By Melissa Locker

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Idaho Potato Commission, the organization behind the What Kind of Potato Are You? quiz created a giant potato (as one does) and sent it packing on the back of a truck for a potato promotional tour across America. After six years, though, potatoes were well promoted, and so the commission brought the tater home.

Once it was back in Idaho, though, they had a problem: What the heck do you do with a 28-foot-long, 12-foot-wide, and 11.5-foot-tall potato? The answer was obvious (at least to tiny house developer Kristie Wolfe): Turn it into an Airbnb rental. After all, who doesn’t want to sleep in an overgrown potato? It’s like James and the Giant Peach but with more carbs.

There’s a giant potato for rent on Airbnb and it’s surprisingly chic | DeviceDaily.com

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Now the six-ton Boise-based Big Idaho Potato Hotel has been listed on Airbnb. The oversize spud, made up of steel, plaster, and concrete, has all the amenities you would expect in a potato-themed hotel. It sleeps two in a queen bed, and there’s a small bathroom, a fireplace, air-conditioning, and a beverage cooler. Bring your own potato chips just in case you find yourself with a hankering for potatoes for some reason.

While The Atlantic may have declared that the Instagram aesthetic is dead, the potato didn’t get the memo. Instead of potato-themed decorations, it has opted for a surprisingly chic, Instagram-ready interior complete with millennial-pink accents, elk antler chandelier, cute house plants, and views of South Idaho’s Owyhee Mountains.

It costs $200 a night, plus a $31 service fee and $16 in occupancy taxes and fees, bringing the total price of a one-night stay to $247. Just be aware that there’s no TV or Wi-Fi inside the potato, because it is a potato. Maybe spend the night writing potato fanfic instead.

 

There’s a giant potato for rent on Airbnb and it’s surprisingly chic | DeviceDaily.com

There’s a giant potato for rent on Airbnb and it’s surprisingly chic | DeviceDaily.com

There’s a giant potato for rent on Airbnb and it’s surprisingly chic | DeviceDaily.com

There’s a giant potato for rent on Airbnb and it’s surprisingly chic | DeviceDaily.com

There’s a giant potato for rent on Airbnb and it’s surprisingly chic | DeviceDaily.com

 

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