Mom Lived in House 'For Years'—Discovers What Was in Kitchen the Whole Time

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4 days ago

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A mom has gained viral attention after sharing an unexpected discovery in her house on TikTok, and it's blowing people's minds.
Just when Brit, who posts under the handle @oodoliedoo, thought she was used to her home's quirks, it gave her another surprise.
When her partner noticed the oven's side posts wiggling while vacuuming, his first instinct wasn't delight, it was dread.
"This house has been riddled with problems since we moved in," Brit explained in a video. "So he thought something was broken. He went to go check it out."
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Edit: I pinned a video testing the oven heat since it's been mentioned a lot! We still don't know where our water valve shut off is for this place 🥲 #fyp #houseoftiktok #hiddenspaces ♬ Cleaning - Owen Wang
Instead, he discovered something far more flavorful: hidden pull-out spice racks flanking both sides of the oven. Perfectly functional and entirely unnoticed.
The video, with the caption: "We've lived here for years and just discovered these," quickly caught viral attention with 3 million views since being shared earlier this week, igniting conversation in the comments.
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In a comment, Brit explained while her children when small when they moved in, the feature still managed to go unnoticed. "My youngest was a toddler when we moved in! There are just so many other places to play. They only cared about pots and Tupperware if we were in the kitchen."
Viewer @user97113723921401 pointed out an important potential issue: "That's a terrible place for spices tho—they'd be continually heated by the stove heat next to it."
In response, Brit did what any curious content creator might—she ran a test. "I actually did a video to test this out and nope, heat didn't even touch it," she said. "I actually touched inside the oven part with my hand and it was fine! We also don't use this oven!"
While some viewers chimed in with practical ideas. "I have one of these at home! We use it for oils and vinegars etc," said jennajohns0n. While DaisyxDiesel said: "Imagine you found it but you were moving out, I'd be so mad."
Others were jealous of the discovery. Like Steph Belton who said: "Not me randomly pulling on things in my house now juuuuust to double check," while Jade wrote: "As someone with 200 spices this is my dream."
A picture from the viral TikTok that shared the discovery.
A picture from the viral TikTok that shared the discovery.
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StormTailz asked if they had checked for other hidden house features, joking: "Have you tried all the books in the bookcase for passageway?"
This isn't the first time a homeowner has made an unexpected discovery. A Reddit user who lives in a 145-year-old house shared how when they peeled back part of their hallway they uncovered something they weren't expecting—remnants of two archways behind the walls.
While a Minnesota homeowner uncovered something amazing in a 1950s-era house when they saw an old key hanging on the basement rafters. While there was no clue what they key opened, it sparked a series of responses, from speculation of treasure to a skeleton key for the house.
Newsweek reached out to @oodoliedoo via TikTok for comment.