There's awards for all sorts of blogs, but no one ever pays enough attention to the home blogs, so we're starting a little impromptu reader nominated and voted awards ceremony this year, and we're calling it The Homies. There are five categories and none of our five blogs is eligible (we're hosting). The prizes? $100 to the winner of each category and lots of traffic as we publish the five winners in a big congratulatory post across our network on January 6th. We want to elevate good home blogs, see who you love and gain awareness for the home niche.
• Home Decor & Design
• Home Cooking & Food
• Kid's Design @ Home
• Home Technology
• Green Home Ideas
How it works: We'll collect nominations for the best blogs in these categories all this week, LOOK FOR THE DEDICATED POSTS LATER TODAY, we choose the top six contenders, and then you all vote your heads off next week. We'll all know who our readers LOVE the best by the time voting closes on January 5th. More questions? Head below for FAQ's...
Who is eligible?
• Any blog, amateur and professional in the homespace in the five categories listed above.
• AT blogs are not eligible.
What is the homespace?
• It's the media space dedicated to folks who love their homes, and it concerns decor, cooking, entertaining, raising kids, working at home and a whole host of green issues. We're willing to think broadly, but, remember, we're not concerned with are things like cars, restaurants, the stock market and Hollywood gossip.
How many blogs can I nominate?
• Only one in each of our five categories. Of course, you may want to do more, but make it easier for all of us and give us your top choice only.
Where do I nominate them?
• Simply put each of your nominations into the comments in each of the five dedicated posts that will be running all of this week on our five sites: Apartment Therapy, The Kitchn, Ohdeedoh, Unplggd and Re-Nest. These will also be linked above.
• Home Decor & Design nominations on ApartmentTherapy.com
• Home Cooking & Food nominations on TheKitchn.com
• Kid's Design @ Home nominations on Ohdeedoh.com
• Home Technology nominations on Unplggd.com
• Green Home nominations on Re-Nest.com
When do we vote?
• After a week of nominations, we'll collect up all your comments on the five individual posts and sort them down to the top six contenders. The, on Monday, January 29th we'll post a voting survey of these top six and repost it all week so that you have plenty of time to see it and vote. With one week of nominating and one week of voting, we should have a good turnout.
Can we vote more than once?
• Not in any one survey, but you certainly can vote in all five surveys.
Can we encourage our friends to vote (for us)
• Yes. Not only can't we stop it, we know that the web is a community and word of mouth is how it works.
Did Barack Obama vote for himself? Of course he did! In the same spirit I have to nominate http://www.stylenorth.ca, Canada's sexiest, sauciest home decor blog!
view ChrisToronto's profile
Gotta go with This Young House (thisyounghouse.com)...
view Sharif28's profile
Thanks you two, but hold your nominations, as the nominating posts will go up a little later today!
view Maxwell's profile
How about www.Dooce.com
For the Home Decor & Design and Family life blog
She is a daily habit!
view dewi's profile
www.peppermags.com
for home decor&design
view xjacklynx's profile
I have to second Sharif28, and say This Young House. Love it!
view RachelQ's profile
Mines would be "makingitlovely.com" love it!
view acitirol's profile
one blog I look forward to every single day is Mochatini.org
view Kavita DRona's profile
It's got to be Mochatini.org. I love her site.
view paulhd's profile
I just think that mochatini.org is a great site. I have shared her site with some friends are they are using her design tips in some of their renovation projects.
view carolhid's profile
Door Sixteen.
view kr's profile
I would like to nominate Mochatini.org. I think it is a great blog and offers great tips for those in love with their homes!!
view poojam's profile
My favorite home decor website is www.lookiloos.com. They really make an effort to update the site almost daily. I love the "peek of the week" and the "favorite spaces" for getting ideas for my own home. It's fun to read about the gorgeous homes on the market in the bay area in the "unreal estate" section. They make it fun and give me great ideas about where to go in the bay area to find just the right thing for my home!
view periwinkleblu's profile
I NOMINATE:
http://chezlarsson.typepad.com/
view sukita's profile
I would like to nominate Mochatini.org.
view paran's profile
Mochatini is the best
view Kavita DRona's profile
http://www.thisyounghouse.com/:
This young house is in the house. So back up all you haters;)
view Aimm82's profile
I am addicted to
http://design-milk.com
http://www.chictip.com
view Lizi's profile
i am with colleague above, Lizi
http://www.chictip.com/
http://design-milk.com
view eldi's profile
This one blog that im practically in love with is http://www.mochatini.org/
its great for home decor!
view sakshi's profile
Homie? A person you hang out with from the hood? Some one with similar values and loyalty? Please don't steal or worse, disrespect another identity. As creative as some of you are, there should be a more original name. Besides there are so many different values shared by the different homes toured on this site. Using homie is incorrecct and just stealing someone's thunder, unimaginative and so dishonest. Suggestions anyone?
view click212's profile
How about just ATA(S) for Apartment Therapy Award(s). It is a constant plug for your site and it is unpretentious.
view click212's profile
One for Mochatini. Great timing with the creative gift-wrapping piece.
view TallLatte's profile
i love
www.chictip.com
it is great!
view lolati's profile
www.desiretoinspire.com
view stiny's profile
When do we vote?
• After a week of nominations, we'll collect up all your comments on the five individual posts and sort them down to the top six contenders. The, on Monday, January 29th we'll post a voting survey of these top six and repost it all week so that you have plenty of time to see it and vote. With one week of nominating and one week of voting, we should have a good turnout.
Is anyone else confused by this?
view modernemama's profile
I know comments were turned off on later homies posts as they were getting messy - but I just have to say thank you, and you've fulfilled your aim with at least one reader. I've clicked on at least twenty bogs I never visited before from the list of Homies nominations, so thankyou for taking all that time to code them!
And one more ... www.architecturalclassics.com/blog , in the spirit of Barack Obama ;-)
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