German designer Manuel Welsky has created the SCRW stool.

Inspiration for this two-piece furniture was an object from everyday life: The bottle corks. Simple and aesthetically it rotates out of the bottle, and simple and aesthetically should be the principle of “SCREW”.

Spanish designers Miguel Angel García Belmonte of POTT (The Pottery Project), have designed the ceramic SpongeUP lamps.

EOOS have designed the BAO chair for german furniture manufacturer Walter Knoll.

Perfectly on trend for 2012, these modern upholstered armchairs by Miami-based furniture company KMP are transforming a simple seat into a veritable objet d’art with their vibrant colors and exotic patterns.

I’m not really an eco-friendly person, but I just try, from time to time, to be creative or do something original. Thus, I decided to have a Christmas tree decorated with different things from nature this year. Here’s what I used to make the ornaments:

• Cinnamon bars/sticks
• Orange, grapefruit, and lemon slices
• Red ribbon
• Potpourri
• Needle and thread (dark green, not to be too visible)
• Glue (optional)

The metallic trend is alive and well with this flashy furniture by Koket. Not for the bland of taste, the Intuition table and the Guilt mirror deliver a double dose of drama to your home.

Peruvian artist, Grimanesa Amorós, has unveiled Uros, a temporary light-based installation at theTribeca Issey Miyake store in New York. Amorós will present Uros there on December 15th.

Theodora is a collection of exotic and artsy furniture by Sicis – the art mosaic factory. Of course, as the name suggests, Sicis’ specialty is extravagant mosaic work, but they have also worked with designers to add furniture and accessories to their repertoire that match their brand and image.

Romantic, refined, luxurious – this elegant brass armoire by Koket is a real showpiece. The Madmoiselle armoire, part of Koket’s debut Guilty Pleasures collection, is sure to seduce you at first glance with its jewel-toned pink-silk doors overlaid with the shimmer of polished brass in an elaborate butterfly design.

It is known to all of us that there is an important process that takes place once the winter leaves, and this is Spring Cleaning. Even though we clean daily, weekly or according to a schedule, from time to time it comes the moment when you have to do a more intensive cleaning which means not only dusting, washing and changing sheets but also other important actions.