Weirder Homes & Gardens's topics - tribe.net

weird fences

2008-11-16T10:08:44Z

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/08/some-of-worlds-strangest-fences.html

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 1 reply

spend it enough to get it RIGHT

2008-09-04T05:32:37Z

http://www.forbes.com/realestate/2008/04/30/home-india-billion-forbeslife-cx_mw_0430realestate.html

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 3 replies

russian painted house

2008-08-08T20:49:21Z

"...the lady was left all by herself in this house. And once she tried to draw something on the wall when she had nothing to do. She liked so much this that she went on and on and finally all her retirement money she spent on the paint to turn all her house into an art gallery. Just take a look. "

http://englishrussia.com/?p=1906

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 3 replies

TRUTH IS FREE; so is my RETREAT --Vermont

2007-11-24T22:27:26Z

the place is weird...
I make my retreat available without charge to people/groups helping the Earth.
I'm looking to network with folks, to extend an invitation to visit Bald Mountain Retreat (www.baldmountainretreat.com) as my guest. Like-minded people who appreciate rustic accommodations are welcome to come up at no charge. (Those who require a private room can inquire about those accommodations as well.)
There is the opportunity to come stay with a retired naturopathic doctor, me in a truly amazing natural setting, secluded, idyllic, peaceful...
And please contact me if you are interested in leading/offering a retreat.
Thank you & You are welcome,
Dr David

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 2 replies

converting old asylums into condos

2007-11-11T13:55:23Z

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12271490/

Six hundred would-be buyers signed up for the first 60 homes built at the site of the former Dammasch State Hospital, a $500 million project in Wilsonville, Ore., 20 miles south of Portland, city officials said.

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 17 replies

ahhh my dream home...

2007-02-02T07:04:31Z

this beautiful funkadellic place is in australia
a guy named boinga owns it.
http://static.flickr.com/10/17346398_438ae57e7c.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/14/17346449_dec5277cb1.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/10/17346617_414cec573e.jpg

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 6 replies

Hobbit Holes

2006-12-17T17:37:02Z

I hope you will forgive my newbie naiveté, but what about building hobbit holes in the current climate. I live in a beautiful village, South Brent, Devon, England. And we are kind of taken with the idea of putting in some unannounced hobbit holes in some of the valleys and the glades for public access and shelter. Their obviously good for private property as well. Or if you were looking to build an alternative campsite where people stayed in tree-houses or hobbit holes that I'm sure would be a marketable hliday alternative. There is a company here in England that has jsut recently started doing this. When it comes to this kind of trend, we are normally behind you guys, but I thouight i would mention it. Check out www.highlifetreehouses.co.uk/ and click on the portfolio tab. Or check out www.stormbear.com/bagend2/index.php
posted by:

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 1 reply

Some suggestions for ethical gift giving and supporting something positive.

2006-12-15T05:32:36Z

Hello all,

At this time of year it is often tough to find what you want or feel good about giving. Many of us prefer to give gifts that do some good in the world and I would like to offer a suggestion.

The link and search box below will place orders through amazon.com and will let you find most things that you are interested in, including products and sponsorships directly in support of The Realms of Legend, such as our sponsor a tree program.

The Realms of Legend is the project to build a historical and environmental education facility in the style of a themed entertainment venue which will showcase concepts for simpler living, eco friendly living and solutions for many of the problems our society faces in the coming years, all in a format of fun and engaging experiences.

Ordering via the search box at the link below will give the project a small commission and help us pursue the goal of educating a large number of people about the options we have for building a more healthy and sustainable future for all.

If you are looking for a gift that you can be sure will get there on time and allow the recipient to choose what suits them best you might consider one of the gift certificates. The E-Card form is instant and you don't have to waste paper or wait for postal services or you can choose a more traditional hard copy version.

So if you are considering giving some form of gifts during the holiday season or even in the future, please consider using the search box below. Your support will be greatly appreciated.

I hope you all have a very fulfilling holiday season.

http://www.geocities.com/crusader_magnus/index.html?1166117680670

Cheers!

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 0 replies

luna parc

2006-07-20T03:06:38Z

Situated on 5 acres in the lush northwestern woods of New Jersey, Luna Parc is a perpetual work-in-progress. Since 1989 the house and grounds have become an environmental sculpture park by artist, designer and King-o-Luna, Ricky Boscarino.

http://www.lunaparc.com/index.shtml

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 2 replies

Websites

2006-06-15T21:31:40Z

I've been in a peculiar nesting mood.

