Design
This Chicken Coop Is Modeled After Versailles and Costs $100,000
The perfect gift for the urban farmer who's trying to alienate loved ones with dumb purchases.
Why would anyone drop $100 grand on a gussied-up chicken shed? Well, consider it an insurance policy for these uncertain times: Should you ever lose the mortgage on the real house, you could squeeze into the coop and start life anew, a true king among hens.
And you might be moving in sooner than you planned, thanks to alienated family members who are steamed you wasted the nest egg on a bunch of spoiled birds. Thankfully, all the comforts of home are to be found in the "Heritage Hen Mini Farm," on sale now in the Christmas catalog of Neiman Marcus. I'll let the Dallas luxury retailer give the tour, because this paragraph really is the perfect amalgam of poetry and sales pitch: