July 21st, 2008
To sit on this couch?
I’ll tell you one thing, if you have kids, a couch like this is a BAD IDEA. Although, it’s pretty cool looking. Imagine if you filled those bottles with colored water. Neat.
The Cabernet Couch design is from the Carlo Rossi collection. There are tons of other cool pieces in the collection […]
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July 7th, 2008
We haven’t had a good old offbeat furniture post in a while. I haven’t seen too many adult oddball pieces lately, but I did recently find this crazy amazing table set for the kiddos:
[Toadstool Table and Toadstool Set available at Karma Kiss]
How come when I was a kid I never had such a cool table […]
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June 12th, 2008
Born Rich always features the coolest rich gear. If you didn’t believe that fact before, you sure will now. I missed this back in January (sadness) - I could have been enjoying it’s splendor all this year.
The Treehouse Fridge!!!: Yeah I tripled exclamation pointed it.
Holy smokes. This is by far one of the top five […]
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June 1st, 2008
To celebrate my year anniversary week here at Offbeat, we’re looking back at my top four favorite posts from each of the last 12 months.
Here’s July 2007…
Happy Harry Potter Day! - I know, odd choice, but I rarely do celeb anything, so this post was a reach for me. Plus I think I did a […]
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May 29th, 2008
This May the entire Lifestyles Channel has been doing a month long theme event called “Three Doors Down.” The idea; sort of a meet & greet (and introduction) deal among blogs in our b5media channel. So far I’ve written introduction posts for three new blogs:
Architecture for bad parents???
Offbeat Play Structures for Your Unique Child
True […]
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May 12th, 2008
So, I’m thinking that this would be more a chair for your offbeat lawn, rather than your offbeat living area. I’m not sensing that this will fit in most homes. Still, it is pretty slick; once you figure out how to sit in the darn thing.
This chair is via Geekologie; a site that most of […]
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May 4th, 2008
Celeste is a “mobile sky” application made for beds, from Crème Fresh. It’s an interesting concept and also just plain slick.
Crème Fresh notes, “Refreshing design” which is certainly what I’d call this. The site suggests it for a loft, which is a great idea. I lived […]
By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments
April 29th, 2008
It’s been a good long time since we saw any offbeat furniture. I always mean to share, but I just fill up my bookmarks, hording stuff for my own viewing pleasure. Today is show and tell. Well, more show than tell. If you’d like to learn more about any of these amazing pieces, click on […]
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February 13th, 2008
Thanks to a reader’s e-mail (thanks Nina!) I saw this little gem:
Via Treehugger - who has stills o’ plenty for your delight.
Tags: furnish a room, one box furniture, one box of furniture, VideoShare This
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February 5th, 2008
6,400 nickels.
Johnny Swing, sculpture, welder, and all around imaginative guy, welded the couch out of nickels after finding the penny medium tough to crack - although, he did eventually sculpt a penny chair as well. It took 300 hours and weighs 125 pounds.
He also has an intriguing, and strangely beautiful, baby food jar chair (96 […]
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