Ideas so useful you’ll wonder how you lived without them – the Hollywood and Dolce Vita Plasma LCD TV Console Stands are from Cattelan Italia, and designed by Paolo Cattelan. These days, we have so many options when it comes to displaying TVs that are lighter and thinner than ever before. It makes sense to exploit their portability with the Dolce Vita and Hollywood Plasma TV Stands, structures made of stainless steel that offer adjustability in the height of the TV from 32H to 71H. You’ll avoid straining your neck, viewing the TV in comfort wherever you are sitting. Not only this, the stable TV stands have a strong visual presence, including a handy glass shelf under the TV to store other electronic products. The Dolce Vita stand can accommodate TVs up to 32” wide, whereas the Hollywood Plasma TV Stand is made for a bigger TV, accommodating up to a 42” wide Plasma TV. Buy the Dolce Vita for USD $1,468 or the Hollywood for USD $1,573 at Spacify.

Simple and elegant – the Flag floor lamps are from Cattelan Italia. Designed by Emanuele Zenere, the lamps are a wonderful addition to any contemporary interior. With a figure easy to interpret as a human bending at the waist, you’ll grow to love the personality of the helpful Flag. The unusual balance of the lamp allows you to position the light exactly where you need it most, such as over a desk or by your favourite reading chair. The floor lamp and its shade each coordinate perfectly – you can choose from white, black, or red painted steel, or a chromed steel finish. The lampshades correspond in white, black, red or silver fabric. Flag has the dimensions w: 230cm, h: 198cm, base: Ø42cm, or if space is tight you can opt for the Little Flag w: 84cm, h: 153cm, base: Ø30cm. Buy the designer lamp Flag here at Spacify for USD $1,220, or Little Flag for USD $620.

The new Olympic bathroom suite from Vitruvit has an understated abstract air. Chunky, solid rectangular pieces with slightly rounded corners and asymmetrical edges characterise the collection. Available in white or with an abstract linear design, the look is contemporary and smart. The lined pattern, which comes in black on white or white on black, is attention-grabbing yet restrained. There are four versions of the Olympic bathroom suite; the classic white Olympic and Olympic Wall Mount; as well as the patterned Olympic Decor and Olympic Wall Mount Decor. The Nest shower bases complement the look with their stylish linear surfaces that are actually also channels to allow water to drain away. Great Italian Ceramic for your home – this bathroom suite is from Vitruvit.

2009 is just around the corner... so here's our 2008 Holiday Gift Guide. To make your holiday memories even more special we'd like to present you these 12 great gift ideas - all hand-picked and very tasteful decor pieces from PotteryBarn. Enjoy Trendir's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide! Happy and healthy Holidays to all of our readers!

Rudolph Design Serveware

"Santa’s reindeer team makes merry for the holidays. Serveware is white porcelain with a silver rim. Our Graphic Rudolph serveware has an oversized reindeer design. Hand wash." Price $23.00 - $55.00. Buy it here.

Green Butterfly Ornaments

"Glittering from a tree or showcased on a mantel, our festive ornaments make every celebration sparkle." Price $8.00. Buy it here.

Petiole Flatware

"Featuring an intricate swirling pattern that our designers discovered in a book of antique French botanical and architectural etchings, our flatware brings an artful note to everyday dining. Each piece is forged by hand with a stainless steel head and nickel-plated solid brass handle. Hand wash." Price for 5-Piece Place Setting is $45.00. Buy it here.

Marie Antoinette Coup Stemware

"Inspired by tales of Louis XVI’s glittering court, our designers brought color to handblown glassware. Dishwasher safe. Set of 4. Magenta, Green, Clear, Blue and Red are shown (left to right)." Price $28.00. Buy it here.

Frangipani Server Set

"Inspired by the frangipani leaf, our server set was handcrafted by skilled Indian artisans. Each piece is sand casted of recycled metal. Hand wash. 10 x 4 x 1" h. Price for Set of 2 is $39.00." Buy it here.

Sparkling Tree and Metallic Bark Candles

"Candlelight is key to creating a festive, holiday mood. Create a wintry forest with our tree candles that shimmer like frost." Prices are $9.00 - $29.00 and $16.00 - $34.00. Buy it here and here.

Art Nouveau Salad Plates and Glasses

"Hand painted ceramic plates.The bird and butterfly patterns are reproduced in warm colors, and the peacock and dragonfly in complementary cool colors. Gold mica glistens on the rim and throughout. 8.5" diam. Set of 4, one of each pattern." Price $39.50. Buy it here.

