apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Normally we try to offer solutions to hide cables and wires in the home. But artist Maisie Maud Broadhead has found a way to incorporate the cable of a lamp into the space in a most impressive fashion that actually adds, rather than detracts, to a room's decor!

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Now this is brilliant. How many of you are living in rentals where your landlord decided to ruin a perfectly good wall with a thermostat smack dab in the middle of it? Our thermostat and door buzzer, for example, totally interrupts the art gallery we have going on on our wall. One creative Ikea shopper figured out a genius way to hide both, but still have access to them.

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We're not really materialistic or all about "the gimmies," but with Thanksgiving and family get togethers right around the corner, relatives are sure to start probing for things that might be making our holiday tech wish list. In hopes we won't find any coal in our stocking, here's a few home technology products from the last year we've been secretly coveting.

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While it may be a few years late in the mini-PC market, and closely resembling a familiar friend, Dell's Inspiron Zino HD promises to deliver snappy performance for desktop PC lovers on a dime. Perhaps it was just our media addiction speaking, but the first thing that immediately came to mind was, "Perfect HTPC, anyone?"

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There are two types of people in this world. Those who don't mind having their TV hung above their fireplace and those who prefer to hide it more than anything else. Then again, there are times when it's just so picture perfect we can't help but admire...

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Despite the existence of just about any and every shape of USB peripheral out there, the lineup of USB products we'd actually like to invite into our home is quite small. Here are ten USB hub designs that don't compromise style/design for utility...

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Yesterday we saw Panasonic's attempt at the first robotic dish washer. Today, we're going to check out Dvice's house tour of their Eco Ideas House over in Japan. We'll admit their designs are a little rough around the edges, with many UI's simply thrown on some LCD screens, but the core ideas are pretty interesting to say the least…

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Last week's issue of New York Magazine featured their Home Design Fall package. They looked at a few before and after gut renovations, including this master bathroom in Prospect Heights Brooklyn. We were a little confused by the choice of additions. Architect Elizabeth Roberts opened up the second floor of a late-nineteenth-century brownstone to feature not only a large bathing area, but a home office in the corner. Yup, that on the left is a desk with a printer, meant to let you get some work one in between, um, dips in the large bath tub.

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Usually when we talk about green technology here on Unplggd we are referring to eco-friendly products, but today we are actually focusing on goods that would make Kermit the Frog happy. Though admittedly not as popular an option as yellow or red, there are plenty of choices for the savvy shopper looking to add a pop of green...

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Here's an interesting take on "framing" your entertainment center. Tien utilized 4 Lack long shelves, 2 Lack side tables and some L-brackets to store and display his Pioneer KURO plasma, Pioneer LX-01 sound system and PS3 in a unique fashion that is just as much about decorative impact as storing his home entertainment peripherals...

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We've always considered the hair dryer a necessary evil. It's a useful tool to be sure, but the heat can cause damage, dullness, and frizz, not to mention worries about excessive energy consumption for the eco-minded among us. So, when we received T3's "revolutionary" Bespoke Featherweight hair dryer to test, we were somewhat intrigued but mostly skeptical...

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Microsoft just upped the ante...and then some...with this leaked late-production prototype that hints of an intuitive and powerful notebook/stylus device which operates like a netbook, iPhone, digital camera and FranklinCovey all rolled into one. It's best seen in action to understand why the Courier concept has set the tech blogosphere on fire with anticipation (and Apple's retort)...

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Part of the Esquire Bachelor Pad, the Obscura CueLight system projects uses a high definition projector and a motion sensor to integrate images and animations into your game of pool…

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Researchers at Media Interaction Lab turned to a whole new approach to remote control by utilizing a touchscreen table GUI that should be easily understandable by anyone who has used an iPhone or seen the Microsoft Surface concept, opening up a whole new world to controlling your home tech from the comfort of your couch...

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