“Oooh!” you say. “I want to live in a public bathroom, yes I do!”

To which I reply, “Sorry, dear reader, but it’s Not For Sale Wednesday and this house is not for sale.”

This former public restroom, former ammunition depot is being rented by a couple who fixed it all up and made it into a rather charming house. (I have the impression that everything in England is a rental with, like, 500 year leases, and in theory the queen could evict everyone if she wanted to, and wouldn’t that be a busy day for U-Haul?)

I raise my mug in a toast to people who can look at a public lavatory — that’s the “before” picture on top — see past 100 years of use by the public for all sorts of unpleasant things, and figure out how to fix the place up; me, I still have pictures hanging on the wall that are just where we stuck ‘em because the previous owners had nails there. Cheers!
Found by: Sandra

You know what? It’s been a long time since we had an OH MY GOD HOW DID THAT EVEN GET IN THE TOILET? AND WHY DID THE REAL ESTATE AGENT TAKE A PHOTO OF IT? AND WHY IS IT IN THE LISTING? AND HOW SHOULD I LIVE MY LIFE TO MAKE SURE I NEVER SEE THIS IN REAL LIFE? sort of post, the kind there used to be so many of here. So, here you go! My new LOLcat overlord picked a doozy! But good news — in the two years I’ve been doing this I finally sort of maybe figured out how to do it as a thumbnail, so you don’t have to click on it if you don’t want to.

Let me repeat that. You don’t have to click on it.

There is no reason to.

It’s gross.

Don’t do it.

I’m slightly ashamed that I even put this post up. My mom reads this blog, you know.

The air around here is 99% pollen and I can barely think. But one more time: You don’t have to click on it.

<—- WARNING: WEIRDER THAN YOU THINK

Lovely Listing: We Look So You Don’t Have To

Found by: Nina

Loveliest comment, by Girl in glasses: Calm down everyone–it’s obviously just a set from CSI

One, two, three… SURPRISE!

Aw, a bidet! This is even better than a stripper jumping out of a cake. Thanks, guys! I can’t wait to turn all four water fixtures on and get really, really clean in all sorts of ways I’ve never been clean before.

Found by: Karen. Happy Not For Sale Wednesday!

Loveliest comment, by Veronica: Bad design! Turn it around so you can brush your teeth at the same time. C’mon people…think!

Oh no! The weight of the butterflies caused the house sink into the ground until only the roof remained visible. How tragic.

Found by: Aliza

Loveliest comment, by jim-bob: This house is located in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Now, for those of you who have never heard of it, it was the location of a rash of UFO sightings a few years ago. An A frame is sort of like a pyramid, so this house was obviously built and furnished by aliens looking to use it’s pyramidal shape and butterfly wallpaper to induce a mind control vortex and take over the local population. Sadly, the aliens did not have the greatest of credit due to their lack of employment history on this planet, and ended up getting a sub-prime loan with an adjustable rate. it wound up getting foreclosed on by a force greater than their technology- the collapse of the US economy. Thus we see it offered here, waiting to be used by a new owner in their quest for world domination.

Alert reader / nosy person wimple spotted this intriguing bathroom in the house from this post. Cheryl put it well: “I’ve seen that toilet before, in my nightmares. Though mine rarely includes the curtains.”

Why windows, and not walls? I try to think of an occasion when I would ever say “Now! Now is the time to draw back the curtains! Hello, world!” but then my mind goes “no no no don’t think about it no no no think about something nice” and suddenly my mind is flooded with images of kittens. Thank you, mind. Self-preservation is an important instinct.

Loveliest comment, by jackie31337: I still maintain that it’s a toilet isolation booth, and toilet is competing on a game show.

Oh. Huh. It turns out that the Crayola-brand shower we were snickering at a post or two ago is, like, totally normal in Norway. That’s just how they are there. 100% of them. Every single shower in Norway looks like that. Here, I’ll go to a perfectly random listing in Norway… tum te tum… And look! There  it is. I think they’re required by zoning laws.

Via the Facebook group For oss som fascineres av bildene på Finn.no which I just can’t tear myself away from

Loveliest comment, by SM: LOVE it! I’ll take one in every color, and build a house with 24 bathrooms!

On one hand, you get an AWESOME ORANGE SHOWER and sink and toilet. On the other hand, I’m pretty certain they’re made from orange crayons and will melt if you ever turn on the hot water.

Found by: the always awesome Facebook group For oss som fascineres av bildene på Finn.no.

Late-breaking news: Eeek!

Loveliest comment, by Sarah: I think they’re made of that radioactive orange Fiestaware, like my grandma’s dishes.

Can you believe it? What a freakish thing to do to a bathroom. I can’t believe they thought they could get away with… putting the toilet paper holder all the way over there.

Loveliest comment, by Les: Moral of the story: Just because someone designs and manufactures something doesn’t mean you have to buy it and use it.

Found By: Susan C

Today is the first day of winter vacation for my kids, which means we get to spend all day, every day together. Every single minute. My beloved young children. Oh, how wonderful to be spending all this quality time with you. Mama’s just going to take a little bathroom break, okay?

*click*

I’ll be right out, hon bun…

The corkscrew oh my god I forgot the corkscrew

Found By: Joanne

I’ve been brining the turkey for seven weeks. Think it’s done yet?

Found By: Patricia

Actually I’m going to be doing my turkey in a Crock Pot this year, because I am insane.

Loveliest comment, just because it made my Thanksgiving dinner better, even though it’s a bit gross out of context, and even in context really, by Denita TwoDragons: You could probably finish it in the oven for the last half-hour so the skin gets crisped up.