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Our homes are made up of lots of working parts — bedrooms, redecorated kitchens, upgraded baths, ogle-worthy renos, ticks and tricks for cleaning and organizing, and real home tours all live here to represent the spaces of your Offbeat Home.

Un-blahing a blah spice rack to organize beads

These spice racks seem so useful, but I’ve never figured out what to do with them. Cynthia to the rescue with a pink rehab into a craft caddy.

Guerrilla art: neighborhood beautification without the blech

Have you thought about yarn bombing your neighborhood playground? Is there a building on your street that needs aesthetic help? Use this street art inspiration to plan a happening.

’90s cartoon design porn comes to life as an ultra-lux NYC condo

This Core 77 feature took me a’flashbacking to my days as a hardcore Gargoyles nerd. Hellooo again, 7th-grade dream home. Turns out you actually exist!

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.

Help me, Homies: My slovenly roommates attract bugs which I’m powerless to stop

Some of my roommates have been, let’s say, not so good with cleaning sometimes. So the bugs came. We rarely see them during the day, but they’re EVERYWHERE at night. Turning on the light, I usually have to stifle my instinctive scream. HELP. ME.

A craftsman’s fairy tale cottages built with reclaimed materials

Don’t let kids have all the fun: these flights of fancy aren’t just for playhouses. They also make sweet guest houses and saunas.

Reader photos of unicorn ransoms, ways to display collections, and a hipstery parade

Hello, Homies, and happy Monday! Let’s take a look at what’s going on in the Offbeat Home Flickr group.

In this edition we explore front porches, post-party kitchens, and Clicky Links about hampers, scissors, and scary ingredients.

How to make strawberry leather in a Ford Festiva

Last year’s peach leather was a huge hit, so now I’m tackling strawberry. We haven’t had time to build a solar dehydrator yet, but that Ford Festiva looks ripe for use…