Hey all. To those of you who played our Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt we will have our winner up tomorrow. We just got a little behind schedule and apologize for that. Now we know not to plan a scavenger hunt to end right when Blog Expo starts though.
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.

I don’t know? Did you enter? There’s still time you know. Entries for this Home & Dining Channel contest can be sent in until the 7th of November.
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.

materialicious posted this home back in August and I’ve been pretty much drooling over it. It’s not even my style but one, it’s so unique. Two, it’s an amazing use of space when you think about it. Build up not out, conserve land, and make use of old standing material.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about tall. Tall is problematic. You realize this when you’re even just three stories up trying to lay a roof and the wind blows sand into your eyes and you almost fall off said roof. Yes I was wearing my safety glasses! So, much for …read more

This basket making company, The Longaberger Company decided back in the day to make their home base office their best advertisement. I’d say it’s a pretty powerful message about how much they adore their product.

Outstanding Features

“Offices are situated around a seven-story, 30,000 sq. ft atrium where employees and guests can enjoy the natural daylight from the skylight.
Two basket handles are attached to the building with replica copper and wooden rivets.
The handles are heated to prevent ice from forming.
Two Longaberger tags are attached to the sides of the building. The gold leaf painted tags are 725 lbs each …read more

I’m not technically back full force until Thursday. But let me just say that I am having some serious blogging withdrawals. I may need professional help.
Still, my poor brain is too tired from moving to post anything reasonably intelligent so I’m going with eye candy. Since we’re having the oh so fine Fall Harvest Scavenger Hunt right now; autumn eye candy it is.
None of these is particularly offbeat — but besides kooky homes I also love Autumn. And these are some of the best Autumn homes around.

I love them all but my favorite is below. Surprise; I have a favorite. …read more