How to hang paper collections, a miniature castle, and turquoise walls in this week’s reader photos
Start your week with our collection of interesting articles on the web and photos from our readers. This week: see a revolutionary stained glass window and a mural on the side of a home. In these Clicky Links you’ll find lots of sites to waste a little time on — and new perspectives on roommates with bad habits.
Click through, too, to find our links on submitting YOUR stuff to Offbeat Home!
Cheer up a grumpy home with help from Sacred Flow, feng shui and spiritual flow consultant
When your home doesn’t work right, your life doesn’t work right. Marjory Mejia studies the flow of buildings and our interactions with them, and helps people create living spaces that enhance their lives.
Make art out of band tees so you can prove you listened to them way back when
I stopped buying band t-shirts at concerts a long time ago because they never fit quite right. Men’s tees are too big and the girl’s “babydoll” sized tees are always too little, even if they claim to be an extra large. But I already have a huge collection of shirts: NEW CRAFT PROJECT!
Naked scientists and ways the world might end: 5 calendars for 2012
Now it is the best time of the year: the END of the year. It’s fascinating that we as a people periodically say “this period of time is over. BEGIN NEW PERIOD!” Isn’t it? As December 31st ends, we mentally partition off the year, old habits, and new goals. January 1st isn’t a different day than December 31 in any way, but if FEELS new.
AND YOU GUYS, I HAVE BEEN SAVING CALENDARS FOR YOU FOR SIX MONTHS!
Agnostic seasonal decor: it’s winter, not Christmas
I’d love to get some ideas for non-Christmas-holiday decorations. DIY would be especially treasured. Something more winter solstice-based…or really just not anything overly Santa Claus/presents/Christian-centered.
I am really awful at bringing details together, and I would love some offbeat advice!
A Beastlie, shotgun shells used in decor, and Darth Vader snowflakes in this week’s reader photos
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!
How can I balance being a parent and being an artist?
It’s very difficult to be faced with two options: be artistic on cue, or stop in the middle of my inspiration to fix dinner, help with homework, or do a bedtime routine. The end result of all this internal conflict is complete and utter failure at both my art and raising my children in a healthy clean environment. I am curious: has anyone else out there dealt with this conflict? Have you found a solution that’s healthy for everyone?
Make Ouija Boards of a different flavor at your artsy craftsy Halloween party
This October we had a few friends over and all whipped up our own spirit boards in different styles. Star Wars? Check. Self-styled ninja script? We’ve got it.
See how we did it, and how you can make your own spirit boards this week.