Wednesday WTF

This Bob Ross Fan’s House Puts The Pain in Painting

By Mimi Perez / February 15, 2023 /

I put it before all of you, the owner of the home featured in this week’s column was secretly in love with Bob Ross. I mean completely and totally, head over heels in love with Bob. This was a deep and abiding love. A love that bordered on obsession. Now I know what you are…

Taste The Rainbow Twice: Skittles Inspired Midcentury Home Strikes Out

By Mimi Perez / February 8, 2023 /

Years ago I was an assistant coach on my nephew’s 9- and 10-year-old baseball team. Maestro, cue “Habanera” from the opera Carmen. This team was the incarnation of The Bad News Bears. In the distance, I can still hear my sister yelling, “Get ready to run outfield!” On one particular game day, one of our…

Tennessee Realtor Puts Forth Superhero Feat to Sell Charred Colonial

By Mimi Perez / February 1, 2023 /

What makes someone a superhero? A cape? Superhuman strength? Extraordinary powers that make the impossible possible? I put it before you, my wonderful readers, that a newly created superhero exists and is a Tennessee Realtor. Move over Batman and Superman, Paula Duvall is in town and her cape is freshly pressed and she is ready…

Straight Out of Midsommar, This Oklahoma A-Frame Shows That Chaos is a Ladder

By Mimi Perez / January 25, 2023 /

When our film major daughter comes home from grad school, we watch a ton of movies. The vast majority of these movies are indie flicks that leave me and my husband in a state of confusion. Give us Leslie Nielson doing one of his funny expressions in any of the Naked Gun movies and we…

Home Improvement? Trade Spaces With This New York Home’s Slaughterhouse Vibe

By Mimi Perez / January 11, 2023 /

I enjoy watching TLC. There are shows on nutty families, medical marvels, and home improvement. The home improvement shows have taken on new meaning for me since I started writing for CandysDirt.com.  Now, one of my favorite home improvement shows was Trading Spaces. For those who are not familiar with this show, two sets of…