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It's Entertaining month at Apartment Therapy so we've rounded up DC homes that are ready to entertain. Click through for ways to make your home party-ready and see a peek of an upcoming House Tour.

This faucet design by Stephen Einhorn is perfect for Halloween, but would you want it in your home all year round? Shown here is a version in polished chrome with Swarovski Crystal Eyes -- red for hot water and blue for cold. Do you like it? Survey below the jump...

The Gas Mask Shower Head is the scariest design we've come across this Halloween. Designed by Chris Dimino, the gas mask's eye holes can be used as soap dishes. Would this scare you in the shower?

The Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England just updated its website to feature over one million items in the collection. The museum has an amazing treasure collection of ceramics, furniture, and artwork. You can now tour much of the collection online — items both on view in museums and in storage are featured on the website.

Designed by architect Alla Kazovsky, the A-Desk is made of lightweight aluminum with a brushed finish and can be used as a console or occasional table — and the addition of casters makes it easy to move around for multiple functions.

Brian Jungen uses common, mass-produced objects to make powerful sculpture. Currently on view at The National Museum of the American Indian in DC: totem poles made of golf bags, golf balls and painted golf tees; a whale skeleton from reassembled plastic chairs, and Northwest Coast-style masks out of Nike Air Jordan basketball sneakers.

Lockengeloet has found many creative ways to repurpose old vinyl records into useful household objects: lamps, clocks, and more. Shown in the first image is a paper towel holder made from reshaped records.

With the holiday and party season approaching, take this bit of news as a cautionary tale, and a good reason NOT to motorize your furniture — this week a Minnesota man pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk.

Russian nesting dolls or Matryoshka are a popular Russian national souvenir — and lately we've been seeing the dolls co-opted into modern decor. Nesting dolls are perfect for themed, kitschy decor like the Obama and Star Wars Matryoska dolls.

Yesterday we polled you on multi-colored faucets. Would you customize your kitchen appliances with color, glitter, or Swarovski crystals? Italian company Coolors is offering you the option to "be cool with colors"...