Anyone have any links to websites that would show oddball interiors to some of the more "out there" homes, as well as websites that might sell oddities for house and garden?

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 2 replies

home sweet quonset

2006-05-09T18:15:56Z

this would be a related tribe...and it's what we've built. Check it out.

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 2 replies

Woman to build house out of 747

2006-05-06T18:54:56Z

Francie Rehwald wanted her house to look "feminine", have curves and be eco-friendly. Her architect's answer was: "Let's use a 747!"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4926216.stm

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 3 replies

The Discomforts of Home

2006-04-10T17:05:58Z

Inside, each apartment features a dining room with a grainy, surfaced floor that slopes erratically, a sunken kitchen and a study with a concave floor. Electric switches are located in unexpected places on the walls so you have to feel around for the right one. A glass door to the veranda is so small you have to bend to crawl out.

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14697

http://www.thecoolhunter.net/design/JAPANESE-APARTMENT-BLOCK---TOKYO/

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 2 replies

Does anyone know of weird homes in FLorida?

2006-04-02T04:58:10Z

I am looking for weird homes in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and surrounding areas. Can anyone please help?

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 6 replies

Futuro Homes

2006-03-28T05:42:16Z

http://www.futurohouse.com/

There are lots of links.

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 2 replies

treehouse

2006-03-20T05:01:53Z

what a cool tribe! I lived in a treehouse for about 5 years. i was actually on a show called "weird homes".
corbin
http://www.corbinstreehouse.com

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 5 replies

Inspirations? Inspirations!

2006-01-20T15:03:29Z

From Pippi's Villa Villakula with the lemonade tree
to Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's upside-down house with chandeliers coming out of the floor
from Hearst Castle
to the Winchester Mystery House
and Isabella Stewart Gardner's art mansion in Boston
www.gardnermuseum.org/
to Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village
http://echomatic.home.mindspring.com/bv/photo_17.html
and …

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 7 replies

Tacoma to tear down weird house

2006-01-20T01:07:08Z

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/5427096p-4901789c.html

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 1 reply

Last Night's TV Special

2006-01-10T19:27:51Z

I had to go to a family thing, so I missed the Travel Channels special on strange and unusual homes. Did anyone see it? It was the one with the lady who lives in a giant sand castle.

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 1 reply

Weirder Gardens

2006-01-03T02:05:40Z

So I plan on growing a little balcony garden outside my apartment this spring. One of my favorite games is "Worry the Neighbors" so, I would like some very interesting oddities in either plantlife, outdoor sculpture (I'm poor, so nothing really expensive) or odd things that I can hang from hooks in the beams of the awning.

Does anyone have any links to sites that might have oddball plants, or container/balcony gardening stuff?

Probably more interested in sites featuring strange plants or heirloom varities.

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 1 reply

sedlec ossuary

2005-12-31T11:20:04Z

i finally got around to uploading pictures of the fabulous bone room in the sedlec chapel (near prague)

check out the gallery!

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 3 replies

Architecture students building unusual houses in Alabama

2005-12-30T14:45:06Z

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/travel/25cultured.html?ei=5090&en=fcf70b835e26cecf&ex=1293166800&adxnnl=1&partner=boingboing&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1135953729-aGMFS0HMAJflbSRHNvtiLg

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 0 replies

Offbeat America

2005-12-30T14:32:51Z

My home will be featured in the December 4 broadcast of HGTV's "Offbeat America.
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_hoba/episode/0,2496,HGTV_22456_40792,00.html
That's Channel 67 around SF, I believe.
The website for my home is:
http://www.artyoueat.com/grannyweb/

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 3 replies

Photo Album

2005-12-25T20:30:52Z

Thanks to those who have been posting pictures of amazing dwellings. Whether real, imaginary, or debatable, please contribute your own favorite images.

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 2 replies

A few interesting things...

2005-11-18T22:06:04Z

...for the Weirder Homes $ Gardens set.

Unusual Homes in the Seattle area:
http://www.seattledreamhomes.com/PageManager/Default.aspx/PageID=1327720&NF=1
The page is a little slow, but bear with it. The homes get more interesting as you go, IMO.

I'm normally not a big proponent of TV, but if you get the HGTV channel, check out Offbeat America. It's a great show that shows some awesomely weird houses. Info on the show:
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_hoba

On one of episode of Offbeat America, I saw a place in New Mexico they called the "Earthship", and after doing a search I found out that wasn't the particular house, but rather the company that makes a type of house they call Earthships. They are made from old car tires, dirt, and adobe or concrete. I'm thinking about buying property in New Mexico (as it's pretty cheap) and building one of these, and going "off the grid":
http://www.earthship.org/

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 7 replies

homes in lemony snicket's

2005-11-03T01:29:10Z

have you all seen that movie? aside from the incredible costumes in that movie some of the homes were incredible in it especially the mans with all the reptiles in my opinion ... anyone have any pictures from the homes for here/?

