Nerdalicious entertainment center
>I’m excited to present the first dude-made Monday Moment. Long time Homie Juniper Zombie shared with me what she calls her “husband’s pride and joy” — the nerdy entertainment center moment featuring retro gaming, Ghostbusters and Transformers all in one area.
Great idea: Frame your earrings and hang ’em on the wall
Here is yet another brilliant idea in the way of jewelry storage. All you need is a frame and cross-stitch fabric. Easy and awesome.
Meet Eliza Brownhome: a 1974 Bluebird school bus that houses a family of five
This summer, after six months of preparation including writing a detailed lease, we moved our family of five back into Eliza Brownhome, our 40′ Bluebird school bus. I’m sure a lot of you are wondering how we can fit a family of five into 300 square feet, so I thought it’d be nice to give a tour. I am pleased to introduce Eliza Brownhome, our beloved 1974 Bluebird schoolbus.
Pre-sort your silverware in the dishwasher
The sorting and putting away of silverware is the most annoying and time-consuming part of doing dishes. Why don’t I just sort them as I put the dirty ones INTO the washer?
Great idea: Make your driveway glow like a starry night
Driveway gravel + glow in the dark stones = your driveway looking like some sort of magical mystery tour destination. You can get the glowing rocks on Amazon for $11, but of course it would take a lot of $11 packages to make a driveway glow this much…
Vintage circular home in Illinois
We’ve seen geodesic domes, yurts, and yomes on Offbeat Home, but I think this is our first circular home. This house has been contemporarily restored on the inside, but it still has the unique distinction of being built completely around a pool with a retractable roof. Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. See for yourself…
Use colored-coded rags to cut down on paper towels
It’s not very fancy, but when we ditched paper towels I just bought one of these big packs of microfiber towels.
What should we do with our large family crest?
Our friend welded us this brass knuckle family crest! Our family name is at the bottom. What should we do with it?! Our best idea so far is to put it in our berry garden and let the raspberries grow around and through it.