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		<title>Home &amp; Dining Channel: Offbeat Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Chait</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home & Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chocolate-castle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chocolate-fountain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Offbeat Friends]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I thought I&#8217;d highlight the best posts I&#8217;ve read lately from the different Home &#38; Dining bloggers. But I don&#8217;t want to neglect Offbeat altogether. Gotta have my structure fix.
So, I figure, why not find each blog a suitable offbeat house.
Here goes&#8230;
Maricar at Keeping the Castle is always offering great homemaking tips including how to design your own artwork and this week she had great nature-based furniture. I loved the lamp!
Now if Maricar and her blog were to live in an Offbeat home which home might that be? 
I figure, that since Maricar&#8217;s always making our lives easier [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.blisstree.com">Blisstree</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This weekend I thought I&#8217;d highlight the best posts I&#8217;ve read lately from the different <a href="http://www.b5media.com/channel/homeanddining">Home &amp; Dining bloggers</a>. But I don&#8217;t want to neglect Offbeat altogether. <strong>Gotta have my structure fix.</strong></p>
<p>So, I figure, why not find each blog a suitable offbeat house.</p>
<p><strong>Here goes&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Maricar at <a href="http://www.keepingthecastle.com/">Keeping the Castle</a> is always offering great homemaking tips including how to<a href="http://www.keepingthecastle.com/design-your-own-artwork/"> design your own artwork</a> and this week she had great <a href="http://www.keepingthecastle.com/furniture-etc-from-etsy/">nature-based furniture</a>. I loved the lamp!</p>
<p><strong>Now if Maricar and her blog were to live in an Offbeat home which home might that be? </strong></p>
<p><img src="http://www.blisstree.com/files/69/2007/07/push-button-house.jpg" title="push-button-house.jpg" alt="push-button-house.jpg" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="5" />I figure, that since Maricar&#8217;s always making our lives easier she might like something like this:<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/12/push-button_hou.php"> </a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/12/push-button_hou.php">Treehugger</a> recently featured this <strong>Push Button House</strong> from architect <a href="http://www.architectureandhygiene.com/main.html">Adam Kalkin</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The Push Button House is exactly that: it starts as a shipping container until a button is pushed, and it turns into a house. Motorized walls unfold like a flower, revealing a fully functional house, complete with refined, understated furnishings&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>How do you like that! A house that unpacks itself. Treehugger friends are currently debating where the walls are. A fact that might be of use to the normal home dweller. As is, it&#8217;s way more art than home in my book. Still, it is easy.</p>
<p><strong>Next up is a blog I visit often, <a href="http://www.chocolatebytes.com/">Chocolate Bytes</a></strong>. Why? Well, there&#8217;s the chocolate thing&#8230;I like my kisses. Plus Heather always finds the rarest chocolate items.  The other day I sped over there so fast because she found <a href="http://www.chocolatebytes.com/bubble-chocolate/">bubble chocolate</a>! Very neat. Also, the <a href="http://www.chocolatebytes.com/chocolate-cake-mix-cookies/">fastest chocolate cookies ever</a> &#8212; really good (I&#8217;ve had them).</p>
<p>I wanted to find Heather <strong>the best ever chocolate house</strong>. Do you know how hard that is? For one, no one seems to build chocolate structures (I think there&#8217;s some sort of melting issue) and when they do, she already knows about them first.</p>
<p><strong>Like this amazing indoor chocolate fountain: </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.chocolatebytes.com/chocolate-fountains/"><img src="http://www.blisstree.com/files/69/2007/07/pop_jpm.jpg" alt="pop_jpm.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><strong>And the largest chocolate skyscraper in the world: </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.chocolatebytes.com/how-tall-is-your-chocolate/"><img src="http://www.blisstree.com/files/69/2007/07/tallest-chocolate-scupture.jpg" alt="tallest-chocolate-scupture.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><strong>If she&#8217;s seen this castle I will freak:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.chocolatework.com/chocolate/chocolate_castle.htm"><img src="http://www.blisstree.com/files/69/2007/07/chocolate_castle.jpg" alt="chocolate_castle.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Neat huh.</strong> So, Heather does not technically get a house she can live in. (sorry) But maybe a chocolate castle is even better. This one, featured by the cocoa clever folks at <a href="http://www.chocolatework.com/index.htm">Chocolatework.com</a> stands almost five feet tall. Visit <a href="http://www.chocolatework.com/index.htm">Chocolatework.com</a> or <a href="http://www.chocolatebytes.com/">Chocolate Bytes</a> to see more amazing chocolate treats.</p>
<p><strong>Okay, heads up, we&#8217;ve got an action packed Offbeat weekend in store.</strong></p>
<p>Check back later. There are eight other Home &amp; Dining blogs. I read all of them. So I&#8217;ll be back with some more recommendations in a bit. I know you may thinking, there is no way Jennifer can find a suitable offbeat home for each H&amp;D blog by the end of the weekend. Hmmm, I guess we&#8217;ll have to wait and see.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.blisstree.com">Blisstree</a></p>
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