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June 20th, 2008

A Different Sort of Treehouse

This treehouse wasn’t made exactly to be a treehouse; at least not how you might think.
The Tree House Clapham is covered in the book Diary of an Ecobuilder, and is really special. A huge tree occupied the lot of the Clapham house, making home building a bit of work. However, instead of taking the tree […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment

June 16th, 2008

TreeHouse Workshop

Well, I ran into a little family emergency, and been mia for three days - it’s all good though; getting taken care of, and treehouse week is still a good plan I’d say, so let’s just keep on with that for a few days. Although I do still have one non-treehouse guest to post (tomorrow).
I […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment

June 12th, 2008

The Treehouse - Sybarite Style

Being that it’s June, and time to be outside, I’ve had my mind on treehouses. It almost never hurts to see another treehouse, so for a week, that’s all we’re going to do. Minus one special guest (more on that later). I’ve got some traditional treehouses, some fancy treehouses, and some items that really just […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 0 comments

June 3rd, 2008

The Best of Offbeat Homes: September 2007

Continuing on with our celebration here’s my four favorite posts of Offbeat September…
Emergency Offbeat Post!!! - it was an emergency post for a reason, a good one, this structure rocked. It still does.
How to Use Spam to Build an Offbeat House - I think Alessandro Ludovico creates genius work. Due to the utter lack […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment

June 2nd, 2008

The Best of Offbeat Homes: August 2007

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 August 2007…
50 Fresh & Juicy Slices of Offbeat Home Decor - this post is maybe the most popular post I’ve ever posted, at any blog, ever. What makes this […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

June 1st, 2008

The Best of Offbeat Homes: June 2007

It’s my year anniversary week here at Offbeat, so we’ll be looking back at my top four favorite posts from each of the last 12 months. Starting with June of course. I limited myself to only four posts, so we’ll see if I can pull it off. Also, keep in mind, these are my favorite […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 0 comments

March 3rd, 2008

A Treehouse Fit for the Tin Man

Is Tin Man two words or one? Tinman? Hmmm, well, in any case I found his perfect kooky house. This is a totally bizarre treehouse. Just ignore that tractor in front.

I for one am totally intrigued. Although, it does look like a place where you might get instant rust poisoning or something. It’s one of […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 0 comments

February 16th, 2008

Island Wood Structures

Peggy, over at Tree Hugging Family, did this killer post about IslandWood at Bainbridge Island. The whole article is worth a read - it’s an environmental learning center and Washington state’s first LEED Gold project. Very slick. Of course I was most smitten with the structures at IslandWood. Terribly unique, sustainable, and simply amazing.
Metropolis - […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

November 14th, 2007

The Massive Treehouse

Sometimes homes slip right under my radar. Sometimes they simply are a little older so I just missed them while I was doing other, non-home related things in my life.
In any case I recently came across a really nice treehouse; maybe one of the bigger (non-fantasy) tree homes I’ve seen. Built by Peter Lewis, […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 7 comments

August 29th, 2007

Got Offbeat Architect Kids?

I write for a living so me and my six year old son Cedar can hang out but does that impress Cedar. In a word, no.
He could care less what I do but he loves Offbeat, he likes the houses and the furniture; he really wants an extravagant treehouse I can’t possible afford.
Him and I […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 7 comments