Clean burning fireplaces have emerged as a new, big design trend, with companies releasing a huge variety of tabletop, wall-mounted, and free-standing versions. Bucking the portability trend, Planika Fires’ Architects Line offers practical, permanent fire inserts for those looking to incorporate a smokeless fireplace into the structure of their crib.

Two conceptual renderings show the Planika Architects Line worked into a modern bathroom (above) and an indoor swimming pool or fountain (after the jump). Smart, unique ideas for taking your bathroom or indoor water feature to the next level, if you ask us.

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If you stop by BallerHouse often, you know that we like showing you interesting modern fireplace designs like those from Digifire and Safretti. Today we came across a baller series of abstract-looking fireplaces from French fireplace manufacturer Bordelet. As you’ll see above an in the two images after the jump below, Bordelet creates a number of wild luxury art fireplaces, including central chimney, mural chimney, and angular chimney models. The best part about Bordelet’s abstract fireplaces is that they’re available in 500 colors and patterns, including Zebra and Tiger designs.

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When it comes to hooking up a hidden door in your crib, you essentially have three options: you can build one yourself, you can purchase a premade revolving bookcase from an ordinary wood-working company, or you can opt for a precision hiding system from Creative Home Engineering.

As Creative Home Engineering states, “a thief can’t burglarize a room he can’t find.” So, to make sure your hidden door stay hidden, Creative Home Engineering offers a number of non-traditional hiding machines. Read the rest of this entry »

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If you want to liven up your bedroom ceiling, there isn’t a huge range of quality options. For one, you could hook up a ceiling mirror. Or you could transform your ceiling into the night sky with our latest great find, the Numinus StarDome.

Constructed from fiberglass, the Numinous StarDome comes with embedded cove LED lighting and a painted mural of “billowy” clouds. Depending on your mood, you can set the StarDome to resemble the night sky, sunrise, or sunset. The moon, shooting stars, and accurate constellations complete the night sky scene. And with the sunset and sunrise options, you actually see the light move across your StarDome, as you would outside.

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Celebrate next St. Patty’s day from the comfort of your own authentic Irish pub. The Ól Irish Pub Company, based in Dublin, Ireland specializes in building custom Irish pubs across the world. Each one-of-a-kind pub includes unique bric-a-brac (Irish antiques and decorative trinkets), custom murals, detailed carvings, intricate metalwork, and more.

Ól Irish pubs come in six popular styles: whiskey-themed, Country Pub, brewery style, shop style, Victorian style, and high end Victorian style. Depending on your needs, the company can take care of everything from design to installation, and they’ll even create a unique exterior for your pub.

Since each pub is custom built in a different location, prices vary. However, the Ól Irish Pub Company uses local materials when possible and only imports products they can’t source locally, keeping costs down. According to the company, their prices are at least equal if not cheaper than any of their competitors’.

Available through: The Ól Irish Pub Company

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