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Decor & Decorating

Sometimes we need inspiration — or just escapism. Whatever you need these images are drool-worthy and these decorating tips are just what you need. Dive in!

Little teapot playhouses and tiki lounge chairs: Disney comes to yards

Aw man, I’m back to admiring something from HGTV again. Not that there’s something wrong with HGTV… it’s just not a typically offbeat organization! Anyway, enjoy the peek at Disneyfied yards.

Reader Photos! You will like this zebra-striped house and a link featuring DINOSAUR LUNCHES

PLUS: two ducks and a cat, make a cartoon version of your cat, Empire Records foreva, and cats cats cats cats cats why NEW and UNIQUE money tips are dumb.

Victoria’s English garden summer studio/occasional shop

Victoria started posting her sweet little backyard studio shed in the Offbeat Home Flickr pool. And with each photo, I fell a little bit more in love with her space. Come along on a tour!

A playful full-wall underseascape mural — seals, dolphins, and some anthropomorphic fish

Straight from the Offbeat Home Flickr group comes Katie’s epically-big undersea mural. That little seal can do no wrong.

Brilliant idea for a wall: LEGO IT

HGTV made itself useful by posting a roundup of ten ideas for kids’ rooms — but this idea in particular is a bully idea for nerdy grown-ups everywere: Buy a ton of LEGO plates, affix to wall, enhance your awesomeness.

Reader photos: Godzilla handkerchiefs and wrangling Icelandic birds

Come inside! See fairy tale houses, read about interesting interviews in the Clicky Links, and just be a cooler human being for it.

Shower with C3PO, R2, and Chewie

Yeah, it’s a Star Wars shower tile mosaic — now you know what you to do with your next bathroom overhaul.

Squee amongst yourselves.

A DIY retro space-themed nursery for a GIRL

I chose “Spaceships and Robots” as the theme for my daughter’s nursery because I wanted to create a special environment that would inspire her to reach for the stars and “boldly go where no man has gone before,” so to speak. Oh yeah, and because I’m a giant NERD!