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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.

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Are you ready for an orange treehouse kid’s bed? YES!

Get ready to be CRAZY JEALOUS of a kid’s bed — I’m pretty sure you’ve never seen anything quite like it. Just sayin’.

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Carrie Anne’s thrifted paradise in cookie-cutter suburbia

Carrie Anne’s family found themselves deep in suburbia trackland, but her thrifting skills have netted them a super-stylish, sometimes viking-inspired, art-filled kitty cat haven that looks completely unsuburban and didn’t cost a boatload.

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Storing comic books: ditching a short box for a showier display

This couple is stumped on functional, accessible, more interesting way to store comics. What are your ideas about how they can store comic books in an attractive (not boring) way that will please both of them?

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How to shop curbside and furnish your home for free

Mistress Claire’s gonna school us on how to make the most out of trash-day-shopping curbside. You’ll be surprised at how much she’s hauled home, and her specific suggestions will help you be a productive freecycler.

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Five things you can do the day after you move in to help your home feel like YOURS

You’re a few blocks from your old place, or you’re on the other side of the planet. Even the smoothest of moves is stressful, but what can you do as soon as you move to make your space homier?

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Blackmetal gardening, lit up courtyards, Star Wars cookies

This Monday’s Montage features a photo of the uber-rare Blackmetal Gardener, grazing hillside goats, and a link to a Star Wars cookie cutter. We also beg the question: Why the hell doesn’t someone design a better shower control?

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Alice Lasertron’s Montessori-inspired bedroom will rock your world

You all know we’re big-time fans of Princess Lasertron around here. Check out her daughter’s freshly redecorated bedroom and you’ll totally understand why!

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How to craft pinwheel flowers that make your walls pop

Craft your own handmade paper flowers with Sandy’s illustrative step-by-step photographs and simple instructions. These flowers are large, colorful, and add a bright highlight to walls that’s easy to change up.