oneirodynia asked about their persistent, shifty, Mystery House Smell, and answerers have offered an alarming number odorific tips, including sol's experiences with sewer or waste water/drain pipes and a great link to a related article (see the Metafilter post on Man Called Fran, the best article on forensic plumbing you ever likely to read), and samthemander's link to their own successful obnoxious odor outcome. Our noses await new news on this one!
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Let’s make this house absolutely weird, to the point it’s something that people gawk at on real estate listings sites. What would you do? ‘Cause over in Ask MetaFilter, Number Used Once is waiting for your suggestions about their house!
There's a absolutely fantastic post from user 'dhruva', about photographer Fyodor Savintsev and his gorgeous photos of dachas, the Russian wooden houses built in the woods or countryside.
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In Ask Metafilter, The Vole Drama; a play in three acts (so far). We're on the edge of our seats!
Mini Me by Jonathan Gill (cc by-nc)
Money expert jdroth has a great answer to the question "How the heck do you afford a down payment for a house?"
Roll-Up Yoga Mat on a White Background by wuestenigel (cc by)
In Ask Metafilter, I want to work on my physical fitness, but I don't want to leave my house.
The Old Room of Macabre Detritus by Stuck in Customs (cc by-nc-sa)
I want to know more about the material culture of a large English country house or great house in the Victorian era. ...if a house like this somehow got frozen in time, and you came along a century later and could wander around inside, what would you find?
Among the answers, Jane the Brown offers a very nice overview of the state of the estate.
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Slate Magazine published a short piece today questioning how realistic the popular HGTV show House Hunters actually is. The story goes nicely with a comment from last summer on Ask MetaFilter describing just how faked and staged the show was for a member's friend that was on the show.
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