This Illinois Listing Gives New Meaning To “House of Mirrors”

There’s never a shortage of unique real estate listings to be found on everyone’s favorite Instagram account, Zillow Gone Wild, but the latest discovery appears to be straight out of a carnival fun house. Located in Oak Brook, Illinois, this four-bedroom, five-bathroom home appears to be the perfect home for any big family — that is, perhaps, until you factor in how much you’d need to budget for glass cleaner, because the home has more mirrors than your local amusement park’s house of mirrors.

In a Twitter thread filled with snapshots from the spacious, 4,256 square foot home, you’ll immediately notice that nearly every room includes wall-to-wall mirrors — yes, even the nursery, because surely nothing is more comforting to a baby than waking up and spotting their own reflection from nearly every direction they look.

On the market for $733,000, the home features plenty of enviable amenities, including a circular drive, two fireplaces, jacuzzi tub, and a four-car garage, but it would take a specific owner to be able to (ahem) look past the abundance of mirrors seemingly everywhere. Not only do most of the rooms feature floor to ceiling mirrors, but even the kitchen island and cabinets, bedroom and bathroom fixtures, and the master bed frame are mirrored.

Naturally, the home has quickly become a fan favorite on both Twitter and Instagram, with one commenter joking, “I can really see myself here.” Some commenters joked about the inherent hazards of enjoying one too many cocktails and trying to navigate in the space, with one writing, “I would definitely run into a wall thinking it was a hallway. No doubt.”

Over on Twitter, people aptly wondered how the listing agents were able to take photos of the home without being captured. Others pointed out the inherent creepiness of the fact that it appears these owners still have a nursery set up for babies that were born in the late ‘90s. Some thought it would make the perfect setting for a horror movie, and others lamented about the never ending appearance of handprints and nose prints from small children and puppies on all of those mirrors. 

While the listing certainly leaves more questions than answers, with some strategic updating (and perhaps some sage for good measure, just in case), there’s plenty of opportunity to be found here. As one Twitter user put it best: “with all those mirrors this house could be 600 sq ft and I’d still think it’s a mansion.”