8 Splendidly Redesigned Home Basics We All Use
Have you ever noticed that there are some things around the house
that we always expect to look the same — the hose spigot outside, the
plug socket, the light switch? But savvy companies are now bringing high
design down to the smallest utilitarian details. Here are a few items
that have been catching our attention lately.
This is brilliant. Instead of a
soap dish filled with that watery soap goo and a brush that lingers off
to the side without a proper place, the brush is the soap dish,
collecting the goo and being handy for a good postgardening nail
scrubbing.
Instead of the usual stack, these
plug holes are upside-down opposites, creating an unexpected subtle
composition on a wall. These days homes have charging ports everywhere,
so it's time to rethink what our outlets look like.
Speaking of outlets, no one wants
to look at a dirty gray power strip clunking up the floor. These new
faux-bois strips blend right in. They come in several different "woods"
to match your hardwoods.
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This quirky little thermostat
from Nest looks like it was conceived by a team that included Kenneth
Noland and Steve Jobs. Actually, it was designed by Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers, who had thermostat ennui. The
bull's-eye shape, array of eye-catching colors available and simple
graphics make me look at my own thermostats and feel sorry for them for
being so frumpy.
Learn more about the design of this thermostat |
by YLiving.com
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This sleek broom and dustpan can stand on their own (no leaning required) and blend into a corner.
This artful hosta sprinkler adds sculpture and copper foliage in addition to water to the garden mix.
A flashlight is often a clunky
appliance one tucks out of sight in the nightstand drawer, but the Ljusa
flashlight has brazen coloring and an hourglass figure. You'll want to
leave it out as an accessory.
