Category Archive

retro/vintage

Halloween Montage: Skulls, pumpkins, spider webs & Vincent Price is in your shower

Happy Halloween, Homies! Let’s get the Home Halloween week going with a look at the creepiest photos from the Offbeat Home Flickr pool and things we’ve pinned via the Offbeat Home Pinterest account.

A fairy door, a rainbow of produce, and one very attentive dog

Meet a bullhuahua — a pit bull/chihuahua mix — who lives on a super stylish orange couch. Learn about underground automated carports, and about how squatters can take legal possession of their squats.

Feast your eyes: vintage wallpaper inspiration in the kitchen

A collection of vintage wallpapers: some are loud and overpowering, others are just the right amount of zing. In pinks, reds, yellows, and one really powerful red, black, and white pattern.

The adventures of Marla and Taco: Building a road-ready travel trailer cute as a button

Almost a year after its conception, I birthed my half-baked-idea baby: May 2011 was the the maiden voyage of my trusty camper Taco. My tools, a few belongings, my Zulu short spear, and my cat Sophie are with me on an odyssey through as much of the country as we can stand.

Rachel and Jared’s three bedroom art collection in a college neighborhood

I invaded Rachel’s house and gave myself a tour. When I showed up I sort of said, “How ’bout I just take photos and we’ll see where this goes?”

It went awesome. You’ll love it here.

’70s kitsch in a Floridian mid-century modern

A Siamese cat, a boyfriend, a girlfriend, and a glittery gold carport: these are just the tip of this bright retro Florida home.

An antique-filled Midwest bungalow for four

Lindsay and Matt share their tidy retro home with two dogs in Oklahoma.

A bright and happy retro-styled Sunshine Coast apartment, filled with Blythe dolls

You won’t believe the quick work Nicole and Greg made in decorating their new apartment: they just moved in six weeks ago and already it’s full of thrifted funky goodness.