By Bob Gatton, FrontDoor.com | Published: 1/15/2008
Heat Up the Kitchen With a Television
Appeal to the aspiring chef in potential buyers with a high-end TV in your kitchen. Westinghouse's widescreen high-definition TV can stand on the countertop or be mounted upside down under the cabinet so that it can be folded away, out of sight when it is not being used. It'll be available this spring in white and silver. What better way to follow along with your favorite Food Network chefs?
An installation trick: Mount the TV under a cabinet that is not too far away from the over-the-range microwave oven or microwave cabinet. There is usually a double socket electrical outlet hidden in a cabinet for the microwave. Install the TV under the cabinet, drill a hole large enough for the power cable in the underside of the cabinet and plug in the TV. Getting a cable signal to the set might be trickier, depending on your house.
Offer Security at Their Fingertips
Generate buzz about your home with Kwikset's Smart Scan Bio-Metric Door Lock, a deadbolt door lock that has a sensor beneath the lock cylinder. You can program the lock to read your fingertip (and up to 49 others) to unlock the door, or use a conventional key. And you can allow conditional access; for example, program the handyman's fingertip into the lock for only one day. After that, he will be denied access.
Throw in Cool, Useful Gadgets
Ambient's 7-Day Weather Forecaster is one of those cool products buyers will be talking about after the home tour. The device displays AccuWeather.com forecasts, the current temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, UV index and more. The backlight of the display even changes color to indicate the temperature: red when the outdoor temperature is over 90 degrees, blue for temperatures in the 30s, etc.
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