18 Things We'd Buy If We Won the Lottery

Money can't buy happiness — but it makes feathering one's nest and throwing Great-Gatsby-level parties significantly easier. If we ever happened to pick the winning numbers, these are the winning numbers we'd pick next. Feel free to steal our ideas (and invite us over).

By: Lauren Oster

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Helios Heated Love Chair

Immense wealth means never having to suffer the plebeian indignity of chilly thighs in the garden. The first-of-their-kind electrical components tucked into this modern lounger's core provide a gentle hug of radiant heat, and its smooth stone-and-steel exterior is impossibly cool.

BUY IT: Galanter and Jones Heated Helios Love Chair | Williams Sonoma, $4,200

Cabana Dayclub Float

It goes without saying that every pool needs a cabana. If you suspect we're about to tell you how to fill the double-reinforced cooler and drink holders nestled inside this giant floating cabana, you are...right.

BUY IT: Giant Cabana Dayclub Float | Funboy, $399

Champagne Flute Set

Plastic party cups and mismatched novelty glasses have an undeniably nostalgic je ne sais quoi. That said, truly old-school (and well-heeled) hosts turn to Waterford, which has been producing drinkware for more than three centuries — and when an errant elbow sends a crystal flute or two crashing to the floor, they don't have to bat an eyelash.

BUY IT: Lismore Essence Flute Set | Waterford, $450 (Set of 6)

Classic XL 600-Bottle Wine Cellar

While lickety-split champagne delivery is a fine thing, it's important to have supplies on hand for even more spontaneous celebration. This climate-controlled free-standing cabinet — ideal for oenophiles who love Bordeaux, California reds and pinot noirs — holds 254 bottles when its shelves are in place, and it can accommodate up to 600 bottles when your collection starts to get serious.

BUY IT: Classic XL 600-Bottle Wine Cellar | Wine Enthusiast, $5,699

Missoni Home Keith Body Sheet

Some would say it's practical to keep the fancy towels in the main bathroom and dry off on the patio with humbler stuff. We call that a failure of imagination. Break out the Missoni al fresco.

BUY IT: Missoni Home Keith Body Sheet | Neiman Marcus, $190

Breville Oracle Touch Espresso Maker

You have to get up pret-ty early in the morning to spend windfall millions with gusto, which is where what Business Insider called "the Ferrari of home coffee makers" comes in. This fully-automated home barista serves up quaint-cafe-quality coffee at the touch of a button, and when your newfound leisure time allows you to dream up new drinks, it will save and replicate those, too.

BUY IT: Breville Oracle Touch | Sur La Table, $2,699.95

Silent Inflatable Screen

How better to celebrate achieving Citizen-Kane-like wealth than by inviting your 50 closest friends over for a discovery+ screening on your sprawling lawn? Pro tip #1: Don't be shy about calling those Missoni towels into action for movie picnics, too. Pro tip #2: You should probably offer guests some next-level popcorn. Click ahead for our thoughts on that.

BUY IT: Epic Patio 150" Silent Inflatable Screen System | Projector Screen, $1,899

Fresh White Truffles

According to the James Beard Foundation, you can make great truffled popcorn with butter, truffle oil, Parmesan, parsley, salt and sugar. You can make the greatest truffled popcorn of all time by asking the gourmets at Urbani to scour the woods for fresh white truffles, which they will send from Italy via overnight mail just in time to grate over your movie snack.

BUY IT: White Alba Truffles | Urbani Truffles, From $399

Triplo Bourdon Sheet Set

When Citizen Kane is over and the hour grows late, it's time to make like monarchs and guests at the world's finest hotels and curl up with Frette, whose luxury-bedding craftspeople have also outfitted the Vatican, St. Peter's Basilica and the Orient Express. As the experts know, the secret to truly decadent bedding isn't high thread count, but exceptionally high-quality cotton — and the sort of painstaking fabric-treatment processes one develops when queen and king sheet sets are actually destined for kings and queens.

