An innovative eco-friendly home in a Cotswold nature reserve has been sold for a world record £7.2 million for a country house.

The ‘thoroughly modern manor house’, modelled on a bee orchid found on the reserve, was sold off-plan last week.

The buyer has chosen to remain anonymous but speculation is rife with Brad Pitt having looked at the plans and Kylie Minogue having stayed nearby recently.

Those who expect the best, whatever the time of day, Charlotte Thomas’s exclusive ‘Bespoke’ bedding collection provides the utmost in night-time luxury and sophistication.

Charlotte Thomas’s sumptuous designs are hand made to individual specification, using the finest super 150’s Merino wool spun with genuine 22 carat gold, luxuriously backed with fine Indian hand-loom silk jacquard.

Ingeniously, the result is both substantially rich and dreamily soft; and complemented with the finest thousand-count Egyptian cotton sheets complete each set[...]

Charlotte Thomas’ Bespoke is made of some of the rarest fabrics in the world, and as such availability is limited, with order times up to 12 weeks from initial consultation.

All enquiries are handled personally by members of the Charlotte Thomas management team, or through select outlets worldwide. A single cover can cost £1,200 ($2400)

This collection is a dream come true for the ultimate gamer, especially so for the gamer that shares passion for both the adrenalin rush of Formula 1 and the classical battle of chess.

The pieces of this beautifully crafted set are actually parts of the Renault car – the suspension, hubs, uprights, wings and cockpit sitting.

The genuine engine pieces of titanium, stainless steel, aircraft specification aluminium and carbon fiber have literally felt the heat of Formula 1, and sit coolly on 64 squares of sterling silver and leather.

A collector’s item for all the right reasons of exclusivity, uniqueness, luxury and delight, the Renault F1 Team chess set comes at a price of £21,000 (or approximately US$41,600) for the die-hard Renault fan who can boast of having a real piece of a Renault car gleaming on their coffee table. We have the latest exclusive pictures of the chess set for you courtesy of the makers at the Renault F1 Team Collection.

Whirlpool has shown of its futuristic “green kitchen” concept in which 60% of the water and heat generated from appliances is “diverted” to fuel other appliances or functions in the eco-kitchen.

Through this integrated use of appliances, with the concept taking its model from the cycle of nature, it optimises the use of heat and water with processes that increase energy efficiency up to 70%.

For example, the kitchen allows you to use the heat produced by the fridge compressor, the only appliance to operate 24 hours a day, to produce hot water for the dishwasher.

Simple changes make a difference too – the refrigerator also uses a fridge “drawer”, instead of the normal cabinet. This new design prevents the cold air from slipping out every time the door opens.

As well as being eco-friendly, the average savings that an owner could make from the kitchen eco-system created to adapt, reduce and recycle water, heat and energy are estimated at 24%.

Samsung is all set to launch two new models of its bacteria-killing air conditioners, which use compnay’s proprietary Micro Plasma Ion (MPI) technology.

After launching last year in the US and Europe, they are now set for a launch in Asia. The Vivace Shadow Mirror and Neo-Forte pack enough firepower to kill those germs.

The officials are claiming MPI to be capable of eliminating 78 percent of fungus and 58 percent of bacteria in a 30-minute time frame, within an enclosed environment.

Known as the House in the Clouds, it used to serve the township as a water tower, but, when it was being constructed 85 years ago, the townspeople thought it’d be an eyesore so they hired designers to disguise it as a house.

At certain angles, it looks like a home impossibly resting atop the trees.

It’s since been renovated several times and no longer works as a tower — but it is an amazing bed and breakfast.