Wednesday WTF

The House for Social (And Only Social) Climbing

By Adlene Neely Dealey / June 10, 2020 /

Do you like stairs? Do you like climbing stairs that serve no practical function, except maybe for posing on social media or recreational in-home stairclimbing? We have the house for you. I mean, you’re gonna have to move to North Dakota, but dude, stairs. Stairs for climbing. I should start all of this, however, by…

Become a Village Person With This Potomac Manse

By Adlene Neely Dealey / June 3, 2020 /

Is it still May? Did I miss summer altogether and now it’s Christmas and Christmas village time? Guys, this stay-at-home lifestyle, turns out, means you have no real concept of time. I’m writing this and just hoping it’s somewhere close to Wednesday and I didn’t Rip Van Winkle my sourdough-making self into August. So when…

The Missouri Home That Time Forgot

By Adlene Neely Dealey / May 27, 2020 /

So, we all know that CandysDirt.com readers love some time capsules. Homes that are perfectly maintained, never-changed boxes of unfettered design sense from a specific era are fun to look at, for sure. Do you keep that wallpaper? After all, it looks like something you almost ordered for twelvety hundred American dollars two months ago…

Thanks To All 532.323 Of You Who Sent Us This Listing

By Adlene Neely Dealey / May 20, 2020 /

“Do you like fun and adventure?” the listing that clogged our inboxes asks. Let me tell you something, whenever someone asks you if you like fun and adventure, you should ask a lot of questions. A lot. I say this from experience because one time when in Europe someone asked me this and I ended…

The Unassuming House That Will Have You Whipped

By Adlene Neely Dealey / May 13, 2020 /

One time, when I was in college, I had a professor that was, to all appearances, a quiet, unassuming, even milquetoast individual. He was, if you will, a mayonnaise on white bread sandwich — but then one night I discovered that there was a ghost pepper in that sandwich. Our good professor wandered out of…