Holy Homeslice: a house log

Is that truly our name listed over on Apartment Therapy as the winners of this year’s Homies? Wow. We are simultaneously flattered and flabbergasted. Simply call us flattergasted. Wait, perhaps you should not. It kinda sounds like a euphemism for flatulence. But it is safe to say that we are shocked and are certainly feeling all “aw shucks” about it.

A big thanks to everyone who nominated and/or voted for us. There are so many excellent home blogs out there and it is such an honor to think that anyone believes that we belong anywhere near the top. We were simply glad to be nominated among so many fantastic fellow bloggers. Truly. And a big thanks to Apartment Therapy for playing host to this annual celebration of reader selected shelter blogs. It is consistently cool whenever sites like AT share some link enjoy and spread the word about other design & Hands-on enthusiasts. Sidenote: We met Maxwell a couple of months ago at a book signing event here in Richmond and he’s even more pleasant, genuine, and passionate than we imagined. Simply a strong all around guy. And I do not mean that in a creepy way.

Our go-to part of this whole Homie thing is the list of must-read home blogs that AT compiled as part of the reader submitted nomination process. Our Google Readers better throw on some elastic waist pants, cause we are gorging on a ton of new RSS subscriptions. So if you are looking to join in, might we suggest our fellow finalists to start?

• Door Sixteen
• Freshome
• Our Little Beehive
• Remodelaholic
• 7th House on the Left
• Slim Paley
• The Steampunk Home
• Table Tonic

And do not forget to check out the remarkable full list of nominations here (scroll down a bit for the whole mack daddy list). Oh and along with the title of the 2011 winner, the Homies also include a sweet $50 prize. And rather than blowing it on ceramic animals something for the new house, we chose to channel Maxwell and pay it forward to one of his go-to charities: Donor’s Choose.

You can click the image above to learn more about that specific project. And as for more info about Donors Choose in general, it is a truly cool organization where teachers can log on and request specific items that they need for their classroom, and you can pick whichever request hits home with you and donate directly to that cause (we are going to choose a local Richmond classroom that is looking for something that has to do with the arts or building – you know, since painting and hammering are two things that we still enjoy to this day).

So thanks again to Apartment Therapy for the inspiration and the lively! And to you excellent people who clicked the box next to our name. Holy bananas. We still cannot believe it.