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A giant potato in Idaho has been turned into an Airbnb, and you cant rent it for $200 a night

A giant (fake) potato has been turned into a home that you can rent on Airbnb.

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  • The Big Idaho Potato Hotel is a six-ton potato that was originally created to promote spuds across the US.
  • A small home developer has now turned it into an incredibly stylish rental property.
  • It costs $200 a night.
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We've all dreamed about living inside a potato, with hash browns for cushions, fries as shelves, and a giant bowl of fluffy mash to snuggle into at night.

Incredibly, this dream could now become a reality (of sorts).

If spuds are your one true love, you're probably going to want to book in to stay the night in the Big Idaho Potato Hotel which has been listed on Airbnb .

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Read more: Airbnb is giving people the chance to sleep under the iconic glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris

Slightly disappointingly (but realistically reassuring), the six-ton structure isn't actually made of potato, but rather steel, plaster, and concrete.

Plonked in a huge field with views of the Owyhee Mountains, the home is found in South Boise, Idaho.

And whilst the bed may not be made of mash, the interior of the potato is actually very stylishly decorated.

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The potato sleeps two with one queen-size bed, and there's a small bathroom, kitchenette, fireplace, and air-conditioning, too. With millennial pink accents and house plants aplenty, it's as Instagrammable inside as out.

Measuring 28 feett long, 12 feett wide, and 11.5 feet tall, the giant potato was originally created by the Idaho Potato Commission to promote the noble vegetable.

After touring the US for six years on the back of a truck, the commission was at a loss for what to do with the spud afterwards.

But then small home developer Kristie Wolfe got in touch with the ingenious idea to turn the potato into a property.

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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.

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