Julie from Declutter It made a video with her son who did the drawing for the winner. Thanks to everyone who played along with the Home &Dining Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt — you’re all great detectives!

And now for the winner…. just hit play.

Congratulations to our winner of the fall harvest basket!

All you need to do is sit back, relax, and one of us will be emailing you with further information about your prize. Again thanks to everyone who played and made this such a fun contest!

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Home & Dining Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt Winner!

No worries though because tomorrow we will post a winner!  Good luck to everyone who entered.  And check back tomorrow to see if you came out as the best Home & Dining Detective.

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Scavenger Hunt News

If you haven’t even tried to win you could still, so long as you get your entry in to Deb at deborahng (at) gmail.com soon.

Learn more by clicking on the lovely Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt logo below.

Thanks to Maricar at Keeping the Castle for the idea to post a contest reminder. I stole it from her but granted it was a great idea.

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Did You Win the Fall Scavenger Hunt Contest?

I’m not happy. Still, one day I will find it so we’ll all just patiently wait; it’ll be worth it the house is great. Until then I suggest you pop over to Noodles and Rice to see what sort of delicious dishes are up. Stef and Tom always have something great up like Okonomiyaki or Honey-Spiced Ribs. The pictures alone will make you hungry; I don’t even eat meat and the ribs look so good to me!

Last, but not least, in our great offbeat Home & Dining Channel round up is Marye at Baking Delights. I recently found my new favorite cake at her blog, the Tie Dyed Cheesecake — unbelievably cool. You will impress everyone if you make it trust me. I’d also hit the Vegetable Enchiladas. They look so good and it’s a more earth friendly recipe.

Admittedly, Baking Delights was the hardest blog to match up with an offbeat structure. If it was up to me there would be bread shaped homes. Instead I found something more along the lines of serving up your freshly baked dishes.

This “porcelain house” in Tianjin, China is owned by Zhang Lianzhi. It’s made from:

• More than 4,000 antique china pieces.
• More than 400 white marble stone carvings.
• More than 20 tons of crystalline rocks and agate.

Would Marye ever run low on clean dishes with this? I think not. She could grab a plate from the celling:

Or grab a vase for flowers…

Not sure about this but it looks like part of the gate…

It cost a US $64 million and according to Spluch, will be open to the public soon.

What do you think? Excessive waste, smart re-use of materials, or a whacked rich guy with nothing better to do? Personally, I’m just glad someone built a home with plates so I had something nice for Marye

The Home & Dining Channel has a lot of fun stuff coming up. We’re going to be highlighting back to school this month, and some of us (not me) have already gotten started. So, if you’re looking to save money on supplies or just get the kids organized go float around the channel.

I’ll be back this week with some interesting structures from my favorite place in the world and give the whole ‘back to school’ topic some offbeat flare so stick around.

[Pictures via Spluch, many thanks]

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Home & Dining Channel: Offbeat Style, Final Edition