(FORTUNE Small Business) – Big Chill Fridge, $2,500

Look out, Sub-Zero. Big Chill founders Orion Creamer and Thom Vernon have cooked up a product to rival the stainless-steel fridge. The company's '50s-style version has the swoopy lines and eclectic colors of the Jetsons set and offers modern features. (The candy-colored metal exterior is affixed to a new Whirlpool model.) Big Chill was started in 2001, when Vernon, 47, asked his nephew Creamer, 27, a product designer, to create a fridge that would fit in with Vernon's newly renovated 1920s-style bungalow in Montecito, Calif. The Big Chill comes in ten colors, including apple green, pickup blue, and cherry red. bigchillfridge.com

Elastic Co. Bowls, $50 to $150

French-born Elodie Blanchard, 28, studied fashion and art in Paris, but while waiting for her sewing machine to be shipped to her new home in Brooklyn, she was inspired by a box of extra-thick rubber bands she found at a dollar store. Elastic Co.'s basketlike bowls are glued together by hand in a spiral to retain their shape and come in three sizes. She also makes rubber-band lamps and vases. elasticco.com

Classic Sport Foosball Table, $1,000

The new Underlit Foosball Table is so stylish it's a shame to banish it to the basement. Made of clear polymer with a lighted plank surface, it shows off the inner workings of the table. College buddies Mike Oister and Randy Jones, both 42, started Classic Sport ten years ago to make sporting goods. The two recently sold their company to venture capitalists. classicsport.com

Thomas Paul Pillows, $125

Two years ago Thomas Paul Fernez, 31, a designer at Harry Bachrach, based in Denville, N.J., suggested that the custom-fabric maker branch out from its tie business into home products. Since then the Thomas Paul line has rescued the humble pillow from sofa oblivion. New fall products feature wood-grain designs and are made of silk. thomaspaulhome.com

Good Home Co. Products, $15 to $18

For years Christine Dimmick, 34, worked as a marketing executive and concocted home products in her kitchen on weekends. After friends raved, Dimmick launched Good Home Co. in 1995 to make laundry detergent and soaps that are safe for the environment. Her latest line, Paris Rain, is meant to conjure olfactory images of a spring stroll along the Seine. goodhomeco.com