3 links celebrating garden-dwelling hedgehogs
Honestly, this post is just a reason for me to fantasize about what it would be like to have little hedgehogs living in my garden, all cute and waddly. So I found videos, GIFs, and helpful tips to teach me all about my completely-imaginary hedgehog.
SPRING HAS SPRUNG! Everything’s growing in this week’s reader photos
Dudes, I woke up this morning and looked out the window and the world looked SO GREEN after all the rain Iowa got this week. It’s been warm here for weeks, but it’s not spring until the plants are growing. And it looks like people in the Offbeat Home Flickr pool are feeling the same fresh verdantness. Let’s take a look at the world with fresh eyes, and enjoy the Clicky Link bounty.
How to make a mounted jackalope out of a fur coat
Are you coveting the look of the taxidermy trend but don’t want to fork up the cash for a real antique? Tired of the limited selection of real animals? You’re in luck: today I’ll show you had to make a faux animal head from junk you have lying around the house and thrift store supplies.
Let’s take a moment to fantasize about off-limits offbeat pets
I grew up in the country. Pets were whatever I could bring home. I raised some baby mice, had a sand piper for a spell, and dreamed of having a pet raccoon like in Rascal.
I’m a grown-ass lady now, and know that I would never, ever keep a non-domesticated animal as a pet — but it is still SO FUN to pretend I can!
The happiest dog ever, a studio cat, and a gecko: Adorable photos of your offbeat pets!
Start your week with our collection of interesting articles on the web and photos from our readers. In these Clicky Links you’ll find lots of sites to waste a little time on.
Click through, too, to find our links on submitting YOUR stuff to Offbeat Home!
Undersea creature Christmas ornaments (including a Seussian fish, and a sexy merman)
My Christmas decorations are all ocean-themed. The santa on our stocking isn’t on a sleigh, but paddling a canoe, our tree is covered in shells and ocean critters, and our color scheme is turquoise, green, and silver. So, I set out to find some of the best ocean-themed Christmas tree ornaments out there — and came away with a big haul, all sea creatures, some more fantastical than others.
The Day the Bunnies Died: peek into the world of home rabbit farming and extreme locavorism
We’ve talked before about my friend Kyle. This summer he built a rabbit hutch and resumed breeding meat rabbits — something he’s done since childhood.
When it came time to butcher the rabbits he’s raised this summer, he invited me over.
Enhance your secret laboratory with these crazy-ass animal chairs
Maximo Reira was a doctor, and then he retired to make furniture. Like these completely ridiculous and totally amazing animal chairs that would make any house creepier, zanier, and not a little bizarre.