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A steampunk studio built from the studs upEven if you only have a passing interest in Steampunk, Doktor A's studio construction will make you drool. From Edison-style light switches to custom cast iron radiators, the studio is startlingly authentic. 
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Incontinence pads saved my new mattress from messy sexWhen we set up the bed, I realized I was terrified. The mattress was SO WHITE, and I desperately wanted it to stay that way. Ten years of sleeping on mattresses stained with other people's bodily fluids had done me in.... 
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How to live with your in-laws while still feeling like an adult and maintaining your autonomyLoads of us are shacking up with in-laws to save money, but it's not always easy to feel good about being in the 'rents house. Luckily, Offbeat Bride's Community Manager Ang has a WEALTH of ideas on bringing your style... 
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Spring cleaning tips: doing it the not-insane waySpring cleaning can be a no-stress way to help life run more smoothly, and we've got three way-simple ideas to help your efforts go farther.
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Offbeat Decor Porn
A steampunk studio built from the studs upEven if you only have a passing interest in Steampunk, Doktor A's studio construction will make you drool. From Edison-style light switches to custom cast iron radiators, the studio is startlingly authentic. 
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Megan & Aaron's tropical Los Angeles setup — nestled behind a porn shopYou will LOVE Offbeat Bride Managing Editor-Megan and Aaron's apartment. One part Hawaii, one part LA, and one part artist bungalow — but the best part is the crazy wall-mounting that greets you at the front door. 
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What did the atheist say about Jesus?One day, my five-year-old asked me if I knew Jesus made the world. So, I told her what we know: that once the earth was here, things started to happen little by little, until one little creature had become a million... |
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 Photo by Jakob Montrasio. Used under Creative Commons license. Spring might be a ways off (especially in the Southern Hemisphere) but any time is good for a clean-up — for your computer as well as your home. This advice is for Windows XP, Vista or 7 (sorry Mac/Linux users but I wouldn't know where to start!) and should be super-easy for anyone to follow.
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I am so in love with open source solutions, but I'm used to free, group-edited projects being relegated to the tech world: Gooogle plugins for my Gmail and Chrome, Wikipedia…the number of ways humans have found to work together to improve our world is astounding and effing impressive. Could you imagine what Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press, would think of the accumulation of information that is Wikipedia?! It seems that the trend is breaking into the real world. Enter The Ekinoid Project: an open-source plan for housing based in the UK. 
About two weeks before my 30th birthday, someone reminded me that my "dirty thirty" was coming up soon. To which Aaron, that guy I married, responded: "With Megan, it's more like her nerdy thirty." And thus, a theme was born! This is how I pulled off one hell of an awesome Nerdy Thirty birthday theme with only two weeks to plan, and with a little help from my friends. 
First let's talk about the magic that is hot chocolate on a mutha-fuckin' STICK, people. Not since snakes on a plane has a thing on another thing had such a profound impact on me. Inspired by creamy, interactive hot chocolate experience, I'm rounding up a few of my other fantasy hot beverages for y'all to serve up on a cold winter night. Some of these are boozy, some of them are not, but all of them are HOT. 
I'm all about floor-furniture like the kotatsu, a 14th-century invention used in many Japanese homes all winter. It's like the floor-oriented table often associated with Japanese homes, but with the added convenience of a heater and blanket. Sometimes I have daydreams about how awesome it would be to have one of these suckers. SO WARM. So cozy. None of the crampy discomfort of a western-style desk! I've got a little floor-desk of my own going on, and this IKEA hack came just in time for me to play with. 
We ran Doktor A's studio tour SO VERY LONG AGO so you may have missed it! He's a steampunking vinyl toy artist who rehabbed his Victorian home in the English countryside in the spirit of a different time. He's just released a preview of new work! 
When I saw this uber-adorable, super retro-styled 3-in-1 Breakfast Station my heart simultaneously leapt with joy and sank with bitter grumbles. SO ADORABLE! A STATION! FOR YOUR BREAKFAST! — but really, who needs another single-use kitchen appliance, even when it's a retrotastic 3-in-1 station? 
When we moved from an apartment to a house, things started to slip away from us. We tripped over boxes, forgot to clean anything, and we floundered. Until I came up with a plan — and a tool that you might find helpful, too! |
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