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This is Offbeat Home's archive of Spaces posts.

Our homes are made up of lots of spaces — yards, gardens, pastures, bedrooms, redecorated kitchens, upgraded baths, ogle-worthy renos and real home tours all live here to represent the spaces of Offbeat Home.

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My boyfriend is an RA at the University of Otago, Denudin, New Zealand — we met doing postgrad psychology there.

It was always one of his dreams to be an RA. He signed up this year and the first years move in this weekend. Floor themes used to only consist of RA's sticking up printed posters on doors, but, as it was a competition we decided to lift the game 500%.

All the curtains I can find are way boring. Where do you guys go for curtains?

I've thought about buying fabric and making my own, but I'd prefer not to. Also, when I say redo, I mean going from a "Hey, this is cheap and we can use it" to a "Hey, this is thoughtfully put together and really shows off the occupants' personalities." Which in this case is retro '60s (him) and anything glittery (me).

So if anybody has any ideas or links to cool curtains, I would love you forever. But since this is the internet I think forever means like a nanosecond…whatever, I would be really grateful. -Christine

Happy Monday, Homies! Good to see you back. In this week's photos we have a lot of COLOR, and in this week's Clicky Links there's a lot of helpful hints.

Share your photos by posting to our Flickr group, and share your inspirations with us on Pinterest.

This week's obsession: unusually shaped doors, windows, and other householdery. Judge these nine pics and see if you'd go round.

Behold the home of Robin and John Brown! It's a temporary home, but it's a beaut.

Robin is a designer from San Antonio, Texas. She and her partner run their clothing business online, but take two trips a year — in the spring and the fall — when Magnolia Pearl heads to big shows. For this purpose, they've decked out an Airstream Land Yacht to roll in.

It is up and down, head to toe, glitzed OUT. This trailer has wooly rugs, fancy pants wallpaper, a full-size BATHTUB — it is in every way a rococo road spa.

Happy Monday, Homies! Good to see you back. In this week's photos we have a lot of fantasy, and in this week's Clicky Links there's a lot of helpful hints.

Share your photos by posting to our Flickr group, and share your inspirations with us on Pinterest.

Ariel pinged me when a friend posted this bemoaning on Google+: "I tried to look up "gaming room" for inspiration for the new attic space. Turns out most people think of ping pong, air hockey, and PS3 when creating a "gaming" space, not Magic the Gathering, WarCraft, and Settlers."

When we lived in a studio apartment, we used an IKEA bookcase to divide our "bedroom" from the…front door area. (In retrospect, maybe putting the bed in front of the door was a poor choice.) BUT! I know how important and useful dividers can be in small spaces. I've got a few simple ideas.