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March 16th, 2008

HGTV Has All Sorts of Stuff Going On - Starting Today

Who remembers last year’s HGTV Design Star event? I sure do. We had the nice Sparkle Josh visit Offbeat and then no one I liked won. That was exciting. Well Josh was cool, I wasn’t quite so excited about the outcome of the show.
In any case it seems like it’s been simply years since the […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

December 23rd, 2007

Impractical Architecture

The other day when I showed the zeroHouse I mentioned that I like other designs from Specht Harpman better. First off I should say that any architect firm who has a structure category entitled, “Impractical” is worth a good look.
The most interesting impractical item to see is Specht Harpman’s Psychoplex; which is as odd as […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment

November 17th, 2007

Win A Brand New Decorating Book!

I recently received a couple copies of a new decorating book which means I’ll be sending someone a copy. I debated over making this an Offbeat Homes contest or a Tree Hugging Family contest and Tree Hugging won because frankly, I was not won over by the book’s photos and to me Offbeat deserves great […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment

October 6th, 2007

Real Sports Fans Read Blogs and Live in Sports-Minded Homes

I’m so not a sporty kind of girl. BUT anyone who has been reading me for a while at my other blogs might know that I do love Frisbee and in-line skating (which are technically sports.) In the spirit of that fact I’m going to blog about sports today. Mainly because b5media has had an […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment

October 1st, 2007

Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt: Words to Find

Remember yesterday when I posted about the great Home & Dining Channel Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt. Well today the contest kicks off in full force.
Here is the list of words you need to find throughout the month to win.
1 - Pumpkin
2 - Yellow
3 - Apples
4 - Hot chocolate
5 - Maple
6 - Hay
7 - Gourds
8 - […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 8 comments

September 30th, 2007

Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt: Read, Play, Win!

Holy smokes! It’s a big, huge, b5media Home & Dining Channel Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt! Time to get your game on Offbeat readers.

First the eye candy… Better known as what you can win if you play!
This lovely autumn basket:

Oh, so nice. In fact I would like to win this, but frankly, if I play, […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments

August 23rd, 2007

Are You Offbeat Enough To Win Chocolate?!

In the form of a hip Theobromine Molecule T-shirt!
Oh yeah.
That’s right, one of my girls in the Home & Dining channel is holding a fly chocolate contest. All you have to do to enter is find a wacky chocolate something and tell Heather about it at her delicious blog Chocolate Bytes.
It’s an easy way to […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 11 comments

August 14th, 2007

Any Artists In the House?

I’ll bet that there are. For those of you who are artistic minded (or who’d like to be) I’d pop over and see William’s contest at Artist Hideout.
This is a fly contest. All you have to do is “write one post for Artist Hideout of 150 - 250 words on the subject “What does art […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 0 comments

February 19th, 2007

Happy Presidents Day!

CONTEST ALERT!
The first TEN people who can name the President, who was also an Architect, I will send you the monetary amount his face also graces.

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By Adam -- 1 comment