Reader Round-up: Puppies, tentacles, home decor, and LA picnics
Remember Offbeat Home’s reader round-ups? I’m bringing it back y’all! We finally have enough Homies submitting enough pics to our Offbeat Home Flickr pool to do more round-ups now and then. Included in this round-up we have a good idea to help change your eating habits, a kitchen moment that makes me particularly happy, more bathroom tentacles, and a peak into how I spent this past weekend…
Use a dish bowl to keep your sink clear of dirty dishes
Upon discussing things you can do to keep your house habitable when you’re busy, Homie Mich introduced us to her great dish idea:
New home, old cat smell, HALP!
So my husband and I bought a house! But one thing that I noticed in this glorious house is that right when you walk into the kitchen there is this smell. We’re not sure where it’s coming from, but it’s definitely of the feline species. However, we don’t own any cats. So here’s the question: How do you remove this smell, especially when you can’t pinpoint the exact location that it’s coming from?
Make vases out of wine bottles using fire and twine
There have been lots of tutorials on Pinterest about how to turn wine bottles into vases or tumblers. Some of our dear friends are getting married, and wanted to try it out as possible DIY reception decor. So I volunteered our space to experiment with glass bottles and fire. Turns out this wine bottle trick works pretty well!
How I learned to stop lamenting my life without convenient washers
It’s been years since I’ve lived in a place with a dishwasher or laundry machines. Sometimes it’s frustrating to find many well-meaning cleaning and organization tips or checklists offered up online that assume I have these easily available for my personal use. It’s taken me a while to figure out how to better manage my washer-less life rather than just lament it. Here are some things that I’ve found work for me…
The pink sheep: Turning a lawn ornament into bright home decor
I know Caissie St.Onge as a comedy writer and young adult fiction author. But she’s clearly also an awesome home accessory modifier. Cassie turned this sheep from lawn ornament to living room accessory then posted this pic on Instagram. Obviously, I had no choice but to bug her for more info…
Yarn tainers: Helpful yarn storage solution
I know we have a lot of yarn-loving Homies in the house. And I have learned that yarn storage is a big deal to y’all. Have you seen this awesome AND helpful storage solution: Snapware Yarn Tainer?
Taking back the dishes: Fixing my kitchen angst
The truth is that my flatmates and I are pretty good about evenly sharing work. The truth is, when I did the dishes it was usually totally my turn. The truth is, when I was angsting about dishes, probably my flatmates were angsting about their own hot-button chore items, like mowing the lawn, or having a clear dining room table. And, universal truth is, the only person I can change is me. So I took back the dishes. And I found my Dishes Zen.