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 1 reply

need advice on grinding a refridgerator then clearcoating

2005-09-17T16:13:52Z

any body ever do this to a fridge? grind off the paint/rust to the metal underneath, then clearcoat the metal?

what would be the best clearcoat options in this case? especially to prevent rust from returning.

thanks for any light you may shed......

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 2 replies

any furniture for my new pad?

2005-08-16T19:06:22Z

Hey Im moving from Upper Haight to the Marina and need a lot of new furniture as Im moving from a studio to a two bed does anyone have any furniture for sale???? thanks kids.

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 0 replies

Weird Tours: Manhattan

2005-07-11T23:32:10Z

Hey! I'll be in NYC next week and want you to be one of my Multiple Experimental Long-Distance Sherpas!

Is there a special place or experience in Manhattan that you'd like to share with me?

Please email me the details, and I'll send you a postcard composed on the spot!

C*O*N*S*T*R*A*I*N*T*S:
**July 23 & 24 (SAT/SUN), 2005**
**MANHATTAN proper (I'll do the other boroughs and islands later)**
**realistic budget**
**RSVP BY JULY 22 to be included in the itinerary**
**make sure I have YOUR MAILING ADDRESS**

Love, Jaina Bee, your travel bug

PS: I'll email the itinerary and travelogue to all participants.
PPS: I hope to play with this concept more in the future. If you have experimental travel tips, let me know. If you're curious about experimental travel, visit:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/experimentaltravel/

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 0 replies

wrapping paper

2005-07-05T09:05:48Z

I just covered my living room walls with wrapping paper
It's neato!
I gotta do something about the seams though...
maybe paint over it with a clear glaze??
I dunno

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 7 replies

Boston photographer needs funky furniture

2005-04-12T15:51:43Z

I’m a photographer in the Boston area looking for designers who make funky, psychedelic furniture and other articles for an editorial photo shoot I’m planning. The editorial would consist of 5-6 pages of images and the goal (of course) is to get it published in a good fashion/design magazine. My focus right now is finding the furniture but I’m always interested in hearing from clothing or accessories designers, makeup artists, and models (high fashion, editorial style only – not looking for commercial models).

I was very inspired by some work I noticed the other night in the window of a local gallery (Mobilia Gallery in Cambridge). You can get an idea what I’m thinking by checking out images from the below artists.

The jist of this is that I went into Mobilia to speak with the owner/manager about using some of the pieces in a shoot, and she could not have been less enthusiastic. She was faux-polite but painfully dismissive. So, it looks like I’m not going to get the shoot done there or with their assistance. I guess her gallery and artists don't want the visibility.

Anyway, are you a designer creating this sort of work? Do you have some of these elements that you could bear seeing in a magazine photo spread with a few gorgeous colorfully made-up models? If so, drop me an e-mail and let’s make something cool happen. These would be high-style, high-fashion shots. Nothing tacky or porny.

Check my work at:
http://www.zigzaglens.com

In order to ameliorate concerns about moving pieces around, I am willing to do the shoot at your location if the space will accommodate it. I supply the models, makeup, wardrobe, lighting, etc. I will cover any related expenses. We will have to touch the pieces and interact with them but we will do so carefully and respectfully. It will take an entire day. I will need a simple property release from you that gives me permission to use the photos. I will, of course, include a designer credit in the editorial.

Here's what I'm thinking stylistically:

Rob Gartzka:
http://tinyurl.com/4mbtd

Michael Hosaluk:
http://tinyurl.com/6rfuy
http://tinyurl.com/5oxa8

Michael Cullen:
http://tinyurl.com/5aqx6

Michael DeForest:
http://tinyurl.com/4t6zm

Kim Kelzer:
http://tinyurl.com/65xv5

Craig Nutt:
http://tinyurl.com/6qxxf

Look forward to hearing from you.

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 0 replies

Living in Hell

2005-03-26T19:25:48Z

Hi, I am Niall, I am new to the group. I think I will fit in and hope I will add some interesting ideas and cross some design lines.

For starters, I live in the home I grew up in, sort of, after being out on my own and married 2 times, my mother became single and unable to support herself. I moved in and took over the lower half of the two story house. And the yard.