BUY IT: Triplo Bourdon Sheet Set | Frette, $1,100

Rolling Library Ladder Kit

A rolling ladder for the three-story mahogany-paneled library in one's new mansion is the sort of thing one has to commission on a case-by-case basis, of course. A rolling ladder like this, in turn, is just the thing to buy in bulk for one's multiple walk-in sock closets.

BUY IT: Quiet Glide Rolling Library Ladder Kit | The Stairway Shop, $1,152

Dual Zone Swim Spa Hot Tub

This massive, handsome structure’s turbo jets provide enough current for everything from water jogging to a hard swim, and its adjacent hydrotherapy hot tub features a jet-intensive captain’s seat. If you install one of these on your roof, you’ll have an ideal spot from which to enjoy a hydrotherapy massage while watching landscapers build another pool and spa in your yard.

BUY IT: Grand Cayman Dual Zone Swim Spa Hot Tub | Integrity Spas, $20,998

Grandview Barrel Sauna

Private saunas are comparatively few and far between outside of Scandinavia, but doing all of one’s sweating in public is so inelegant. The Shenandoah Sauna comes standard with a heater from Harvia in Finland (and can be upgraded to a wood-burning stove with chimney) and is crafted from Nordic spruce and rustic or clear western red cedar, depending on the sort of aesthetic experience you’d like to pair with your pore-opening.

BUY IT: Shenandoah Barrel Sauna | Almost Heaven Saunas, $21,749

Brass & Glass Teardrop Chandelier

Chandelier selection is serious business, and it’s best to get one’s sea legs with simple pieces before moving to the multi-tiered, foot-of-the-grand-staircase stuff. This low-key fixture’s brass branches and hand-blown glass teardrops are just right for, say, hanging above a soaking tub, no?

BUY IT: John-Richard Collection Brass & Glass Teardrop Chandelier | Horchow, $6,240

Enchanted Forest Canopy Bed

Real talk: You can buy four-poster and canopy beds all over the place these days, and in and of themselves they are not especially exciting. This canopy bed — hand-forged in iron by American blacksmiths — is straight from the pages of a storybook, and most likely capable of taking flight from a bedroom window in the middle of the night. If this concerns you, you can request a chandelier. (We gave you fair warning that you’d be accumulating chandeliers.)

BUY IT: Forest Canopy Bed | Forest County Ironworks, $5,998

Third Rock Fire Pit Art

As Michael Caine notes (as Alfred) in The Dark Knight, "some men just want to watch the world burn." As previously noted, it’s worth considering slightly-loony style every now and again when spreading one’s winnings around — and while we would never suggest burning money, we appreciate this flaming globe’s melodrama.

BUY IT: Third Rock | Fire Pit Art, $1,627

Ether Curved Sofa

A curved sofa announces to the world that you are on the varsity decorating squad. Airy yet edgy, our Ether Curved sofa is upholstered in heavenly azure or cool and collected graphite velvet, and perched on polished brass stiletto legs. More than a pretty seat, it's also delightfully comfortable and elegantly scaled.

BUY IT: Ether Curved Sofa | Jonathan Adler, $4,725

Eames Lounge Chair & Ottoman

This classic piece has been in constant production since Charles and Ray Eames designed it for Herman Miller in 1956 — and today it's one of the most recognizable furniture designs of all time. The recliner enthusiasts and gamers in your life are about to get fancy.

BUY IT: Eames Lounge Chair & Ottoman | Herman Miller, $6,995

Taliesin 3 Table Lamp

Stumped for inspiration on the high-concept digs you now have the funds to build? Get in the mood with the table lamp Frank Lloyd Wright designed for use at his own property. A wealthy Wright enthusiast, in turn, could place one on every table he or she owns, and why not? At the end of the day, one should go big when one goes home.

BUY IT: Taliesin 3 Table Lamp by Frank Lloyd Wright | Stardust Modern, $1,400

Photo By: Matthew Savins