Philosophy | Offbeat Home

This is Offbeat Home's archive of Philosophy posts.

Not everything on Offbeat Home centers around the physical. Sometimes being an Offbeat Homie is all about the mindset.

Most Recent Posts About Philosophy

Homies, we have a nice little community here. We brainstorm solutions to problems, share fantasies, debate, and educate. I want to take a second to be grateful for my online family, of which you are a large part. We can't share a meal this week and we probably won't be sending each other Winter Holiday Greetings, but I can still say, "Hi everybody. It's so nice to put this site together for you."

Here are some of the posts which have hosted some of the most enlightening conversations this year.

I moved to Isaan, the farmlands of Thailand, 4 months ago. Our home is safe. I am very thankful. However, a third of Thailand is underwater, over 300 people have died, & the waters are still rising.

So today, instead of fixating on sheets that aren't quite the right shade, I focus on having a dry place to sleep.

It's strange how, when you know you're going to be moving, you start to look around where you live and see things in a completely different way. Even before the For Sale sign has gone up outside and the first potential buyers have stepped in the door, it stops being quite so much of a home and starts turning back into a house.

As I was sweeping the first of the yellowed leaves from the cabin's porch, I was trying to line up all the ways that the homes I've created for myself in my adult life have been both a reflection of this space, and a reaction against it.

Is your house all rock and roll and rebellion? Maybe it's country strong. Mine, I think, is punk through-and-through — and here's what it means to bring punk home.

Everyone might be "putting a bird on it" now, and we all remember design trends gone by (unicorns! owls! mushrooms!), but what's coming next?

People with impaired eyesight and hearing and those with limited mobility have come a long way since the days of homes for the enfeebled. What does it look like when we make it easier people with developmental and cognitive disabilites to live independently as well?

There are elaborate romanticized dreams about how young and creative people live — but very few of us are in gorgeous abandoned industrial spaces. We can't all afford the luxuries of gentrified quirky spaces, and most of us have to make the most of what we've got.