For This Wednesday, the WTF Wears Pink

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I don’t know how to say this, but this week’s Wednesday WTF made us blush. Or something. It’s really pinkies up. We’re tickled pink to show you this. We pinked this one just for you.

Had enough yet?

No. No you have not. How do I know this? Because you haven’t actually seen this week’s Wednesday WTF.

I have. I also showed this listing to my boss. She’s asking to unsee it. It’s not that bad, if you like a decorating scheme that is like if Shelby Eatenton Latcherie’s wedding and a bordello had a Victorian baby.

I mean, right? I’m not wrong about this Chicago home, which the listing agent says was originally meant to be an investment property, a B&B if you will.

And surely,” you say,”that darling shade of rosy blushness is just on the outside?”

But seriously are you new here? Would it be the WTF if it was just a house that was pink on the outside?

 

Let’s go in, shall we?

I mean, the carpet is the color of a burn book.

Yes, that door is the color of the inside of …

And here is one of the few rooms that isn’t pink.

Instead it’s just uh, yeah.

Now, I know some people are really in to pink, and some people think it’s just red’s weakest cousin. I’m pretty sure that when Karen Eubank, our fantastic writer and stager comes back from vacation, she’ll tell us that in addition to all the pink, there are like 500 pieces of furniture too much in this house, too.

Me? Pink is OK in concentrated doses. Like when you have intestinal discomfort or you buy from Mary Kay because you got invited to a party with free facials only to find out, again, nothing is free. #notbitter

This house is listed for $290,000. Approximately $285,000 of that is for bulk pink.

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Bethany Erickson lives in a 1961 Fox and Jacobs home with her husband, a second-grader, and Conrad Bain the dog. If she won the lottery, she'd by an E. Faye Jones home.
She's taken home a few awards for her writing, including a Gold award for Best Series at the 2018 National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism awards, a 2018 Hugh Aynesworth Award for Editorial Opinion from the Dallas Press Club, and a 2019 award from NAREE for a piece linking Medicaid expansion with housing insecurity.
She is a member of the Online News Association, the Education Writers Association, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the Society of Professional Journalists.
She doesn't like lima beans or the word moist.

5 Comments

  1. John Sieber on September 26, 2018 at 10:03 am

    GROSS

  2. CRITIC on September 26, 2018 at 11:11 am

    Is this a a Pepto Bismo office or a METH lab?

  3. t on September 26, 2018 at 11:36 am

    Nothing like Pepto pink to start the Day off! This reminds me of Cis Carr’s issue with YELLOW! AND that was in Highland Park! How could any realtor let these things slide. OMG/WTF!!

  4. Joanna England on September 26, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    Let’s be honest here. It was never going to be a B&B unless B&B stands for something that I cannot say here because this is a family blog.

  5. Candy Evans on September 26, 2018 at 4:19 pm

    I actually love it! Yes, that is a lot of pink, but a Victorian! The bones are great. Needs a new roof and the kitchen, oi vey. It’s in Austin (neighborhood, not city) which is right next to Oak Park and the Frank Lloyd Wright house and where I was born! 290 ( the Eisenhower) and Harlem Avenue not far. I haven’t been back to the Windy City in years — the neighborhood must have changed for this low a price, but this home warms my memories and tickles me PINK!

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