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Just What Every Front Yard Needs: A Life-Sized T-Rex Statue

Just when we thought a life-sized dinosaur bone was the most over-the-top landscaping decoration we’d see for the upcoming spring season, along comes a Jurassic-scale T-Rex statue to prove us wrong. Measuring a whopping 11 feet tall and 22 feet...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Mar 4th, 2010, 11:30 am
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Turn Your Back Yard Into a Jurassic Park

Either the year’s coolest yard decoration for dino-heads or the cleverest April Fool’s joke you’re about to play, these gigantic dinosaur bone sculptures let you turn the yard, garden or sand pit (we’d say “sand box,”...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Mar 2nd, 2010, 9:00 am
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What Does a $32,000 Kids’ Car Look Like?

About 65 miles per hour too slow, if you ask me — but hey, who am I to poo-poo a luxury gift like this Junior 35MPH Classic Corvette? Yes indeed, $32,000 — get it at (where else?) Hammacher Schlemmer. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What Does...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Dec 2nd, 2009, 7:00 am
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Custom Cupcake Car: What’s $25,000 Among Friends?

I scoff at this $25,000 customized cupcake car, but it’s mostly out of jealousy. I mean, come on: If you had the cash just to throw away (to say nothing of the open space), tell me you wouldn’t jump on one of these. Just for poops and...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Oct 16th, 2009, 10:30 am
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For the Posh Kid: a $15,000 Tree Bed

Yeah, you read that figure correctly — but try denying the appeal of this incredible-looking Tree Bed from Shawn Lovell Metalworks. $15,000 — find the centerpiece of your forest wonderland here. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "For the Posh...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Oct 5th, 2009, 8:00 am
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There’s a Party in My Pool… Literally

If you break it down, this Pool Party Seating set really doesn’t cost much more than any other decent backyard seating arrangement: You’ve got your table and four chairs ($799), your umbrella with stand ($299) and — oh, yeah, your...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Aug 26th, 2009, 9:00 am
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$6K Polar Bear Bookshelf

File this one under “If only we had the disposable income.” The Joe Bookshelf from French company iBride (say it: “e-breed”) earns its $6,000 sticker price in part from an intricate, turn-of-the-century construction process and...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Jun 19th, 2009, 10:30 am