Interior Design

Home and Design is a new reference for owners of luxury homes looking for interior design and remodeling cues. We will bring you the latest on furniture, style and trend ideas for your personal space as it applies to our luxury blog. Add some contemporary or classic design elements to your environment. Current concepts of interior design are constantly evolving, and revolving. Trends will fade out, and make a comeback at an unexpected time. The interior of your home speaks volumes about your sense of style, so make sure you are above the curve and set to make a splash and impression.

Rolls-Royce Offers Special Edition Phantom to Celebrate Year of the Dragon in China

In efforts to attract more of the burgeoning Chinese and Asian luxury car markets, Rolls Royce is offering a special edition ‘Year of the Dragon’ Phantom in China. The Year of the Dragon is a very important year on the Chinese Zodiac, and China is very important to Rolls Royce, so the extra measure makes perfect sense.

Rolls Royce Year of the Dragon Phantom

Rolls Royce Year of the Dragon Phantom

2012 Miami International Art Fair to be Hosted on Yacht

Scheduled on the fashionable heels of the Miami Beach Art Basel, you may think that the Miami International Art Fair has an impossible act to follow, and that would be correct. To remedy that, the Art Fair is being hosted onboard a luxury yacht this year!

SeaFair luxury yacht

SeaFair mega yacht will host this luxury event in style

Mercedes Vito Adorned with Airplane Interior from Vilner

Vilner Design Studio Vilner has bedazzled the interior of a Mercedes Vito 120 CDI using an airplane-inspired design cues for a first-class approach to travel. This vehicle is spacious enough for long-distance travel and absolutely saturated with the finest in luxury materials and amenities, including Alcantara and fine Nappa leathers. Vilner Mercedes Designs are always an aesthetic indulgence!

Mercedes Vito by Vilner

Mercedes Vito by Vilner

Just 2 Mercedes S-Class Cars Transformed by Vilner

The talented people at Vilner have pulled off two very decadent good deeds! Check out these two Mercedes-Benz S-Class cars showing off the unmistakable Vilner sense of style. Want to drive an S-Class? Rent a Mercedes S550 in Miami to get a feel for it!

Vilner Mecedes S63 AMG

Vilner Mecedes S63 AMG

Porsche Design Touts Techy Johnnie Walker-Themed Luxury Bar

For all the Johnnie Walker Blue Label lovers out there, things just got a whole lot smoother! Porsche Design House has created a private bar for the elite drinkers of the high-end scotch, for just $150,000. You can almost own a Porsche for that price, or you can buy the bar and a Porsche rental…though you may require a chauffeur if you spend too much time at it!

Porsche Designs Johnnie Walker Luxury Bar

Porsche Designs Johnnie Walker Luxury Bar

Just a Ferrari Red Rolls-Royce Piano

For those of you who just love unique luxury items, check out this Rolls Royce piano with a bright Ferrari red finish! I do not know if it inspires me to slip into a red Ferrari rental or a classy Rolls Royce rental! It seems Lamborghini is not the only brand trying to steal Ferrari's thunder!

Rolls Royce Piano

The Rolls Royce of pianos

Top 5 Strange Places to Stay! Just Pack Your Imagination

Luxury Travel Tips

Luxury Travel Tips

Living the true luxury lifestyle also includes travel, but if you have grown tired of the typical trips to Europe, Bora Bora or Hawaii, tune up your inner trendsetter with these 5 unique places you can visit that will leave all of your friends with a pale twinge of jealousy! Here are five luxury travel tips to share!

A Bentley Inspired Living Room

Devoted luxury car fans often long for other ways to express their brand loyalty, for that reason many companies have expanded into other marketing arenas like clothing, computers, jewelry, handbags and now interior design! Bentley presents the Bentley Room at Mosimann’s, a renowned and exclusive London dining club.

I would assume that quite a few Bentley rentals arrive at Mosimann’s valet regularly, and that many are clamoring for an opportunity to dine in the private Bentley room!

