Wednesday WTF

The One Where the Burglar Cleaned Out the House

By Bethany Erickson / June 5, 2019 /

So, imagine this. You come home, and realize that your back door (which you shut) is open, and you realize someone — even a burglar — has been in your house. Now, I’d like to think I’d be all Texan and ready to rumble, but let’s be honest, it would be more this: than this:…

Best of WTF: That Time That Reporter Was Totally Wrong About Food

By Bethany Erickson / May 29, 2019 /

Editor’s Note: Because of a big, breaking story yesterday, our Wednesday WTF writer is, well, behind. Very. But she thought you’d enjoy this dip into the archives from a time when a reporter was very wrong about food. Listen, this week’s Wednesday WTF was supposed to be about Oprah’s fancy new island but then something…

The One With the Man Cave — a Very Serious Man Cave

By Bethany Erickson / May 22, 2019 /

If you watch enough House Hunters on HGTV you can create a drinking game of it — take a shot every time someone says man cave. Chug a beer when someone says they hate the paint color. One kegstand when the couple announces they each want a style of house that is not at all…

We’re Neutral On This Listing Until We’re Totally Not

By Bethany Erickson / May 15, 2019 /

Two things about this house: One, click on the continued line of this column gingerly, dear readers; and two, can you go too neutral when decorating and staging your listing? We frequently tell people (or, when we say we, we mean Karen Eubank, our stager extraordinaire) that you should make sure you don’t have anything…

The One With the Piano-Playing Bunnies in Houston

By Bethany Erickson / May 8, 2019 /

Do you like rabbits? Like, lots of rabbits? Like all over your house with the bunnies? Have we got the Wednesday WTF for you. No, seriously. Yeah, yeah, I know that this house looks normal. But do you know me at all? Of course, there’s something else about this house. We. Do. Not. Do. Normal.…