All other fine features set aside, it has a high-resolution, 9.7 inch LED-backlit, IPS display. A digital photo frame is of course the most basic home decor use of the iPad, but given that it has the whole world in its shell – it can display anything. Anywhere in a house. Just imagine the possibilities… Change poster with the touch of your finger. Or display a bookself with the iBooks app. Or, hang the iPad in the kitchen and use it for jotting down your grocery list, or week menu, with Notes. Or to-do’s (although that is a more boring example of use).

And wait, there’s more! Are you – like me – one of those TV-opponents? You do not like the eternal flicker, the hollow-eyed viewing and especially: detest the appearance of the huge TV and its wires, even if it is a slim lcd? You ponder whether you should hide it in a cupboard or embed it in a nice looking frame-arrangement? Well, you keep the iPad in a box or any drawer – it’s just slightly smaller than a magazine -  and if someone (your hubby maybe) promply must watch TV just pick it up and voilà!.. let him hold it in his lap.

OK, these were the most obvious home decor uses of the iPad. I would let it into my house. As long as there is plenty of wall mounts to it.

That’s an excellent idea! There are many beautiful cupboards, not least old vintage ones. Of choice and with some paint they’ll fit any interior perfectly. An equally good option, I think, is the idea to mix your TV with picture frames: Cluster artwork in a relaxed, uneven way around the TV with uneven spacing between. This will look decorative, trick the eye and draw attention away from the TV (adding a desk and chair isn’t necessary imho, I get a hotel-feeling).

Not too bad! If the TV-programme is boring, one can watch nice things in the frames instead, no one will take notice :) These are the five other ideas. From the left below: Set your TV on a sleek unit, Create a recess for your TV, Disguise your TV behind a panel, Turn your TV into a clever mirror,  and: Cover your TV with a sliding door.

Massive price tag aside, I’ve still got mixed feelings about this concept! While the TV mirror looks really cool, I feel that it would be a bit of a pain standing around in front of the sink watching TV… Besides, being a bit of a TV addict, I would probably just get stuck in front of some good show and end up brushing away all my enamel.

No, if I were to let TV invade one of the last media-free sanctuaries in the home, I’d place it at the end of the bath and splash out on a less pricey option, like the Waview Waterproof Aquavision 19 inch Widescreen for £1,199 – that would be luxury enough!