It's always fun to dream a little when it comes to what you might put in your house, or find in your next home purchase, if you had the time or money.

I ran across this Washington Post story recently that provides some fodder -- a shower with music and colored lights, a remote-control front door lock, a "super-premium" oven that comes in more than 200 colors and cooks far faster than its conventional cousin.

Here's how the oven, just $5,995 for a single wall unit, works, according to the story: "The TurboChef, which cooks up to 15 times as fast as conventional ovens, mixes high-speed heated air that circulates at up to 60 miles per hour with precise microwave blasts. Unlike a regular microwave oven, it can brown, sear and caramelize."

Find the whole story here.