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Hi, Homies! I'm glad to see you today. I picked out these photos from the Offbeat Home Flickr pool, and I thought maybe we could sit down and look them over together, mmkay? I have SO MANY Clicky Links for you in here: water-measuring shower gadgets, wind-powered lanterns, and why old buildings matter.

Family closets are usually used by large families but you don't have to have five or more kids to benefit from a family closet. Heck, you don't even need to have a kid to enjoy the ease of keeping all the clean laundry in one place.

I resist using this turn of phrase that every woman cringes to hear… "age-appropriate clothing" … but women used to do this thing called "Aging Gracefully," and I think we need to bring that back.

"Cloffice" kind of sounds like… I dunno, maybe an equine venereal disease. But sound it out with me and you'll see we're actually talking about offices built in closets. It's genius, right?

Doe had a sad, blah closet — until her neighbor put out a dollhouse for the trash man. Now? Feast your eyes on her spectacular pink and blue dressing room.

WHO WANTS TO LOOK AT A LAUNDRY ROOM, CAT?

I hear it. I know you read the title and you're yelling at me through the computer right now.

But Sara sent her laundry room to me last week — and a couple other totally impressive renovations — I have to go with the lowly laundry room. She rocked it!