Little Luxuries Around the Home

Hello PC! I was wondering what little luxuries around the home everyone has that make their life better?

I for one, paid to have an automatic light installed in the wine cellar so I don't need to mess around with a light switch when bringing bottles of wine out. I think my electrician thought I was nuts, but it is so worth it!

Jason

 

A half basketball court. It's a thing of beauty. Not really a small luxury though - it takes up half the backyard.

Cheers

Jamie

 

i put fly screens on the private jet, love that cool fresh air

 

Just for sh¡ts & giggles, I put brake pads in my brakes.

 

asbestos pads for that extra durability?

 

How'd you guess?

 

I want this for my Darlington pad... its a pain in the butt to try to clean the outside of a window 3 stories up.



2. @sanj thought I was crazy but I tied shoelaces to the end of my pull cord light in my bedroom... Now I can turn that room light off from bed (a picture is somewhere in my "we bought the house" thread)

 

Cant live without my heated towel rails

 

I put an illuminated twister board in the floor of my warehouse apartment so I didn't have to get it out everytime I had a friend over to play

 

I got 40L+ of the concentrate for Rain-X sitting in my garage. Only ever used it on my car.. never thought to use it on the house!
Probably gone through <1L worth in 6 years for many many cars.

 

Did you take it to Qld? Or get a new one?

 

Lighting is a favorite area for us
Swarovski crystals (though looks much better at night)
Also sensor lighting at the top of the stairs, at night it comes on so we dont have to search for switches (if you look you can see the white sensor in the ceiling of the second pic) or risk breaking your neck on the stairs.....

 

Possibly getting a new one

I've kept the Canberra house. Will prob put it on Air BnB so we can continue to use it when I'm back in the Canberra office.

Cheers

Jamie

 

I may have gotten a little carried away during the build for PPOR2B and some might not be classified as little

1. Japanese Toto toilet (no cold bums )
2. Drying cupboard for drying regular stuff but also gumboots etc
3. lots and lots of sensor lights

 

I have seen some Asian homes that have so many nifty devices to make life easier for people. In Korea, the floor is heated and makes it so good for warmth during the winter time but worried about your electricity bill though...

 

medicinal marijuana?

i never knew a contraption like that existed

 

I'll let you know how I go drying my lavender and thyme in it

I was pretty chuffed when I found it. We wash the kids sneakers all the time and they take forever to dry. I figure there will be a lot more wet things on the acreage life

 

Hey @Mikey, since you're in Sydney and i'm in Sydney and you've hardly used any of it, (and will hardly find a need for that much if it!) would you like to sell me a couple of litres of your Rain-x?

 

It's a gas cook top for us.
Until recently we were using a cheap camping type single burner sitting on the bench top for years with the bottled gas line running out the window, in a +4 mil house....

 

gold!
you need to talk to @Westminster about her cupboard oven for baking!