ceiling

beds

Bedup Saves Space by Storing Your Bed in the Ceiling

Useful for Austin Powers wannabes living in tiny apartments is the BedUp: a bed that retracts into the ceiling. Saving you up to 30 square feet, the bed slides up when you're not using it and can even have lighting integrated into its underside— so much more 21st Century than the flip-up closet Murphy beds. More info after the gallery of example installations. More »

7:14 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Kit Eaton
35,552 views, 57 comments

Latest by The illest wind: bonk! more »

fan coolness

Brisa 2000 Fan Looks Crazy, Gets the Job Done in Steampunk Style

If you're looking for decorative weirdness around your abode, a strange-looking Brisa 2000 ceiling fan by the Matthews Fan Company ought to fit in perfectly. Imagine a spinning fan, itself orbiting around a counterweighted axis as it fills the room with fresh breezes or draws all that hot air upward, your choice. Available in a variety of finishes, or a special order lets you choose your own finish that matches your eclectic decor. You'll need to bring along at least $1000 for the privilege of having one of these whirling conversation pieces keeping you cool, but just be sure to hang it high enough so it won't take the heads off your basketball-playing friends. [Matthews Fan Company, via Born Rich]

2:15 PM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By Charlie White
2,363 views, 13 comments

Latest by bantamweight: Great invention. There has never been a ceiling fan that does so much! It is much better to put additive lights on it. It can now be called ceiling light fixtures. :D more »

lighting

Awesome Chrome Motorcycle Ceiling Light with Working Headlight

This is one radical-looking lighting fixture. The Wild Thing Ceiling Pendant hangs on a pair of guy wires and makes you want to get your motor running. Its satin nickel/polished chrome frame holds a couple of medium-base lightbulbs, and its functional headlight lights up, too, packing an MR16 bulb inside. It seems kinda small in this picture, but it's actually 23 inches long and weighs 11 pounds. Looks like some fine workmanship, for which you'll pay a dear $308, even when it's on sale. [Green Culture, via 7 Gadgets]

12:00 PM on Fri Nov 9 2007
By Charlie White
3,339 views, 3 comments

Latest by vote Obama: There's a nice 'train' one too at Lowe's. The light really should be pointed at the road. Q: Where does the oil land? more »

highly efficient

Radical Ceiling Fan Blade Mocks Nature

We've been doing the ceiling fan thing all wrong for all these years. Turns out the best design for a fan blade is to twist it into the shape of a seed pod from a Sycamore tree. Spin it around at just 70 to 130 revs per minute, and you get the same airflow as a regular fan cranking its heart out at twice that speed. We're also digging its weirdo looks, too. More »

8:21 AM on Tue Jun 19 2007
By Charlie White
11,936 views, 29 comments

watch your head

Enigma Ceiling Fan Circulates Air, Slices and Dices

Ceiling fans are usually staid and boring, despite their obvious pimp-out potential. Enter the Enigma Fan, with a single, swooping five-foot blade that looks like it could roll some serious heads. Besides its boomerang-esque blade, it comes with a halogen light, and can be controlled via remote. Totally worth $800 if you've got it to spend and want your living room to look badass. – Matt Buchanan More »

1:15 PM on Wed May 23 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,738 views, 20 comments

be cool

P40 Tigershark Warbird Ceiling Fan, Piloted by Wrong-Way Corrigan

Who wouldn't want to have a P40 Tigershark Warbird airplane poking through the ceiling, also functioning as a ceiling fan? This $200 prop doesn't include the rest of that WWII hotshot flier, but making up for that is the fact that it only uses the energy of a 75-watt lightbulb. More »

2:40 PM on Thu May 17 2007
By Charlie White
5,087 views, 19 comments

home entertainment

IP Networked Speakers, What Will They Think of Next

Custom Installation has just jumped the shark (or as we like to say now in honor of TomKat, jumped the couch) with Polk Audio's new LCi-UP Ultra High-Performance In-Wall/In-Ceiling Louspeakers (yes, that's the complete official name for them). Made for IP networked systems, Polk promises the speakers will still sound groovy with analog systems as well. Includes integrated digital amplifiers, built-in Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and a supplied Room Correction Software program, which Integrators can play with via a front panel USB connection and PC (or through the NetStreams network) to optimize each speaker for room location and speaker configuration. More »

11:13 AM on Mon Oct 10 2005
By tgrumet
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