as you want – makes a good hiding place for your ice cream. The good thing about this is you can have as many as you want around your house as they are individually built.
9) Pop-up Ventilation for the Kitchen
Had enough of that lingering smoke smell right after or during cooking your fave meal? Give way to the pop-up hood vent – it literally pops up at a push of a button as you can sink it into any countertop (as long as there is an underground vent to the outside). It comes up, eats up all the smoke and fumes out of the way and then vanishes again, all at a push of a button. With this, it won’t be hard for you to ask for anyone to help in the kitchen. Cool gadget, more people.
8) Master Control for Energy Consumption
Controlling your entire house from your laptop, iPhone or iPad is old news – here’s taking it to the next level: A master control for energy consumption.
"This is very, very new - people are just experimenting with it," said Ron Rimawi, who co-owns Digital Interiors in Atlanta. "It helps make you more aware and more conscious of your energy usage, so you don't waste energy."
It basically tracks down various appliances you’re using in your home; it provides you information from your usage to the temperature and how much it’s costing you!
"We have long held the belief that the promise of the Smart Grid can only be realized if the consumer is front-and-center in the design of demand-response systems," said Control4, which makes the master control for energy consumption pictured at left.
7) Outdoor Shower
This kind of shower is different from the pool type shower your kids usually use to wash off chlorine loosely from their limbs. This type of outdoor showers can found in resorts in Bali, Fiji and the Caribbean – and now you get it in your very own home. It’s usually made out of high end materials and other natural materials.
"It's a very sexy thing," said Walid Wahab, president of Wahab Construction in south Florida. "It's your private shower -- you can get completely naked and take a shower outside in your private garden."
6) Exotic Landscape Lighting
It’s time to catch up and save energy – see those spotlight lighting up the fountain and those little solar path lights? It’s time to bring in those solar lights into your very own home.
5) Glass Rooms on the Patio
It’s time to make use of that gold mine of space on your patio.
Outdoor patios with full kitchens are getting even huger these days, with some nearing 10,000 square feet, said Stephann Cotton, owner of the real-estate sales and marketing firm Cotton & Co.
4) Home Gold Simulator
It’s a full blown floor-to-ceiling golf simulator with a massive screen to let you “play” from any place you want, any view you wish to see. It has sonic ball-tracking sensors and a program that gives you feedback on that swing you’re working on. Cost runs from $20,000 to $60,000 or more.
3) Water Feature with Fire
Nature’s two most powerful elements all rolled into one – or more like on top of the other. These accessories can come in any shape with broken glass in the middle where the fire shoots out. Plus, you can control it with a remote control. Just sit back and relax.
2) Hidden, Wall-mounted TV
Having a wide-screen flat TV is a standard thing in any home nowadays. But it can outshine some of the other nice bits in your home. Well now you can have everything in balance as designers are increasingly working out ways to hide gigantic televisions in the wall – covering them with a mirror or an artwork.
1)Your Taste
Change is the only constant thing in this colorful world of ours. It doesn’t hurt to try out new things for yourself and for your family. Always take careful precaution, though, as some things need professional hands to be carried out. Let your taste and creativity take its turn to shine and surround you and your loved ones.
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