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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.

Becca & Adam’s folk art-heavy rock pad

Offbeat intern Becca is our first Home Tour featuree — she lives with her husband and sister in a rock ‘n’ roll flat nestled in an amazingly diverse neighborhood in Queens. My favorite part? The nudie pics in the bathroom.

A bright blue polar bear room for an almost-teen

An interior designer mom and her quirky 10-year-old designed a vintage-inspired bright blue bedroom around a polar bear print. Huzzah!

Monday Montage: save the pink bathrooms!

This week’s photos feature an cat who’s a critic, a house with movable walls, and just WAIT till you see the LED coffee table.

A scary-easy kitchen update in five fast steps

These scary-easy suggestions will help you give your kitchen a facelift. Whether you don’t have the time or money for a full-on kitchen reno — or you just don’t need one — everyone likes a fresh view.

A dirt-cheap bird feeder ANYONE can make

Inspired by a high-end Italian home product, I put together an idea for you to make a quick, easy, less-than-15-minute project to bring birds to your yard, balcony or camper.

Replace the clutter with an eclectic collection

My beau and I took some time last week to declutter our stuff-catching mantles – and they became home to an interesting group of ephemera. Read on to see how we used an alpaca sculpture, Virgin Marys, worry dolls and a painting of a possum to create personalized altars.

How to go goth without painting your walls black

Lady of the Manners is going to let you in on a little secret: every Goth goes through a stage where we think that painting a room black is a great idea. In truth, it isn’t.

Renting is MY American dream!

Friends and family keep pushing us to buy a home — but that’s just not the right choice for us right now. These are my reasons why choosing to rent doesn’t make us totally crazy.