Sustainable Pet Design is this amazing idea of a company that creates these great “Greenrrroof” pet homes. Here at Offbeat, it’s well known that we love our greenroofs. (Or I do). It’s also well known that I’m not so fond of furry friends. And, while Sustainable Pet Design doesn’t make a sea monkey version of this pet home, I’m still entirely charmed. Not much related to pets appeals to me, but these homes do. Take a look.

How cool is this!

Not only are these homes incredibly unique, but they’re healthy — in more ways than one. Some healthy perks include:

• Repels fleas naturally
• Filters water
• Attracts butterflies
• All homes custom built by hand
• Non-toxic materials for building (like beeswax waterproofing and zero-VOC paints)
• Roof vegetation is customized to your specific region

Plus it smells nice — bonus when your pet is not smelling as nice.

Some homes are even extra offbeat. For extra cool dogs. If I ever got a dog — I would get this doghouse.

For artistic furry friends:

And even homes for feathered friends!

I think everyone should buy their pet homes from Sustainable Pet Design. Don’t you?

Don’t forget, we also have a pet blog here at b5media, right in this channel — The Food Bowl. Heather, who blogs at The Food Bowl, loves all pets so you’ll learn a lot if pets are your thing.

Weekend Offbeat feature will include: Contest winners! Also, some more offbeat structures, yet to be determined by yours truly.  So stick around.

Post from: Blisstree

Sustainable Homes for Furry Friends

Reuters featured this home on Tuesday and it’s too good to be true. Sanitation activists in South Korean are marking the launch of a global toilet association with this oddball home that’s located south of Seoul.

At first it looks like a boat home but than you fly over it and…

Wow. The home built by Sim Jae-duck is not ceramic (can you imagine) but steel, white concrete, and as you can plainly see a load of glass. Of course the home features four amazing deluxe bathrooms. Personally I think it’s a bit of an eyesore but so crazy that I like it anyhow.

It opens next month to the public according to the World Toilet Association.

The World Toilet Association does some great work for the world by improving sanitation on a global level. Check them out. You can read more about this white sanitation dream home at Reuters.

[Many thanks to Reuters for posting in the first place and to Heather for sending this my way]

Post from: Blisstree

The Toilet House!

It mainly reminds me of an interactive billboard or maybe a travel case without the handle.

Beat that pesky shark issue that comes with life on the water.

Here’s what I’m thinking. A home like this will leave a smaller footprint because technically how much of it honestly touches the planet. You could build high above the trees without cutting them down. This is my eco-theory of how the Single Hauz could be put to some nice green living use. I suppose a trek up that many stairs might be problematic but seriously you could sell your stair master and use the house as your main workout.

What do you think? A winner or not. I do like my theory but it seems a bit cool for my taste. Also, I’d never live above the water; even on the safest of sticks.

Big old hugs to: choc-o-licious Heather from Chocolate Bytes for pointing this out in the first place and to an old favorite, BLDGBLOG for having information in actual English about this home on their lovely blog.

Post from: Blisstree

Lickable Lollipop House

The loony number 3 was actually from one of the advanced photoshop contests at Worth 1000. Worth 1000 has all kinds of cool photoshop contests (Bizarrchitecture being the best of course) but they also have a funny stuff like, “Meet the Beatles,” and “Celebrity Mix-Ups.”

Here are two more fakes I really enjoyed. Oh, and most of the photos have captions by the artist — this one’s is “First I build it, then I eat it.”

And a beach condo…

Number 1 and 2, were simply completely random oddball homes I’ve had laying around. Both of them are real though; they came from reputable sources. (promise).

#4, the tin and colored home is a beach house near Sheboygan, WI. A fellow named Ernest F. Mross, Ph.D took the photo and did a brilliant job I’d say.

#5, the Shoe House, is located 4 miles east of York, PA. You can visit and take a tour.

#6 is my favorite. It’s from an oddball company in London who makes what they call, The Orb. From their site:

“The Orb™ is a new generation of mobile structures created specifically to fire the imagination of a younger, style conscious generation.

It has been designed to appeal across three distinct markets: commercial show units, holiday park homes and adaptable home offices.

Built to a standard far beyond that of comparable structures using marine technology, it is both incredibly durable, lightweight and transportable.”

That is one wacky home office. They have so many it’s hard to pick the weirdest.

Besides a home office you can use The Orb as a retreat.

Interior holiday home:

It is neat. But if I had one as my home office even more people than usual would bug me as I work, wanting to “see my cool digs.” You can visit The Orb’s site to see way more designs or place an order.

Would you take a holiday in an Orb? Keep in mind that they transport, so vacations every which where are not out of the question.

[A huge thanks to the Worth 1000 team for allowing me to share their pictures!]

Post from: Blisstree

The Fake Friday Challenge Winners Are….