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Archive for the ‘Offbeat Kids’ Category

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 […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 0 comments

July 7th, 2008

Offbeat Furniture for Kooky Kids

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 […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

June 26th, 2008

A Better ABC Poster for Design Savvy Babes

If you’re a big ol’ fan of unique design, then it’s likely that typical ABC posters full of pastel bunnies, kittens, and bugs for your little one, make you cringe. I know I don’t like them.
If you have a little one on the way, or a toddler, this ABC poster I saw at Core77 is […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment

June 21st, 2008

A Pint Sized Treehouse Room

This is some totally random treehouse room I found a long time ago; and really this site is selling cool wall murals for children’s spaces, not truly homes of any sort. Still, it’s worth a look. I keep wondering which lucky kid on the planet owns this room. I’d have loved this as a kid […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

May 16th, 2008

Offbeat Play Structures for Your Unique Child

This month at Offbeat, I’m introducing you to some of my neighboring blogs via the Lifestyles Channel Three Doors Down event. Last week we looked at Psycho for Love. This week, something a little less psycho, and more fun; Play Library. Play Library covers the best of the best in playtime fun for kids and […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments

March 9th, 2008

What Kid Wouldn’t Love This House?

I’ve thought this was a cool idea for some time, so, it’s about time to share…
This is the Maritime Youth House. Two clients own it (or did when arcspace reported on it). A sailing club and youth house are housed here, of course with different needs. Need one - boat parking spaces, need two […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 4 comments

December 18th, 2007

Nine Last-Minute Offbeat Worthy Holiday Gifts

If you have super speed shipping some of these could even technically pan out as holiday gifts. Honestly, I wanted to do a huge gift post earlier but just wasn’t feeling it. This is the abbreviated version.
How To See
This book is a gem. It looks like something only a select few might enjoy; but really […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 5 comments

December 9th, 2007

10 Reasons Why Building Your Own House Rocks

In a previous post you may remember that I discussed; 10 Reasons Why Building Your Own House Sucks. I never did get around to posting the positives; mainly because I don’t like to think about all the trouble the darn house caused. Still, in a recent post’s comments Jessie requested the positives and I hate […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments

November 16th, 2007

Offbeat Holiday Gift Guide: Home for the Kiddos

This home is a super fly gift for all the little offbeat kids in your world. The simplicity, mobility, and eco-sensibility of this gift cannot be beat.
Kidsonroof Mobile Home

Kids can take this home everywhere — not true of the typical doll house. Also, not to get sexist but my son who is all boy in […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 0 comments

September 18th, 2007

50 Soul Warming Ways to Inspire the Next Generation of Offbeat Architects

The Home & Dining Channel here at b5media had so much fun with our last list extravaganza that we thought we’d do it again. This time around we’re bringing you a heaping supply of warm ideas to heat up your autumn.
This “warm” idea; while a stellar plan for most home and dining blogs left […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 14 comments