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When British designer Tom Dixon first teamed up with Swedish flat-pack furniture maker IKEA, the result was a “hackable” sofa. Delaktig is a modular seating solution that can be modified, adapted, and added onto as your needs and life situation change. Now, the partnership has brought that same concept to the most-used piece of furniture in your home: the bed.

Launching in February 2019, the Delaktig bed is a continuation of the sofa concept, letting you personalize and transform your sleeping space, simply. Add, remove, and swap around compatible accessories—including two different headboards, and side tables that slide into the bed’s aluminum frame—and create your ideal sleeping situation. The inexpensive and interchangeable system can give you a new look in minutes.

“I’m fascinated by the bed as a kind of primary unit that everybody needs,” says Dixon. “It’s essential; we spend more time in contact with our beds than with any other piece of furniture. So why not make it do more?”

The headboard comes in a modern black or a softer-looking rattan, or you can go naked with no headboard at all. The bed frame is manufactured from 50 percent recycled aluminum using aviation-manufacturer technology, and it’s lightweight yet sturdy, according to IKEA—so you can easily move the bed around to compliment that new look.

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Held in Las Vegas, Nevada, every January, the annual consumer electronics show CES is where we get a sneak peek at the latest tech gadgets we’ll be buying in the next few years, and a glimpse into the future of technology.

Over its 50 years, CES has traditionally focused on “black box tech” (televisions, home entertainment, and gaming devices), but the emergence of the smart home has brought a lot more color to the Las Vegas Convention Center—and this year was the year of the stylish smart home.

Innovations had technology at their core, but style was front and center in products such as LG’s OLED R rollable television, La Metric’s mosaic light panels, and Emteck’s smart door locks. Read on for 10 of the gadgets and inventions that caught our eye at CES 2019.

Emtek’s EMPowered Smart Locks

Say goodbye to that bulky smart door lock and hello to some style and sophistication in the smart home. Custom door hardware manufacturer Emtek launched its first ever line of smart locks at CES: the EMPowered Smart Locks—Connected by August.

Now, when you choose your door hardware style, you can add a touchscreen keypad or a keyed entry set powered by Emtek’s sister brand, August. The smarts include automatic locking and unlocking as you approach or leave, remote access to your door lock, the ability to send digital keys and to know if the door has been left open, plus voice control through your voice assistant of choice.

The keypad will be available in February, and the keyed entry set in April, starting at $350.

LG Signature OLED TV R

LG showed a prototype of the Signature OLED TV R at CES 2018 to much enthusiasm, but this year the company brought the real thing and announced that it will hit stores this year, “at a premium price point.”

Offering an entirely new form-factor for a television, this 64″ rollable, OLED screen finally allows for freedom of design in your space without the traditional limitations of a wall and a fixed black box. Place your TV in front of a window, in the middle of a room, or anywhere you like—because it will disappear into its base when not in use.

That base is also a Dolby Atoms 4.2 sound bar, with an aluminum body and wood blend cover (produced by Danish textile company Kvadrat), so not only does it look good without the TV, it also works as a bluetooth speaker.

Available in the second half of 2019; no pricing has been announced.

LaMetric’s Sky Mosaic lights

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Office furniture doesn’t have to be boring—just take a look at these unique and iconic pieces currently available on eBay! From seating and desks to office organizers, we’ve rounded up eight items sure to turn your home office into a productive and stylish space.

Groovy Green Office Chair by Steelcase

We love the mixture of materials in this vintage Steelcase office chair—especially the two-toned fabric seat with piping. Casters allow the chair to slide around with ease, and the white and yellow armrests make it both practical and comfortable.

Burled Wood Desk 82961 by John Widdicomb

With its rounded legs and high-polish hardware, this burled wood desk with three drawers spells minimalist, 1970s luxe. Based out of the furniture mecca of Grand Rapids, Michigan, the John Widdicomb Furniture Company began manufacturing in the 1800s and started producing exclusively modern designs in the 1930s.

While we’re not big on making New Year’s resolutions, we love taking a fresh look at the design forecast and speculating on everything from the latest color palettes to new innovations in bathroom and kitchen fixtures and faucets. We also like to think about scale—from up-and-coming textiles and patterns to broader trends in outdoor and eco-friendly design.

Ready to reset for 2019? Read on for the modern home decor trends we’re hoping to see more of in the new year!

Color Trends

Last year, we saw jewel tones and bold color palettes step out from the neutral tones and textures of Scandinavian chic, and this year we’re seeing more of the same. We’re not saying that crisp white is a thing of the past, but it can feel even brighter and cleaner when paired with strong colors that allow for high-contrast patterns and big statements. We’re particularly loving the depth and warmth of colors like plum, mustard, and terra-cotta—bold tones that still play well with others.

Fixtures & Faucets

In the ongoing onslaught of smart devices, one area that has been slower to develop is “clever clothing.” That may be about to change. On January 1, tech giant Apple was granted an original design patent for “Fabric.”

First filed for in September 2016, the “Fabric” patent is a claim on an “ornamental design for a fabric,” and shows a swatch of a ridged material in gray, dark gray, and white to represent contrasting appearances. Apple has filed for several patents in the last few years related to combining technology with fabric, but this is the first glimpse we’ve had at what that fabric might look like.

To make fabric “smart” generally involves embedding components like “fiber optics, nanoelectronics, thermochromic dyes” into conductive or semi-conductive threads and yarns, according to TechStory.in. This means a smart fabric could do everything from sensing environmental changes and warning the wearer, to responding to pressure and touch.

Apple’s other fabric-related patents have involved a jacket that sends tactile or audible signals to visually and hearing impaired users—so they can walk around without a cane or guide dog—and a force-sensing fabric with interwoven circuits that could be used in a glove to track a wearer’s vital signs and control devices wirelessly.

Of course, fabric is not just for clothes. A “fabric control device” patent deals with a material-covered Apple TV remote, which could show no interface until the user squeezes it, and might use different fabric textures for easier navigation in a dark room, according to Patently Apple. This patent also hints the fabric control technology could be integrated into other devices, including Apple’s MacBook laptop, iPad, Apple Watch, and even chairs, sofas, and airplanes.

None of this technology is available yet, and it’s possible it never will be. But smart fabric is a new frontier in technology companies’ quest to connect every piece of ourselves and our homes.

Cover image shows a collection of textiles by WeaveUp

Although gingerbread houses tend to be of the ornate, A-frame cottage variety found in fairy tales like “Hansel and Gretel,” they don’t have to be confined to convention. As we’ve discovered, there are many architecturally inspired gingerbread house designs to be found—and quite a few classic Airstreams and campers, too. From iconic homes like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater to midcentury modern creations, these gingerbread houses are delectable interpretations of architectural history.

1. Gingerbread and Candy Guggenheim

2. Zaha Hadid Architects’ Avant-Garde Gingerbread House

3. Festive Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright