Wednesday WTF

The Midcentury Modern That You Might Find Moving

By Adlene Neely Dealey / June 17, 2020 /

Do you like Midcentury Modern architecture? Do you like cars? Do you like both of those things, and living in houses? Well, we have a thing for you today. See, as we’ve explained before, sometimes the Wednesday WTF is a macular nightmare, and sometimes it’s a cleverly done Midcentury Modern building that has been given…

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…

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…

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…

We Have So Many Questions About This U.K. Home

By Adlene Neely Dealey / May 6, 2020 /

Every so often, you come across a listing in this gig that just leaves you with so many questions that you end up texting everyone you know late at night to make them look at the listing, too. This U.K. listing that came across our virtual desk (because our actual desk is a TV tray…