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Offbeat Homes

Archive for October 2008

October 31st, 2008

Pumpkin House

Just when I thought I’d exhausted all my pumpkin house resources… I found one more.

This cool little pumpkin house is located at the Dallas Arboretum. They’ve got all sorts of Halloween activities going on, so if you happen to be in the neighborhood, you might want to check them out.
To see my other pumpkin house [...]

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October 31st, 2008

Offbeat Halloween Seating

It seems kind of blood splattered to me. Or at least you could pretend; honestly, there’s just not that much offbeat Halloween furniture floating around out there. This Fusion Chair is close though - from designer / artist Aldo Barreto. Barreto also designed a killer, totally offbeat infant car seat that you have to see. [...]

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October 28th, 2008

The Knitted Gingerbread House

Honestly, I can’t believe I’ve never seen this house before. Sometimes I feel like I’m living in a cave. In any case, my world is now a little better for having seen it, as I’m sure you’ll soon agree (that is, unless you’ve already seen it).
The amazing Gingerbread House:

[House image via here]
This entire house is [...]

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October 28th, 2008

Max’s House in a Small Lake

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while - darn computer. This is Max’s house in a small lake, Nimes, France…

Can you guess who by?
Tags: Antonino-Cardillo, Birnbeck-Island, Flamenco y arquitectura, France-house, italian architect, Italy architect, Max’s house in a small lake, unique architecture, Vaulted House, World Architecture News

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October 28th, 2008

Embossed plates for perfect food play

Check out this idea from the always enlightening, always offbeat, Jamie Wieck.
Don’t Play With Your Food:

There’s another plate as well. Jamie Wieck’s site is one of my most favorite creative sites around. Everything is so unusual, without being obvious. Not everything at the site is available to buy, but there are some shopping options. More [...]

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October 27th, 2008

Five things you’ll need for an offbeat Halloween day

There’s not just five things of course; but we’ll start with that.
1) Breakfast! Trust me, this is mild compared to what’s coming - we don’t need your day to start too shockingly.

[Make-a-Face Halloween Pancake Molds via Williams-Sonoma]
Tags: crazy halloween, halloween cake, halloween food, homemade halloween decorations, offbeat halloween, pancake molds, scary food, spooky food, spooky [...]

By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments

October 26th, 2008

Salvaged Jack-o-lanterns

Check this…

How fun. AND - this is actually related to offbeat home building - I promise. Click here to learn more.
Tags: antiques, Architectural Salvage, vintage home

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October 23rd, 2008

Tiny Moosmann House

I really like Hermann Kaufmann’s work; projects from Kaufmann are simple but always interesting to look at.
Like the super small, very cool, energy efficient Moosmann House.

Gorgeous. The only issue I have with Kaufmann is that I can’t read the website. There is a translation offered at the website, but when I hit English, this is [...]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

October 21st, 2008

Classic Offbeat Homes: Knitted House

Honestly, I don’t think this offbeat house got quite the love it deserved the first time around; which is why I’ve decided that it should be our classic post of the week.

Not only is this house totally unique, but it’s a sewing leap. Seriously, could you knit a house? When I was 8 I tried [...]

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October 21st, 2008

Final Blogtoberfest Winner

If you found the Blogtoberfest Icon on this post: Pop Couch Quiz and left a comment, you were entered to win one of the secret Lifestyles Channel Blogtoberfest prizes available.
For this post, the Blogtoberfest prize was:
EcoSMART Flying Insect Killer from EcoSMART. EcoSMART is a company that develops organic insecticides that kill bugs and pests [...]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment