Just a random thaught, but, I just got back from a mini vacation to South Alaska and I was surprised to see not one not two but about a dozen pink or variations of pukey purple houses. Which leads me to ask “WHY”? and “WHO”?. I know y’all know what I am talking about. As builders are we allowed to discourage HOs from picking house colors that are visually offensive. Granted, he with the check book makes the rules, but maybe these people don’t know any better or are as color blind as their dog. I don’t know..Any thaughts?
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Don't be a hater. ; ^ )
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Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
Really wish there was someone in your area with common sense enough to talk you oughtta that paint job.
White on white would have been perfect!
; )
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
Pp, Qq
I like this one also,
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Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
They're everywhere, we finished this one and lots stopped selling in the development for 6 months<G> Winterlude, Winterlude, my little daisy,
Winterlude by the telephone wire,
Winterlude, it's makin' me lazy,
Come on, sit by the logs in the fire.
The moonlight reflects from the window
Where the snowflakes, they cover the sand.
Come out tonight, ev'rything will be tight,
Winterlude, this dude thinks you're grand.
hey Snort....
you mad at us dialuppers????
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I'm not mad at ya, yer just knuckle-dragging pains in the butt... and I was lazy<G> Winterlude, Winterlude, my little daisy,
Winterlude by the telephone wire,
Winterlude, it's makin' me lazy,
Come on, sit by the logs in the fire.
The moonlight reflects from the window
Where the snowflakes, they cover the sand.
Come out tonight, ev'rything will be tight,
Winterlude, this dude thinks you're grand.
yur right on all three counts...
can't argue there...
but that still dosen't do much fer those that have no choice.....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
If you were going to drop by, you could have at least come in for a beer!
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
~ Voltaire
If people didn't paint houses in obnoxious colors, how could you reliably give directions?
..."Turn left at the house painted white"... Good luck on that!
Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA
Also a CRX fanatic!
If your hair looks funny, it's because God likes to scratch his nuts. You nut, you.
If people didn't paint houses in obnoxious colors, how could you reliably give directions?
Where I used to live, on the island of Nantucket, the joke was "turn at the gray shingled cottage with white trim." 99% of the houses there have that color scheme. Nothing wrong with a little color.
A lot of color, though...what were they thinking?
Here's a thought....maybe society needs to recognize that as individuals, we each have our own likes and dislikes.
Not everyone is going to like the same things. Whether it's color, or style, or material choices....whatever.
Once society comes to this realization, perhaps we can do away with self appointed, authoratative town boards where in many places, they can tell you whether you can have a block foundation or if stone is required. And other such "none of your damned business" personal choices such as paint colors.
So yeah....I do know what you're talking about, wink, wink.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
Pp, Qq
It's all about ones taste. You can sit some people on an ice cream cone and they tell you what flavor it is.
Yea, lets everybody paint there houses white! Good freaking idea.............real original.
Do we all get the same color/style of shingles as well?
How bout you paint your house the color you want and let your neighbor paint theres the color they want............lets see how it goes.
This is all said with a big grin so don't think I'm flammin ya, I just don't know why it matters what color someone paints there house!
Doug
so what you are saying is that you didn't like my house?
In parts of Europe there is a tradition of painting buildings with variously coloured lime paint. For a Scottish example look up http://www.mull.thehighlands.co.uk for a picture with a row of brightly coloured buildings. Originally the colour would have been achieved with the addition of natural dyes to the limewash. I believe the owner of the black building has riled the locals by deciding to paint the building white because the black has to be repainted too often.
The Scandinavians have developed high quality UV resistant paints for their wooden houses, some nice colours but mostly in muted shades of brown and green.
The answer lies in the location. Those colors make it easy to find the house in the winter (which lasts 11 months, right? - lol)
Here's some local news:
No Town Regulations On Colors
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No, it was not painted just for Easter, and no, there is nothing you can do about it. While there has been some head shaking and grumbling about the shade and intensity of the color, the Town pointed out there are no regulations to prevent it.
Asked about the choice, the lease owner of the building said “there was no color on the street, but now there is.”
It is not just the public that is less than pleased; the tenants of the building said they were not all that happy with the owner’s choice. One tenant said “I really don’t think it reflects what we have inside of the building.”
The owner also stated that so far “one third of the comments she has received have been negative, one third have been positive, and one third have yet to make up their mind.”
A Friday Harbor town official said there have been no comments about the color from the Town Council members, and while there have been discussions in the past about architectural controls or standards, the Council has not wanted to go that direction due to the difficulty of writing and enforcing regulations that deal with personal taste and aesthetics.
One of the tenants said they are no longer taking comments from the public on the matter, and tells people to talk to the owner about it if they don’t like it. A town official said “people can always ‘vote’ with their wallets, if you don’t like it, don’t patronize the place.”
This is not first time that a color choice has failed to please everyone. When the large building housing the bowling alley and the shops on Argyle was first painted, the color choice was made by looking at a one inch square paint sample. Once the two story walls were painted with the color, it was decided the outcome was not quite what the owner had in mind after all, and so a new paint job was ordered. Problem solved.
I think it should have been the same hue of green, instead.
Life doesn't often leave a very easy trail to follow.
Alaska is kind of a unique place and for a lot of the year it's dark. Little brightness makes things cheery. If I lived there I might paint myself pink.......no wait that's not such a good thing to say here........NTTAWWT.
Not everybody is an uptown girl living in a whitebread world:
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ne sutor ultra crepidam: Disputantum Semirotten Woodworking
One of my memories of Anchorage was a horrible green auto repair shop. It had a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood in front with the words "my wife picked the color".
Didn't help the building color any but it made me laugh :-)
Diane