Offbeat Homes

August 26th, 2008

Unique Tents for Events

Sorry about the lack of posts this week folks- servers seem to be extra touchy. I got logged on today though, and that’s good news because I have a killer tent company to share.

Bedouin Freeform Tents is a Australian based company. They create what they call, ““creative fabric engineering solutions.” Which is one way of saying their tents and inflatable designs rock the house. If you needed a tent or inflatable something or other, these would be the folks to call. Their stretchy designs are unique in color and form, which of course can liven any old event - wedding, birthday, company picnic, and more. Take a look at some of their designs…

See a couple more…
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August 25th, 2008

Who loves this house?

Choose me! ME!

I love this house. Love how it was captured on film. AND I especially love the colors.

You will love it too - but you’ll have to leave me to go see it (copyright, and no time for permission issues.) Yeah, I get impatient. Also, there’s more cool stuff to see at this blog, so it wouldn’t kill you to go look.

See the house!

You can thank me later. Or now if you so choose :)

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August 21st, 2008

Classic Offbeat Homes: The most popular post of last August

Actually this post is maybe the most popular of ALL time here at Offbeat. For this week’s classic slice, I figured why not look back at a super good post.

50 Fresh & Juicy Slices of Offbeat Home Decor

Text links too dull for you? Ok, go ahead, click the orange, you know you want to…

[image via stock.xchng]

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August 20th, 2008

Christiania - Glass House

My pal Peggy sent me this amazing (yet in need of some work) glass house:

I had not heard of the back story of this house before, but it’s interesting. Read the back story here. Be sure to read through the photo comments, because how the photo was done is pretty cool too.

[glass house image via seier+seier+seier’s photostream]

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August 20th, 2008

I had this weird dream…

In the dream, I was dating some famous person (not going there), but the dream took place in Florida (I’ve never been) and the kooky part was that a bunch of people, including me, were visiting this museum of tiny Pennsylvania. It was just this oddball museum, where you’d walk through the halls looking at tiny versions of all the parts of Pennsylvania. In the dream, everyone was very impressed. It was really strange.

Long story short, it got me thinking about this link my friend Marye sent me - Tiny Texas Houses.

These tiny houses are made from 95% recycled vintage materials, but the electric, plumbing, and insulation is new. This is a perfect way to reuse, semi-used resources. Plus the houses are totally cute, and leave a small footprint.

There are all types of tiny houses to see, from rustic to antique and more. Visit Tiny Texas Houses to see all the adorable little homes.

[images via Tiny Texas Houses]

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August 14th, 2008

Orange Vacation Home

This home, designed by Nuno Grande & Pedro Gadanho, is lovely and realistic, adapting to the landscape, not making the landscape adjust to it’s form. Always a good deal.

It’s supposed to be a weekend vacation home, and it certainly does seem soothing:

I just love the underneath all lit up like this. Perfect for vacation evenings.

Read the whole back story, Weekend Retreat at Carreço at ArkiSpot. See more photos of this house at Casas Minimalistas.

[images via: Casas Minimalistas]

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August 9th, 2008

Live Like A Gypsy

If you feel like life on the road is for you, especially a life in an overly ornate wagon, then you’ll want to check out, Gypsy Waggons (yes that’s their spelling), a great site full of pages of photos of these amazing gypsy wagons. Copyright is iffy, so I didn’t want to drag any photos here, but it’s too good not to share.

Go see.

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August 9th, 2008

Stock Photo House Finds

I was on one of my normal, weekly stock photo searches, a task I do for other blogs, but not this one. That said, once in a while I find a stock photo worth sharing here. This week I found two.

First up this crumbling old mess of a house. Still, the design and uniqueness of it is pretty cool. Also, it’s oh so textured. Nice.

Secondly the pat of butter house; not that that’s it’s real name, it just strikes me as very butter-like. What do you think?
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August 8th, 2008

Inhabitat launching a new blog!

If you’ve been reading Offbeat Homes for any decent amount of time, you’ll note that I have many favorite architect and design blogs. I tend to talk about and link to my faves pretty incessantly. One such blog is Inhabitat. I’ve been a huge fan of Inhabitat for a long time, and I know some of you are as well.

Well the news is that they’ve just launched a brand new blog! and there’s more…
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August 8th, 2008

Green Real Estate Picks of the Week: Green Domes

So since I recently found my new favorite real estate website we’re going to have to visit at least once in a while. Or at least until we all our own great green abodes.

My green picks of the week include:

This Off-Grid Solar Mountain Retreat Dome Home in Saguache, Colorado. Domes already have that unique flavor going for them. This one is extra special due to that cool offset doorway. Very slick. Plus, I do like the color, which seems to have been kept natural, yet looks sort of orange.

Learn more about this off-grid solar home.

My second green pick this week is…
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