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It used to be seen as clunky hardware – something to conceal, not flaunt. Now, thanks to a growing band of adventurous designers, the radiators is breaking free of its dull, workaday image and adopting all sorts of unexpectedly funky forms. Desperate Housewives – styles white picket fences, giant paperclips, and even ornate baroque motifs. In Just a few years, radiators have made the leap from fusty to glam.

“They were once considered a problem”, say ED Dim mock, co founder of radiator company Eskimo, which can take much of the credit for this sea change. “They were the last thing anyone thought about; through traditionally they’ve been fixed items that are impossible to get away from. We often end up painting radiators the same colour as the walls to make them disappear".

Some Victorian cast-iron radiators were highly decorative, and in the 1970s, artistic styles couldn’t stop themselves waggishly jazzing up ribbed, press-panel radiators with patterns such as piano keys. But such whimsy was stamped out by modernist designer modernist design principles. “Efficiency becoming paramount,” says Stephen Newby, who is developing a Lilo Shaped Radiator, Pillow in polished stainless steel, for Bisque, another known radiator company known for its designs. “My aim is to bring a tactile, organic quality to clinical modern materials”

Paul Priest man set a precedent for the freer mood with his hot Hoop Circular Radiator. Since then, designs have become more increasingly imaginative. One of the more Revolutionary ideas has been to move radiators away from wall. "I've always wondered why radiators hug wall ",says Lucy Merchant, who has designed radiators that double as room dividers. “Its not the skirting board that makes them work, it’s the plumbing.” Merchant founded her company in 2003, chichi gold gates. “People like the fact you can fling your jeans or towel over them more easily than on radiator squashed against a wall,” she says.

Radiator companies have jumped on the bespoke bandwagon, too: Eskimo’s sleek outline can be cut into any shape, while Bisque’s Classic radiator comes in more than 2000 shades. Pretty much anything goes, from The Radiator companies sun shaped Sole to Joris Laarmans Heat Wave for Droog Design, which masquerades as baroque wallpapers. Despite the unusual shape, it is more efficient than a conventional radiator. “Sober is not necessarily more functional than highly decorative.” Laarman says. What next? A radiator made of glass? Actually, yes. The Silhouette is due out soon at Bisque.