The kick off: A Super Special Sunshiny Day at Offbeat Homes

The best of Offbeat Homes:

• June 2007
• July 2007
• August 2007
• September 2007
• October 2007
• November 2007
• December 2007
• January 2008
• February 2008
• March 2008
• April 2008
• May 2008

Thanks:

Offbeat Homes would like to thank…

Thanks to these great b5 media blogs…

Best Offbeat Reader Comments of the Year

Thanks for hanging out for the celebration. Coming up this week, I’ve got something pretty cool planned here at Offbeat, so stick around.

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Offbeat Homes Year Anniversary Wrap

The Powerlight Office Space – I love this space. Also I rarely blog about offices, so this was a good break.

I’d like to live, under the sea… – Senosiain Arquitectos creates some of the most unique work I’ve ever seen.

Offbeat Play Structures for Your Unique Child – I love cool kid play structures.

My New Favorite Real Estate Website! – I’ve been spending a lot of time here, so I have to say this is one of the favorite four.

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The Best of Offbeat Homes: May 2008

In any case, we’ll wrap up this year anniversary celebration tomorrow and then I have something very cool planned for next week. First though let’s round out the year; here are my four favorite posts from Offbeat February 2008…

Sustainable Beauty for Your Sunday Morning – This home is so utterly lovely, even though it’s dark.

Life in a House That’s Smaller Than Some Closets – because Tumbleweed rocks. No question.

The Most Sticky Sweet Pink House of All the Pink Houses in the World – Not that I’d live here or anything, but come on, it’s sort of so bad it’s passed into cool.

Teepee House & Road Trips – I LOVE the Teepee house!

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The Best of Offbeat Homes: February 2008

Robert Bruno Steel House – sort of one of those perfectly offbeat homes.

Impractical Architecture – Specht Harpman has done so much wonderful stuff not to mention the zero house, it’s hard not to list them as a favorite.

Classic Offbeat Homes: Holiday Lights – I didn’t write this post, originally, but every time I see it, it makes me smile.

Hilltop Ocean Views at Casa Buzeta – just too beautiful.

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The Best of Offbeat Homes: December 2007

Here’s August 2007…

50 Fresh & Juicy Slices of Offbeat Home Decor – this post is maybe the most popular post I’ve ever posted, at any blog, ever. What makes this post unique, is that along with my readers, I like it too. Usually I think a post should be popular, and it’s not, or my readers here LOVE a post that totally surprises me. This post makes everyone happy. And it’s cool.

HGTV Design Star Contestant Josh Johnson (”Sparkle Josh”) Chats with Offbeat Homes! – Josh was so nice; it really surprised me; I guess I misjudge people on TV, or, at least some of them. Plus I was way obsessed with Design Star season two, so this was a fun post to write.

10 Reasons Why Building Your Own House Sucks – I finally got this rant out of my system.

Treehouse Bling – if you don’t like treehouse bling, I wonder about you. Really. Treehouses rock. Even the overly expensive ones.

Which of these August finds was your favorite?

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The Best of Offbeat Homes: August 2007

If you said “I bet it’s Jennifer” you’d be correct. Today marks my one year anniversary here at Offbeat Homes.That officially makes me the longest-term Offbeat Homes blogger ever! Offbeat has had other very cool bloggers; Kevin, Ingrid, and Adam, but no one stayed a year. Go me.

Of course, Offbeat is not a hard place to stay because I adore this blog. Since I started here last June, Offbeat has gained some nice momentum and readers just keep on increasing. And that’s not a pat on my own little back, believe me.

Not to sound like an Oscar’s speech, but many people have helped to make Offbeat a success and a great place to blog. From other home and architect bloggers, to my great (but often silent) readers, to the other bloggers here at b5, and of course to all those architects who just keep on building wacky structures.

That said, Offbeat is way too cool for one anniversary post; we’re going to celebrate all week long. We’ll take a look back at the best structures from each of the last 12 months (thanks to Marye for the idea), visit some of my favorite architect bloggers, see who sends me the most link love, and find out just who some of these Offbeat readers are.

Maybe I’ll even finish the category clean-up. I really tried to finish – I wanted Offbeat to look all spiffy for today. I’m even halfway done. Oh well; you know in Mexico they say perfection in houses is not beaty – that every beautiful structure should have a flaw, no matter how small. Maybe we should all live that way.

In any case, it’s all the best of Offbeat all week, so stick around.

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A Super Special Sunshiny Day at Offbeat Homes