Functional Art is exactly what you get from The Concrete Studio. Really I was going to suggest the table I fell for as a holiday gift but in fact this table below is likely unique. I realized this after reading their website.
Still, an offbeat table will make a delightful gift for an offbeat someone special.

How The Concrete Studio works is they design specifically for a client. During the design process materials are chosen such as copper, glass, concrete, etc. Supposedly they’re noted for their experience with mixing mediums such as concrete and stainless steel, copper and glass to create one …read more

So, I’m doing gift guides at two of my other blogs and figured Offbeat readers deserve one as well. Each day until it basically gets too late to shop I’ll feature one cool beans holiday gift. Of course since it’s Offbeat the gift won’t be your basic stocking stuffer. No worries though, it’ll mostly be home related — a good what to get the offbeat home owner (or the offbeat home obsessed) sort of deal. I’ll try to feature some kid friendly ideas as well.
This first gift, actually first two; are cool for either adults or the kiddos.

Frank Lloyd …read more