Set of 4, one of each pattern. Price $39.00. Buy it here.

Woodland Creature Ornaments

"Glittering from a tree or showcased on a mantel, our festive ornaments make every celebration sparkle." Buy it here.

Glass Sphere and Mercury Pillar Holders

"With classic styling that complements any setting, these glass pillar holders have voluptuous orbs at the base. Mix sizes and shapes for a memorable display." Price $29.00 - $49.00. Buy it here.
"Mercury Pillar Holders first produced in the 19th century, mercury glass offered all the shine of silver without the expense or the need for polishing." Price $19.00 - $34.00. Buy it here.

Jeweled Ornaments

"Glittering from a tree or showcased on a mantel, our festive ornaments make every celebration sparkle." Price $10.00 - $19.00. Buy it here.

Reindeer Candelabra

"The reindeer candelabra presents a glowing crown of candles on its antlers and holds ten pearlized sphere votive candles (sold separately), which have a festive silvery finish. The reindeer taper holder displays a pair of candles on its back; use with our pearlized taper candles (sold separately)." Price $ 39.00. Buy it here.

Cherry Blossom Door Mat

"Generously sized mats of color-drenched coir welcome guests with cheer, and ensure that dampness and dirt stay outside. Features a flurry of white cherry blossoms on rich red. 22 x 36". Imported." Price $29.00. Buy it here.

This super little table lamp is a Murano glass lamp from Formia, new in the Vivarini collection. Microcosmo creates its own atmosphere inside to keep your plants happy – a favourite cactus, for example, will relish the extra light and heat. It will also keep you happy – it’s a practical and pleasing lighting idea that is sure to be a conversation piece. With two holes for ventilation on either side, the Murano glass lamp will not overheat your plants. A handy switch on the lead makes the Microcosmo that lamp that you naturally reach for. A smart meeting of form and function for people who care about the details: the Microcosmo table lamp from Formia.

The modern Vivarini Giraffe and Zebra collections of Murano glass lamps are perfect for creating a relaxed safari feel in your home. Formia brings us these abstract lamps with a bold appeal that isn’t, however, overbearing. A natural center of attention, the animal look lamps can add a welcome touch of the wild to a neutral decor. The Giraffe lights come in a pendant lamp, a tall cylindrical table lamp, a wall-mounted sconce, a standing lamp, or a large or small vase suitable for a lampshade. There are accessories to match as well, cylindrical or ball vases and a lovely flattened bowl. You can also choose between an amber and black or crystal and black color combinations! The Zebra collection is likewise high-impact, with a beautiful striped pattern in a milk and black glass pairing. New from Formia, these modern Murano glass lamps are the ideal finishing touch.

Why not go wild and team these lamps with a stunning Karastan exotic animal print rug?

This generously-sized Finnish sauna will add so much to your lifestyle – the Viitta sauna is from German company B+S Finland Sauna. The perfect size for enjoying with friends, the classic log sauna has a great climate for unwinding and stretching out. You can choose the temperature and humidity – have you tried different Finnish sauna variants such as low temperature and high humidity, for example? Made with huge wooden planks, the Viitta (which means Cape in English) manages to look totally up-to-date both inside and out. Fully customisable, it will accommodate your ideas for a personal touch. You can co-ordinate the sauna with your bathroom tiles, or choose the color of the curtains to match – perhaps with your own picture too. Likewise, if you dream of a starry star above, or a basin full of aromatic herbs… these too can be accommodated in the design of your sauna. Enjoy the health benefits of a sauna with real style – the Viitta from B+S Finland Sauna.

Or, how about this curvy Nordic sauna from Klafs?

Go wild with the funky Ethnic collection – a range of eye-catching animal print vessels from Vitruvit. These surprising sinks are bound to be a conversation piece that will take you back to great holidays, or simply inject a little bit of exoticism into your daily routine. The distinctive shapes of the Ethnic collection (designed by Manuela Busetti and Andrea Garuti) are available with or without the animal prints. Thabo is the deep, pot-like basin pictured here, whereas Afya and Biko are shallower, open vessels that are delicately rounded off. Hasana is the striking square vessel and Shakia an elongated, flattened rectangle. Each sink feature a subtle slit in their inner surface for water to slip down. You can choose the print to suit you best, and combine with the perfect vessel. Customised Italian style, the Ethnic collection is from Vitruvit.

If you like these, take a peek at the modern bathroom designs from Ceramico Cielo - the fabulous Jungle collection.

