Our lovely decade-spanning “Little Big House”
Beretta Fleur is finally showing us the space where she hosts ALL her perfectly-hosted parties. And it’s wood-paneled and has built-in rock hot tubs and a lovely bar and let’s all go to there for a party!
Building a tiny house/sleep shed for the backyard of our cooperative
This year I decided I wanted to build my own tiny house after being inspired by many other examples such as Tumbleweed. It’s 150 square feet, uses passive solar heating, has an earthen floor and a green roof, and I built it (almost) entirely by myself as an addition to my cooperative home.
A retro-striped wall, starting succulents, and bubbling brewing wine in this week’s reader photos
Good Monday, Homies! Here’s a quick trip through the Offbeat Home Flickr pool to get us all up and at ’em for the week. And in Clicky Links? We explore improving a major metropolitan, homelessness-by-choice, and catching small game in a survival situation.
Auction house odds and ends — emphasis on the odd!
Come in!
I’ve been curating my household of oddities, antiques, and collectibles — largely from my job at an auction house in San Francisco, and also fed by my love of local sales and thrifting. I think my finds add a charm to my home that was otherwise missing.
This is my house, where I keep all my Things and make my art.
The lie sold to young wanna-be urbanites
I was 21 years old when I moved to San Francisco. I was a glamorous big-city girl and I was ready to LIVE THE DREAM!
…oh, except for the fact that my $11/hr file clerk job barely paid me enough to cover rent and food.
Megan & Aaron’s tropical Los Angeles setup — nestled behind a porn shop
You will LOVE Offbeat Bride Managing Editor-Megan and Aaron’s apartment. One part Hawaii, one part LA, and one part artist bungalow — but the best part is the crazy wall-mounting that greets you at the front door.