Tricked out triceratops: rocking your houseplants with a $6 dinosaur
We said a quick goodbye, but the “squealing” sound he made when I cut into him with my Dremel will haunt my dreams. Sorry, dude, but I think it was for the greater good.
Needles, teeth, and photos of dead people: the macabre home of Emilia
Emilia has this organically creepy home, and it’s right up my alley: all bones, x-rays, and glass containers. Turns out deep down I just want to live in a natural history museum. This is a total fantasy home for me.
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.
Building a better — and humane — mousetrap
It’s what designers and engineers joke about — some dude invented the mousetrap as we know it in 1897, and it’s continued to weather the slings and arrows of new inventions for more than 100 years.
Now, designer Onedown might be giving The Little Nipper a run for its money.
Un-bedside tables for easy book storage and access
Right now my bedside table is an upended suitcase — a failed attempt to turn it into a cat bed. No storage, and not pretty. To solve my problem, I’ve been fantasy shopping for an un-bedside table. As I see it, here are my options.
Non-permanant home security system for apartment-dwellers
I had one of those spooky nights last week — one where I had too many scary thoughts and every noise was a serial killer or a monster coming for me.
Irrational fears aside, it made me realize I haven’t taken any security precautions in my flat. I’ve lived here for a while, but whatever I do still needs to be non-permanent.
What can I do to keep my mind calm and my body safe?
Six gothy, hippie, neo-classical ceiling alternatives for when you need something not-white to stare at
Remember the brick-ceiling Spanish apartment of Clarisse, her partner, and a friend?
I’ve been thinking about ceilings a lot because sometimes, when I can’t sleep, I stare at the one in my bedroom and wish there was something interesting up there. This is what I’ve found in my research of alternatives to the rough plaster ceiling.
A Portal-themed bedroom and a message board you pet to use in this week’s Monday Montage
Start your day with our collection of interesting articles on the web and photos from our readers. In these Clicky Links you’ll find lots of sites to waste a little time on — and you’ll see a raver-friendly penless message board.
Click through, too, to find our links on submitting YOUR stuff to Offbeat Home!