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In response to a comment we received last week, your hint for this week’s What the…? is that it’s absolutely not a coat hanger, bench or chair. So what is it? Or rather, what are they?

What the...?

Mull this one over, and give us your answer in the comment area below. Tomorrow we’ll announce who was the first to guess correctly.

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30 Responses

  1. Thomas says:

    Looks to be new type of wind turbine for roof tops.

  2. Jeff says:

    They look like lampshades to me (or lamp screens; to screen the light bulb from direct view)

    Jeff

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  4. Stephen says:

    a cotton gin?

  5. Carly says:

    Oh dear, I think that was my comment on the last question. I hope no one took it to heart! I have no clue what these are. Maybe some kind of fan?

    • Hilary_HGTV says:

      We were really glad you commented last week because it was so true. Now we're just branching out. :D

  6. Amber says:

    They look like exterior light fixtures to me. My husband says they look like mail boxes.

  7. Amy PureHome says:

    I'm going to go with some sort of lighting piece – shade, fixture, complete package…

  8. whistlerpotpie says:

    Reading lights. Mid century – metal. My neighbor had me sell some like this on ebay for her.

  9. Lana says:

    Type of storage unit for cards or recipes or letters. Something like that.

  10. Abbe says:

    Bread boxes, perhaps?

  11. Rachel says:

    fans

  12. Mel Heth says:

    Fun and funky sconces!

  13. cherokee02 says:

    mailboxes

  14. Kayla@HGTV says:

    It totally looks like a breadbox to me…

  15. peg5 says:

    2 big bicycle pedals, yep that's it!;)

  16. margo says:

    either a lamp,or a fan of some kind

  17. Sherry says:

    How about boot scrapers? One for the front door and one for the back door.

  18. buffalodeb says:

    They look like exhaust outlets that are placed in a roof to let hot air out.

  19. buffalodeb says:

    I think they look like roof vents to allow hot air to escape from below.

  20. alice says:

    looks like old venitian blinds reused to me

  21. Chelsea says:

    I think they are like files or a rolodex sort of thing for paper orgranization! They seem sort of space efficient.

  22. Aniekan says:

    looks like a funky hand dryer! while the blades are spinning, the water is blown off!

  23. bonnie says:

    definitely fans

  24. Amber says:

    By the way, this is my favorite blog series. I love guessing the crazy things you find for "What the…?"

  25. [...] Amber and Amy PureHome were so close, but Mel Heth said the magic words! This week’s What the…? are custom (or ”funky” as Mel put it) wall sconces by the Danish design firm Fog and [...]

  26. Mark says:

    They look like upside down air vents. We do Kitchen Remodeling but I have never seen this item before.

  27. [...] week’s set of scones generated some interesting responses, so I can’t wait to see what you guess for this [...]

  28. Nancy Boyd says:

    HVAC VENTS

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