Sometimes I’ll see a really delicious house, so I start reseaching because I want to learn more. However, sometimes this doesn’t pan out. Sometimes people randomly post houses and fail to say anything about said house. It’s frustrating.

Today I’ve got three of these houses. I don’t know anything about them except they rock (sorry). Starting with…

I suppose we can call this the tractor house. I’ve been all obsessed with finding out more about it for over a year. Since I’m having language issue with m3mary.com, there’s no hope. However, this is an excellent offbeat home structure, wouldn’t you say?
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1. Buy a house.
2. Use leftover bits of paint to paint each shingle, window, and plank of your new home a different color.
3. Delight in your kooky abode.
4. End up on Offbeat Homes and other like-minded websites and blogs.

Pretty cool. It reminds me a little of Dick & Jane’s House. Visit Colorful House in Russia to see more images of this nicely panted house.

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Other ways to win a prize! You have lots of chances to win great Blogtoberfest prizes? Today, October 6th, there are secret special prizes hiding at the following Lifestyles Channel blogs: Tree Hugging Family, Simply Thrifty, Blog Fabulous, Drinks After Dark, Mother Earth’s Garden, Thrifty Mommy, Chocolate Bytes, Foodie Obsessed, Keeping the Castle, and Our One Heart. Visit all of these blogs, look for the blogtoberfest icon on a post, and leave a comment for your chance at another great prize.

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[House image via -Flickzzz-]

I found this picture while hunting for an image of snow. It’s not snow obviously, but it is a bizarre front of a house. I’m not sure I like it at all.

I can see where this might be a cool idea, but the true blue color is throwing me. I’m not a true blue fan. I like softer, way darker, or more earthy blue tones. This blue is too much (and too blunt) for a structure.What do you think?

Still, you gotta give them props for the indented entry - which you can see up close here.

[house image via stock.xchng]

Being that copyright is reserved on this house image, you’ll have to scoot along to the link to see it. However, it will be well-worth the click. Trust me. This home is very cool; like some modern stone/tin age build, but with curious angles. You’ll like it. To view click the following: Weird House in Ransom Canyon.

I hate when people post homes without a proper explanation - I mean, I at least like to hear an architect name; you know. It’s disrespectful. That’s why I rarely post homes that have no named architect, seller, or so fourth. However, today I have to because I found a really cool house posted at Fun is 2 cool.

Of course the blogger didn’t give any info, hence my intro rant, but still this house is so kooky and amazing that I can’t help myself.

Look:

In any case, if you think the exterior is odd, wait until you see the interior - a goal you can accomplish by visiting the original post link.  Also, I’ll hunt around some and see if I can find some architect info - if I do, I’ll update this post.

[image via Fun is 2 cool]

So, before clicking on the link, can you guess what the inspiration is behind this house? It’s not my style. But it is pretty darn cool.

[See much more of this inspired house via devicepedia]

This May the entire Lifestyles Channel is doing a month long theme event called “Three Doors Down.” The idea; sort of a meet & greet (and introduction) deal among blogs in our b5media channel.

I’ll be introducing you to one new blog a week here at Offbeat. Each of the blogs is one of my neighboring blogs - from three blogs down of course. Fittingly, I decided to give each of my neighbor blogs a house that’s appropriate for their blog.

This week, I’m kicking off the event with Psycho for Love. Not a blog I read normally, because frankly, to answer the question posed in my post title, I think it’s better to be psycho for houses, or any structure really, than love. Why? Well…

• So not into stalker people - however stalking homes is a fun pastime activity.
• We could flip the question as well. Even psycho homes themselves are better than psycho people. A psycho house will do no harm; a psycho person just might, in fact, they probably will. Even if you’re dealing in truly psycho homes; think Amityville, really what’s the house gonna do that I can’t solve with a match and some lighting fluid? I can take a house.
• Me being overly amused with all things structural gives me a nice topic to discuss at parties and other events. The psycho for love individual cannot bring up their issues at a get-together, not if they don’t want to raise a few eyebrows.
• Seriously, when have you ever seen a psycho home lover arrested for some MySpace crime? Oh, what’s that, you haven’t. That’s right, I’m practically 99.8% less likely to end up in jail than a psycho for love person.

Best answer: True; it’s so much better to be psycho for houses.

Disagree? Then you might like Psycho for Love , a blog blogged by Trench, a blogger I like actually (i.e. not psycho). Topics covered include things like:

• Kung Fu Wedding
• Snapped on Oxygen
• What happens in Vegas stays in a dog cage..wait what?

I know; wrap your brain around this blog, right.

In any case I have a nice house in mind for Trench. I can’t remember if I’ve shown this house at Offbeat before or not, but I’ve been psycho for it, for a good long while. It’s one of the weirdest I’ve seen, plus a wee bit incognito, thus fitting.
Mushroom House by The Rocketeer:

[photo via eBestAgent]

Weigh in with a comment: psycho for houses or psycho for love? Go ahead and choose.

Superuse.org is this great site that consists of (as you might think) recycled items made new again.

From Superuse.org:

“Superuse.org is an online community of designers, architects and everybody else who is interested in inventive ways of recycling. The site allows you to post items at various scales within the reuse-topic. All examples of small commodities, furniture, interiors, buildings and reuse on urban scale are welcomed. Next to exhibiting applications, we promote the development of knowledge on the subject by starting up discussions, adding historical background and allowing user comments.”

Here’s one amazing find - the recycled house - made from an airplane! Too spiffy for words.

There’s an awesome story about this home, with room layout descriptions, reasoning, and more. You should read it.