This little home ice making gadget is brilliant for party season. It’s called the Mini Contessa and at 400 High x 310 Wide x 380 Deep it really is a portable device.
You can select up to 3 cube sizes and it takes between 10 to 16 minutes to produce 10 cubes. All you do is fill the 2 litre water tank and plug it in!
By the time you’ve got the cocktail ready you’ll have your ice. The Contessa can store up to 700 cubes, plenty for a party.
Very cool and a must have for party season at £178.00.
Buy yours here.
Posted by Tom Wilkins on Thu 25th October 2007 at 11:06 AM, Filed in Unusual Luxury
A copy of the Muslim Koran that dates back to 1203 has sold for a world record price of £1,140,500 at a Christie’s auction in London.
The book is believed to be the oldest complete copy in existence and is written in gold with marginal notes written in silver.
It was expected to fetch between £500,000 and £750,000 but far exceeded. A second copy of the Koran with ‘nearly-complete’ text dating back to the 10th Century went for a huge £916,500.
Both buyers were British trade buyers and the lucky owners were the Hispanic Society of America.
If you’re design conscious, have excessive magazines cluttering up the place… and £50 to blow on a cool magazine rack then you can’t go far wrong with this Blow Up Magazine Holder by the infamous Fratelli Campana Brothers.
It’s created by linking together metal pieces and will certainly become a talking point!
Purchase at iCone
Alessi: a gift, a memento, a treat. There are objects that make those everyday routine actions more effortless, more congenial, more “ours. The objects in the Alessi “Dream Factory” range have been conceived with just this in mind, to bring a bit of joy when we buy them for ourselves or when we give them as a wedding present, a birthday gift, a house-warming, a gift to our mothers, a token of affection. We are sure that you will love the Alessi range as much as us.
What could be more English than the top hat and bowler hat? Well, apart from ‘the full English breakfast’ not a lot!
These stylish lights are very cool and are available through Purves.co.uk. Jeeves & Wooster lights are definitely for the aspiring gentleman with class!
They are both lined with a refined gold and silver interiors for reflection and come with a 60 watt bayonet cap round soft light bulbs. Get your orders in now for Christmas!
The Jeeves is £210 and the Wooster £225!
Posted by Tom Wilkins on Sat 20th October 2007 at 02:58 AM, Filed in Unusual Luxury
If you are one of the few that just craves wearing dead exotic animals (cow not good enough for you eh!) then you may want to check out Secret Squirrel Leather based in Florida, USA.
Run by a bloke called Barkley Daniel, Secret Squirrel Leather also produce a wide range of gun holsters and cartridge holders… obviously for hunting (you’d hope)!
A Hippo belt will set you back £200 whilst a Shark belt would cost you £100. You can have two types of leather included into a belt but add another £25!
The Hippo Belt.