Before my wife died she said she wanted to live in a castle, so I started work making my princess happy, that is the base I am starting with an my sanity or lack there-of will be my guide.

There is a woodstove on a brick raise that made an area separate from the rest of the room and useless. The first thing I did was build a 5 foot tall platform out of an old waterbed frame. I made a framework with an access door under it and my bed on top of it.

I have not taken pictures of the bed so I wanted to describe that and from there I will let the pictures take over.

I'd love input (I love compliments but will not admit it here) I am aware that there was a great mess try to look past it, when I took the last batch of pictures, I was pre neck surgery and if I sat still for more than 10 min I would horribly cramp up and construction was my only release... Enjoy!

http://www.lovinhell.com/happyhell.html

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 3 replies

weird gardens

2005-03-26T04:20:00Z

http://www.weirdgardens.com/

thanks: icky bob

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 0 replies

Winchester As Muse!

2005-03-06T11:12:41Z

I'm intrigued by news of an exhibit that just opened at MoMA. Anyone wanna go?
http://www.sfmoma.com/exhibitions/exhib_detail.asp?id=200

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 1 reply

Bottle House Phenomenon!

2005-01-24T06:27:58Z

This week we've started a bottle wall at my house, so I've been looking online & found tons of bottle houses around the world! Some new photos are posted, and here's a link:

http://www.agilitynut.com/h/otherbh.html

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 3 replies

Recommended Websites

2005-01-24T06:24:30Z

I'm interested in sharing the cool spots we've found online. I just visited the actual http://www.gothicroseantiques.com/ the other day, and the site is fancy, too. Marvelously ghoulish!

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 8 replies

Fieldtrips!

2005-01-24T06:20:43Z

Hey, gang, enough of this chitchat — I want to SEE these amazing places! How 'bout planning some fieldtrips for 2005?!?

On Jan. 26, I'm planning a Winchester Mystery House tour with some friends. Who wants to come?

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 8 replies

Surreal Estate

2005-01-24T06:19:20Z

Welcome to the land of outlandish landladies, trickster tenants, and hallucinatory hoboes! Please show us your fancy stuff!

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 8 replies

halloween haunted house pics

2005-01-02T05:48:32Z

anyone have favorites? got sent a link to balloon house-
http://balloonmanor.balloonhq.com/index.php?portid=5632

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 2 replies

Carpenters, Plumbers & Electricians, oh my!

2004-12-30T00:29:31Z

I'm hoping to create a network of such vital folks who specialize in weirder homes & gardens. Once the fella working on my Gaudi Submarine bathroom & Subterranean Panopticon is finished, he would love to work on more really odd jobs.
Is there already a resource for finding such specialists? Or do we make one up?

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 5 replies

More Photos

2004-10-12T21:40:51Z

All of the Granny's Empire/Pencilvania photos in the gallery were taken by Kitty. More can be seen on her website-in-progress:
Granny's>http://www.artyoueat.com/grannyweb/

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 0 replies

one of mine

2004-10-07T01:39:31Z

one of my jobs, i posted here:

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/tribe?page=6&currentoffset=35&parentid=ff613ae9-05a4-4896-ba33-2f2b7043a156&r=10535

this is in a bathroom in san francisco. the mural is 10 by 13 feet.
fun fun job

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 3 replies

Can a big screen TV fit into a medieval decor?

2004-10-07T01:12:00Z

While the overall decor of our living room is more eclectic than pure medieval, I try very hard to make it as gothic as possible without turning it into a novelty, you know?

Well, we're getting a big screen TV. And it's a pretty small space. I have a big screen TV stand, that our normal size TV sits on and there's lots of little medieval type things around it. But when we get the big screen.... how am I going to make that work? Any suggestions?

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 5 replies

Jaina

2004-10-05T02:22:36Z

Hi, I got your message in my email, but the REPLY button wouldn't work, so I thought I'd reply to you here.

I live in a very normal dwelling, but I like to decorate in a not so "normal" way. I find alot of higher quality Halloween decor to fit my medieval themed living room quite well.

My wedding was medieval themed, too, I did it all myself. So, you know, I love to decorate, I love medieval. My dream, in fact, is to SOMEDAY buy a large piece of land and build my OWN castle. I know, big dreams.

This note sounds pretty silly, but I'm new here and don't exactly know what I'm doing or what to say. Give me time, I'll sound more intelligent as time goes by, lol.

posted in Weirder Homes & Gardens - 3 replies