Meeting Meg's Ugly Baby [guest post - part 2 of 2]

Part 2 of Meg’s ugly house tour (read part 1). Today’s includes what’s probably the most disgusting house story I’ve ever heard. Even worse than Jessica’s kitchen cockroaches. Meet My Ugly… KITCHEN! Functional? Practical? Beautiful? Choose one, or go cry in a corner because you got none of these, ever? Sounds about right! This kitchen [...]

In my sink? My neighbours' toothpaste [guest post]

So far in our ugly guest post series we’ve been to Racist Granny’s House to see Canada’s most astonishing boob light (thanks to Jan), and we’ve fought cockroaches and fallen through the floor with Jessica. We even went to Minnesota in December – to check out Sally’s ugly great room. Today’s incredible tale of ugly [...]

Meet Sally's Ugly Great Room [guest post]

A long-time Ugly Advocate, Sally’s a field agent & stealth operative all the way in Minnesota (which she once insisted “doesn’t get that cold”). Right. If you’re not aware of Sally’s work, I provide this example. The woman’s a magician. As such, I couldn’t wait to see behind the scenes – we were kindly obliged! [...]

How to fall through your kitchen floor [guest post]

Biggest benefit of having a blog where you admit, daily, you don’t know what you’re doing? Lovely people spoon-feed you good ideas and stellar research. You guys have seen Jessica‘s helpful tips in comments, but behind the scenes are plenty of emails with even more advice – by an easy estimate she’s saved us $200+ [...]

Boobs and racism at Granny's House [guest post]

Nearly Christmas! Let’s gather round our common hearth and dabble in eternal hope + optimism. Mm – that’s not quite our style, is it? While many cities offer holiday house tours – Vancouver’s option was $50 a head. I couldn’t decide quite which Max Mara coat and Hermes scarf, so I left the society ladies [...]