Easter rolls around and you’ve finished all your jobs ready for the long weekend. You’ll probably give yourself five minutes of well deserved rest before you’re either crawling up the walls with boredom or being driven up it by a score of screaming kids free from school.

So what’s the solution? You can remortgage the house in order to go and see the latest release at the cinema – Monster’s Wardrobe 4 (Monsters Go to Brunch). Or you can brave your local [insert generic fast food restaurant here] where you can join your score of screaming kids with four score and ten more of the little blighters.

If none of that sounds too appealing (we can’t imagine why) then Nerdy Day Trips is most definitely your next port of call.

The kind old souls over there have painstakingly compiled a list of thousands upon thousands of ideas for trips out throughout the UK – even spanning into Europe.

What’s more, they’ve stuck them all onto a handy map so you can find the trips closest to you. It gives you a little information about each one and provides you with a direct link to each place’s website.

There’s everything from transport museums to stately homes, historic centres to farms and zoos.

So if you’re stuck with nothing to do this bank holiday weekend, check out their site, you’ll find no shortage of ideas.

Over at Toby House, they’ve taken recycling to a whole new level. Just in time for the summer, why not get your hands on these incredible, colourful Beach Ball light shades.

They’re actually made from real, recycled beach balls. Each one is rendered using a unique and pioneering treatment to make the inside rock solid while maintaining a soft and bouncy look on the outside.

You can even see the blowhole poking out!

We think these shades are the perfect addition to a fun and funky home and would look great in a beach hut, kids room or maybe even your lounge!

A few weeks ago, we released a series of Cityscape roller blinds with beautiful cosmopolitan skylines of New York, London and Paris.

Continuing along that same theme, we stumbled across these fabulous illustrations by Dutchman Remko Heemskerk. Created during his time spent living in the Big Apple, these retro style images are stunning and use colour in a vibrant and unique way.

We think they really stand out and would make a fabulous piece for your wall. You can buy the images from Remko’s site and perhaps you could even pair them up with our Cityscape New York blind for an all American experience.

Hot on the heels of our most expensive Ming vase post a few weeks back, the story of this Faberge Easter egg will have you running to the attic in search of buried treasure.

Bought by a scrap metal dealer for the paltry sum of £8,000, the egg was due to be melted down for its gold.

Luckily the buyer happened across an article in a newspaper which revealed the egg’s true value. One of only 50 made for the Russian royal family it has recently been sold for a whopping £20m and is due to go on display for the first time in over 100 years.

One reason not to cancel your Times subscription if ever we heard one!

Next up on our list of luxury items for the home is this unique ipod dock. The iTree, as it is aptly named, is made from a single tree trunk. The speakers are mounted inside and it is designed to face a wall so that the sound reflects back into the room for even higher quality music.

It even has wireless streaming and, for the environmentally or style conscious among you, you can choose which type of wood you’d like to use. The choices are cherry, poplar or spruce. And the price? Just a cool $14,000 (£8,400) will secure you this organic beauty for your home.