Miami Bentley GTC rental

Miami Bentley GTC rental

Hong Kong’s Ritz-Carlton Spa Offers Lofty Escape

HBA Spa Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong

HBA Spa Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Ritz-Carlton luxury hotel just got a little hotter with the recent launch of the ESPA Spa. Designed by HBA/Hirsch Bedner, the ESPA Spa has bragging rights to being the loftiest spa in the world, located on the 116th and 118th floors! The Ritz-Carlton South Beach is just as luxurious, though closer to sea-level!

Lenny Kravitz Adds Sex Appeal to SLS Hotel South Beach

The haute hotel scene is about to get a bit hotter this spring, as Lenny Kravitz has announced his intentions to design some suites for the SLS Hotel South Beach! When his magic fingers are finished, the SLS should grace the list for the top 5 luxury hotels in South Beach!

Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

Miami’s Newest Boutique Hotel Opens: Dream South Beach

Dream Hotel South Beach

Rendering, Dream Hotel South Beach exterior

While there is definitely no shortage of luxury Miami hotels and hot hangouts in South Beach, there is always room and demand for more!  Situated on the prime stretch of South Beach, directly behind the old Versace mansion on Collins Avenue, the new ‘Dream South Beach’ boutique hotel has opened its doors.  Let this be a luxury travel tip you do not miss!

Maybach 62S Saloon is More Bedazzled than Betty White

Diamond studded Maybach-62S

Diamond studded Maybach 62S

Maybach offers some of the World’s most high-end and expensive luxury cars on the market.  It seems the designers at Maybach are eager to kick things up a notch, as they have released a super luxury Maybach 62S Saloon encrusted with diamonds!  This exotic will never see luxury rental car status…it would be too much of a hassle to insure the diamonds alone!

Top 5 Celebrity Closets—12,000 Square Feet of Awesomeness and Excess

After viewing some of these celebrity closets, mine suddenly felt like a shoebox!  Check out the following unbelievable celebrity closets:

1.    Mariah Carey
2.    Paula Abdul
3.    Nicky Hilton
4.    Eva Longoria Parker
5.    Victoria Beckham

Mariah Carey

This Grammy award-winning singer has the pipes of an angel and the wardrobe of a star, housed in a 12,000 square-foot closet.  Mariah owns an estimated 1,000 pairs of shoes and gorgeous Louis Vuitton luggage (that she eludes to in a song).  Located in Manhattan, Mariah’s closet would make even Sarah Jessica Parker envious!  She also drives in style, with a $400,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom that was a Christmas gift from hubby Nick Cannon.  Can't afford that?  Indulge in a Rolls-Royce rental Miami!

Mariah Carey Closet

Top 10 Most Unique Luxury Hotels

 Poseidon Resort

Poseidon Undersea Resort, Fiji
This luxury resort opened in 2008 and is located on the private Fijian island.  It is the world’s first pressurized undersea resort and features 22 lavishly appointed guestrooms.  Each guest room boasts 270-degree windows for panoramic views of the sea around you.  Perks include access to a fleet of private submarines to explore reefs and a private bungalow accessible by sub only!  Weeklong accommodations at this luxury undersea resort start at $30,000 per couple if you want to get your James Bond on…or you could just indulge in an Aston Martin rental Miami for under $2,000.

$1 Million Dollar Porsche Calendar or a Bugatti?

If you are obsessed with calendars, and the ones located on your smart phone or laptop just won’t suffice, check out the Porsche Design Advent calendar, it’s a steal at just $1 million dollars.  Really?  For $1 million dollars, you could buy two or more actual Porsches, or several years of constant Porsche rentals Miami style!  So what makes this luxury calendar so expensive?  One could acquire a luxurious Bugatti for that price!

Porsche Advent Calendar

This exotic calendar protrudes 6 feet tall, comprised of brushed aluminum with double-coat finished surfaces, and happens to be filled with awesome Porsche items.  You won’t be bragging as much about the brushed metal as you will the enticing contents you will discover daily!