A rainbow dinette, one red-and-blue-and-yellow house in Illinois, and a home built into Arizona boulders in this week’s reader photos

Hey hey! A new week dawns and as always we start with some unusual home finds from the Offbeat Home Flickr pool. I hope they make your week a little brighter.

On to the Clicky Links!

• Obscura Day is coming up: a celebration of unusual places in our world. Check out the site to see if you can trek to see something weird on April 28.
• Did you hear? IKEA is building an entire neighborhood in London.
• Nettles are in season, and Tea & Cookies has a recipe for a wild nettle frittata — plus instructions on how to avoid getting stung as you harvest.
• Steampunks! The Watch City Festival opens May 12th — and is put on by friend of the site ModVic. ᔥ Boing Boing
• Yes, you could install a doggie air conditioner to pamper your pet. ᔥ Curbed National
• This one’s just for fun: What would Disney princesses look like if they were accurate to the dress of their eras?

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