Happy 4th Birthday to the Steampunk Home!

It was about 4 years ago that I started this blog.  I hope you've enjoyed the ride as much as I have!

(Image via Nostalgic Collage.)

Admin: New Viewing options

Oooh....  pretty pictures.  Check out these new ways to view The Steampunk Home:

Flipcard
Mosaic (my favorite)
Sidebar
Snapshot (all the pictures, all the time!)
Timeslide

Or play around with all of them here.

Thanks, Blogger!

Announcements, Giveaways, and Finds

Art Donovan is giving away this lovely Astronomer's Lamp. To be eligible to win it, "like" his fan page on Facebook. Drawing is March 19th.

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If you live in or near San Diego, you *must* check out Ingred Chamberlin's "San Diego Scavenger" tumblr blog. It's an awesome riff in Apartment Therapy's Scavenger posts (for their target cities) where she culls the treasures of Craig's List into one compact place for you to discover and shop from. (Will someone do this for Austin? Please?) Ingred and her husband chronicle their steampunk lifestyle, including an extreme renovation project, at Greyshade Estate.

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We've won a Gold Retrevo Award in the category of gadget mods. Cool.

Nominated for a Homie! (now go vote!)

Hurrah! Thank you, everyone who nominated The Steampunk Home for Apartment Therapy's "Homie" awards. We made it to the voting round!

What's next: Vote for The Steampunk Home in the final (voting) round. You have until Febuary 3rd, EST to vote.

And Thank You!

If you're visiting here for the first time due to the nomination, may I suggest some of the following posts as an introduction?

A Jules Verne Extravaganza
Doktor A's Studio Tour
Pharmacy Style
We get philosophical every once in a while, i.e. Minimalist Steampunk?
An interview with the creator of the Edison Bar

Regular readers, feel free to point out your favorite posts in the comments.

A Favor? Nominate me for the Homies

Every year, Apartment Therapy (the grandpappy of home design blogs) sponsors a contest for the best home design blog of the year. I'm wondering, if after almost four years of posting here, if I might have enough readers to be in the running.

Besides, wouldn't it be fun to show all those minimalist modernists how the other side lives?

Here's how to do it:
1) Follow this link.
2) Register to be able to comment on Apartment Therapy.
3) Comment on the above link with the following content:
Name: The Steampunk Home
URL: http://thesteampunkhome.blogspot.com

I need to be in the top 6 to make it to the next round, so the more people who add a comment, the higher the likelihood I make the actual voting.

Nominating runs until January 25th at midnight EST.

Thank you!

On Twitter

If you prefer to get your dosage of steampunk home design via twitter, I've set up an automatic push of my posts to the @steampunkhome user on twitter. You may get an extra goodie or two if you follow me there...

(If anyone wants to provide me with a nice logo and/or background image to spiff the page up, let me know -- modern blue clouds are not quite my style.)