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Gifts For the Cook in the House

Create a Personalized Cookbook: For as low as $19.95 at TasteBook.com you can create a personalized cookbook. Select from among hundreds of recipes, add personal dedications, photos and even your own recipes to create a custom cookbook. It gets packaged up in an expandable binder with full color images and even includes free gift wrapping.

Shake the Perfect Martini: For the martini lover in the family, Waring makes an electric martini shaker in a 20 oz stainless steel container with settings for shake or stir.

Talking Food Thermometer: The ideal gift for the absent minded cook, just place the probe in your roast or turkey, and go relax. Make sure to keep the remote control handy and when your meat is cooked to perfection an alarm will go off, displaying the temperature and other details.

For Wine Lovers

Depending on your budget, these gifts are sure to please any wine aficionado.

Wine by the Row for $299: The Red Rooster Winery in Penticton has come up with the closest thing to owning your own vineyard with its "Adopt-a-Row Club." For $299 a year, you can rent your very own row of vines. This entitles you to 12 bottles of wine (6 red and 6 white), a 10% discount in the gift shop and a personalized sign posted on your row.

An Empty Oak Barrel for $975: Stoney Ridge Winery in Oregon is offering a Platinum Membership to their winery which includes 24 bottles of wine per year, custom wine labels, invites to member's only tastings and events, and an empty oak barrel with a personalized, engraved nameplate.

A Full Oak Barrel for $5,000-25,000: Grand Cru Estates in Oregon offers an exclusive membership to their winemaking club for $5,000. Members who want to join forces with winemakers Tony Rynders and Laurent Montalieu can produce their own pinot noir vintage for an additional $20,000 a barrel.

The WinePod: This is perfect for the wine geek with some extra cash to spare. For a mere $6000 you can purchase this personal winery system that comes complete with bottling kit, oak barrels and the grapes needed to make up to four cases of wine. It even includes educational wine making software to help you through the rough spots. In addition, the system manages fermentation temperature, grape sugar levels and updates the data to your PC. Your handy WineCoach software spits out detailed reports of your batch and allows you to input impressions of smell, taste and reminders of when to make additions.

Handy Gifts for Around the House

Towel Spa: For the ultimate in luxury, hop out of the bath or shower and dry off with a warmed towel. This towel warmer heats up your linen in minutes for a spa experience in your own home.

Wall Clock – Or Is It?: It looks like a wall clock, sounds and keeps time like any other clock, but, secretly opens to reveal a safe for storing valuables.

Luxury Pet House: Try and picture a time capsule-like container with computerized settings for temperature, humidity, radiation, carbon heating and air filtering. These are the features in the electronic pet house from Korean manufacturer, Autoelex. My dog is getting a new bone.

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Yellow (specifically 'mimosa' - an orange-hued, warm shade) has been declared thecolour of 2009 by Pantone, the global provider of professional colour standards to the design industries. Find out how to decorate with this season's hottest hue.

1. Come out of the shadows

Everyone has dark areas in their home, especially if a room lacks natural light or is north-facing. Think of yellow as 'sunshine in a paint tin', says interiors author Stephanie Hoppen. But take heed; too much of the yolk hue can be nausea-inducing and irritating so opt for 'soft, gentle shades of sand, maize, hay and straw for larger areas.

2. Build me up, buttercup

Thanks to the Darwin hype, nature is a hot trend right now. Kill two birds with one stone this season with a yellow floral print like Wolcott Wallpaper (£22) from Laura Ashley. Balance with a neutral shade in sand, white or cream on the other walls. To avoid a sickly feel, follow interior designer Kelly Hoppen advice that 'the pinkiness of taupe' clashes with yellow tones.

3. Lighten up

'The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance,' explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. Go the whole hog with this Oswald Armchair in Hakon Yellow Velvet (£2,885) from The Conran Shop for a good mood home.

4. Grown-up yellow

Yellow doesn't have to be garish. 'Warmer golds and tans bring the natural world inside to create a look of comforting and calming radiance' says Dulex. For grandiose gold, check out the Raj furniture range by Homescapes, available from Amazon. Or for more subtle tans, try these Lintel Dining Chairs (£99 each) from John Lewis. This trend 'evokes vintage glamour' says Anderson.

5. How to use neon

Feeling brave? Make a style statement with edgy yellow retro pieces. Funk up your kitchen with Eiffel Chairs (£190) from The Conran Shop and this kitsch Yellow & Cream Retro Telephone (£63.62) from Heal's. It's a case of the brighter the better, but stick to furniture and accessories - don't paint your walls in these electric shades. Overusing bright yellow makes 'babies cry and grown-ups lose their tempers' and hurts our eyes, says designer Kathy Barto of KMB Designs.

6. What does yellow clash with?

Be careful when pairing yellow with other colours. It looks dicey alongside reds and purples and when next to black, it runs the risk of looking like a building site. Teaming it with grey, however, adds a soft sophistication to the brighter hue. This Bold Spot Print Cushion (£25) from Marks & Spencer is very chic and will bring a spot of colour to your sofa.

7. Colour of change and creativity

Michelle Obama wore yellow for the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony earlier this year. The hue symbolizes new life, hope and change; she must have been confident about the result! Follow in the First Lady's footsteps and bring optimism into your surrounding - drink to happy days with this Process yellow Pantone mug (£7.75) from John Lewis. 'Yellow is a great colour to have fun with whilst decorating and can add freshness to your home with a vibrant energy and optimism' says Anderson.

8. Create a sunny glow with lighting

Embrace the trend with a simple light shade. A yellow shade will fill the room with sunshine, like this Bright Yellow Drum Shade (£40) from Heal's. Yellow 'can make any area warm and inviting' says Stephanie Hoppen. So expect your friends round more often.

9. Get motivated with colour help

It's often underestimated how much colour affects our mood. 'Yellow stimulates the brain and makes people open-minded, decisive and alert. It helps concentration and is therefore a good colour to use in rooms where you work or think', explains Hoppen. Deck out your home office with this Caroline Yellow Glass Table Lamp (£97.87) from Heal's and India Yellow Clock (£30) from Not on the High Street, and you'll be the model worker.

10. Yellow brings out the fun in interiors

'Whether it be a statement piece of furniture or a funky accessory, yellow is sure to lift any room and give it a new lease of life for Spring' says Gillian Anderson, Trading Director at Heal's. You can't help but smile when you catch sight of this Puddle Table (£150) from Susan Bradley. Life is for laughing, after all.