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Offbeat Homes

Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category

October 15th, 2007

Happy Blog Action Day!

If you haven’t guessed yet; it’s Blog Action Day. At last count (I’m not updating all day so…) but at the last count there were 15,568 blogs signed up to participate with a total rss reach of 12,507,731. Not bad. That’s a whole lot of bloggers blogging about the environment. Many bloggers participating are part […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 4 comments

June 26th, 2007

The Teenage Dream Pad

Now this is what every teen needs — their very own treehouse crash pad.

I haven’t been a teenager for…well, let’s just say a while now, and I’d live in a place like this. The fellow who built this home is Corbin Dunn. The treehouse is resting in Redwood trees in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains. According […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 28 comments

June 6th, 2007

Grow Your Garden Higher, (Literally)

Why just enjoy your garden underfoot? The hippest (and greenest) in new green roof design allows you to enjoy your garden overhead as well. January’s Custom Home Magazine reports that, “Between 2004 and 2005, total green roof square footage grew 80 percent in the U.S.” What’s this mean to home owners? Green roofing reduces cooling […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 5 comments