Your portrait by Andy Warhol, sort of
Thought you missed your chance to get your portrait done by Leonardo da Vinci when you weren’t born in 1452? Wrong. You can still get a portrait by Leonardo, or Andy Warhol, or other masters, and you don’t have to sit still for weeks. Check out myDaVinci. Send them a high quality photo of yourself, a pet, a loved one, and they’ll have it redrawn — either by hand or with digital brushes — as an oil painting, a watercolor, a pencil sketch, you name it. Styles range from those of Leonardo da Vinci to Andy Warhol. Prices range from $50 (8 x 10 pencil sketch) to $950 (36 x 48 oil painting). Visit www.mydavinci.com.

Poster child
Attention cinephiles (translation: movie nuts): If you’ve already spruced up your media room with a huge, hi-def flat screen TV, a thundering surround sound system and a comfy couch, you still need something on the walls, for those rare moments when the lights come up. Posteritati carries more than 12,000 original and reissue film posters, some of which do their intended job of simply selling the movie, while others stand as beautiful works of art. There are posters for popular American and British films — James Bond titles sell well — and for European art films that are sure to impress your movie-lover friends, such as an eye-popping array of posters for “Fellini - Satyricon.” Prices range from affordable (“All That Jazz,” $125) to exorbitant (“King Kong,” $35,000). Call 212-226-2207 or visit www.posteritati.com.

Sound investment
We currently own a doorbell — actually, it’s more of a buzzer — that gives us a heart attack every time someone pushes the button. Actually, not every time — sometimes when people push the button, it just doesn’t work. We need to consider a Now & Zen doorbell, which calls you with either chimes or a gong sound. And it requires no wiring. Now & Zen also makes an alarm clock that produces a calming, “Tibetan bell-like chime” that gradually wakes you up in the morning, which means no more slapping the snooze button or hearing the irritating alarm. Clocks $109.95, doorbell $129.95 at www.now-zen.com.

Changing the Past
Packrats, rejoice! All of those slides and negatives you’ve saved over the years can now be enjoyed again, thanks to the Slide and Negative to Digital Picture Converter from Hammacher Schlemmer. Just hook it up to the computer, place the slide or negative on the tray and press a button. It’s that easy. You’ll finally be able to email your cousin that embarrassing picture of her at the beach. $99.95 at www.hammacher.com.

Step up to the Plate
Who wouldn’t want a plate that was designed by Click and Clack? Or Ellen DeGeneres? Or Elizabeth and John Edwards? We love this idea because it’s a win-win. You get a cool plate personally designed by a local or national celebrity (or, if you want something a little more esthetic, designed by an artist). At the same time, your bid on these plates goes to a worthy charity, REACH: Beyond Domestic Violence. The arty plates will be on exhibit at the Massachusetts Medical Society from Sept. 24 until Oct. 19 and they’re currently available for viewing and bidding on-line. Visit www.reachma.org. The plates will be auctioned off at a gala at the Waltham Westin Hotel on Oct. 25.