Marble always evokes a sense of quality and luxury... and the new marble bathroom suite by IQquadro is no exception. In stunning black marble known as Black Chelsea, the Amor and Memories ranges have strong visual impact impact. The Amor bath is shown here – a serene, linear form with a rectangular shape and well-defined corners. Memories has a thick, smoothed and rounded appearance, characterised by soft lines. IQquadro is proud to offer a flexible system of matching pieces of bathroom furniture so that customers can choose their own personal environs. Amor and Memories – unforgettable marble bathroom suites from IQquadro.

This sophisticated silk screen mirror furniture range from Gervasoni will brighten any room in the house, as well as providing a handy place to tuck everything away. Known simply as the Gray series, the storage systems feature a strong wooden frame with attractive mirrored doors concealing shelves for storage. The fine webbed pattern of the silk screen mirror is an unusual detail that fits in well to contemporary or transitional interiors. For the wooden frame, you can choose from white or gray stained Oak, or American Walnut. Gray 66 is a single-door unit, Gray 67 has double doors and Gray 69 is a low sideboard with four doors. Appropriate for any room in the home, the Gray furniture range also includes a lovely four-poster style bed: the Gray 81. New from Gervasoni, an Italian home furnishing specialist.

Rustic rattan furniture evocative of warm days and outdoor living is designed by Paola Navone for Gervasoni. Made from crocodile rattan, the series is known fittingly as Croco. The intriguing handcrafted look is a sure antidote to the mass-produced furniture items that flood the market. The Croco 95 is an attractive wide brimmed suspension lamp to match the Croco 82 daybed and the Croco 13 stools, all pictured here. Lounging on the Croco 82, with or without the matching mattress and roll cushion, is easy on a warm day. And the Croco 13 stools are great for gathering guests round a table for an informal meal. Their round forms have a convenient handle woven into their form and optional seat cushion too. When it seems you are spending more time outside than in, it makes sense to invest in sound and comfortable rattan furniture like the Croco range from Gervasoni.

You might also like this splendid wicker daybed from Laneventure…

Delicately diffused light filters through the natural rattan of the Bell 95 from Gervasoni. The suspension lamp has a bright and airy aspect, with the light glowing from within working to highlight the fine weave of the rattan. To achieve this lovely eye-catching effect, the Bell 95 lampshade is handwoven, and it certainly shows in the detail. You can choose from a pale melange colour or the darker ebony colour to suit your decor best. A design by Jasper Startup, the rattan lamp is realised by Gervasoni, a company with over a hundred years’ experience. You know you’ll get the atmosphere just right with the breezy Bell 95.

A brilliantly clever name - Why Only White (WOW) – describes a brilliantly clever collection of shower panels from TEDA. Indeed, with the WOW custom graphic shower panels you might turn your back on boring white bathroom furniture forever! The bathroom is the perfect place to experiment with fun and daring looks to liven up your daily routine. Shown here is a fabulous range of floral, abstract or human figure inspired designs that will delight again and again as you use the shower. Choose from a shower ‘totem’ – a central panel for all your shower controls, or a full panel within a shower cabin for a huge effect. A colorful solution to bathroom design is presented by TEDA with their exclusive Why Only White (WOW) collection!

Love TEDA’s fun designs? You’ll adore the colorful shower bases from Showart.

Harmonious and soothing – the Classic FS \ Orlando Kitchen from Leicht is remarkably easy on the eye. Creating a peaceful breathing space in the kitchen – the natural hub of family life – is the achievement of the stunning, naturally colored kitchen. Tennessee walnut is the pale wood that repeats in the tabletop and the showcase cabinets – it complements the warm magnolia satin-matte finish beautifully. The Classic FS \ Orlando kitchen is well-equipped - behind large cupboards doors you discover acres of storage. But more than that, the special touches such as spotlights, elegant illuminated glass shelves, and integrated electric appliances tucked neatly away make this kitchen a joy to use. Leicht, a German company, maintain that shades of the earth – various hues of brown – ‘symbolize the sensual enjoyment of the simple life’. Get back to your roots with the Classic FS \ Orlando from Leicht.

AD Hoc brings us these two artistic, ultra-modern radiators: Altamura and Random. The radiators are all about adding some serious character and clever design to an essential item for any home. It’s easy to personify Altamura – this clever radiator looks like its get a personality of its own as it seems to grasp firmly onto the wall. It has a sculptural look that will bring a smile to your face every time you see it. Random radiator, on the other hand, appears more as a piece of modern art, suspended on the wall to intrigue and delight. Of course both the Altamura and the Random radiators offer a most welcoming warmth, almost as an incidental bonus to their great looks! New from AD Hoc, the Italian heating experts.

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