WHERE'S THE PARTY? It's the holiday season, the perfect time to throw a party. But how will guests find your home? Make it easy with a solar-powered address light. Once installed, the four-inch-tall address digits will start glowing at dusk and turn off at dawn, thanks to the solar panel on top. There are 52 numbers and letters to spell out any address or greeting, and the panel needs only four hours of sunlight to charge three AA NiCad batteries, good for three full nights of illumination. No problem here in the Sunshine State. $49.95. www.smarthome.com.

GOING UP So your house has a grand set of entry stairs-but doesn't it get tiresome trudging up and down? What you need to impress your guests and make life easier is a pneumatic vacuum elevator. Made right here in Florida by Daytona Elevator, this new, bubble-like contraption looks like something from a Star Trek set, but it works-and it's relatively easy to install. Air pressure above and below the cab sends it up or down with two people inside. A two-story lift to the loft is about $25,000 installed. www.daytonaelevator.com.

MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC To make your holiday party really hum, consider the Concerto Table, a head-turning piece of furniture that looks like a grand piano and is "designed as a tool for entertaining," according to its maker, Lovegrove & Repucci. As guests arrive, a sound board in the table is raised to reveal hidden speakers. Music plays from a flush-mounted iPod. When dinner is served, lower the music volume as you lower the sound board and you can seat seven. Silverware is stored in hidden drawers where a keyboard would normally go. But at $8,000, this knockout is not for everyone. www.concertotable.com.

FORGET THE CONE Ready to serve a dessert guests will truly remember? How about spaghetti, lasagna or asparagus ice cream? A Texan named Michael Coviello saw this novelty in Europe and decided to introduce it to America. The idea is to take premium ice cream and squish it through a device that shapes it into spaghetti-like strands. Or folds it like lasagna. Or squirts it like asparagus. Top your spaghetti ice cream with strawberry sauce, sprinkle it with grated white chocolate and voila! A dessert your guests will talk about as much as they do your pneumatic elevator and Concerto Table. It's only $12.95. www.spaghettiicecream.com.