I had to share this with all the "NH people" who will die laughing with me... (homes, to live in)

[DareToDream]

Originally Posted by clairz

Oh, those poor, sad, pathetic little conformist people in NC! That lady in the video who said "this is how is begins" [with someone painting a house anything but beige...] was really, really scary.

Come on down to New Mexico where the colors both inside and out will knock your socks off. My dining room here is a nice orange--the same color it was when we bought it. I would never have thought to have painted a room that color but I love living with it. Visitors from back east love it too!

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Outside, my house is brick--not a lot I can do there. I have to push the button that makes my garage door go up so I can figure out which house is mine.

~clairz
(formerly from NH--my excuse for lurking here!)

Clairz - no excuse necessary for lurking - glad you "came out" Our living room is very similar to the color of your dining room, has a tad more red in it, though. It was that way when we bought it and we kept it that way. It gives the room a nice "warm" feeling.

[JFRRACING]

I SERIOUSLY WOULD NOT WANT TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THOSE PEOPLE. do you relize that your house wouldn't be worth crap living in that neiborhood. the people that live there must be blind or they just have poor taste in colors.

[DareToDream]

Originally Posted by JFRRACING

I SERIOUSLY WOULD NOT WANT TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THOSE PEOPLE. do you relize that your house wouldn't be worth crap living in that neiborhood. the people that live there must be blind or they just have poor taste in colors.

You know, this is what I just don't understand - as long as the paint is not peeling and the house is kept up, who gives a hoot about the color? The color (inside and outside) of a house can always be changed! When we looked at houses, we looked in our price range and we looked at how the house had been (or not been) kept up - colors didn't matter to us...and neither did "staging" or "non-staging" of the house.....I guess we're just weird

[JFRRACING]

Originally Posted by DareToDream

You know, this is what I just don't understand - as long as the paint is not peeling and the house is kept up, who gives a hoot about the color? The color (inside and outside) of a house can always be changed! When we looked at houses, we looked in our price range and we looked at how the house had been (or not been) kept up - colors didn't matter to us...and neither did "staging" or "non-staging" of the house.....I guess we're just weird

me and my wife watch house hunters and they say that colors like that drop all the prices of surrounding house because of the color. i know i would never move to a neiborhood with a house like that. they also say curb appeal means alot. that has bad curb appeal. looking at that house makes me want to vomit holy moly that's ugly LOL

[rmcewan]

Originally Posted by JFRRACING

me and my wife watch house hunters and they say that colors like that drop all the prices of surrounding house because of the color. i know i would never move to a neiborhood with a house like that. they also say curb appeal means alot. that has bad curb appeal. looking at that house makes me want to vomit holy moly that's ugly LOL

JFR, are you talking about the picture I posted?

It is a picture of MY HOUSE.

I'm sure the conformist nincompoops on the cable show "House Hunters" know what they are talking about. And obviously, as it is on TV, everything they say must be believed, right?

Personally, I wouldn't want a neighbor who felt they (a) had a say in the color of my house, or (b) can't tell a photoshopped image when they see one.

[rmcewan]

Originally Posted by DareToDream

Buck - I agree with you about the victorian era homes. There was on in NY that was painted as you described - some people questioned why. Evidently the people who owned the house researched it's origins and found that was the original color (or close) when it was first built. Nobody made a fuss about it, but a lot of people took pictures!

Absolutely! Traditionally, colorful and exuberant trim, hardware, were an outward sign of wealth. A home not simply whitewashed meant you could afford heavily pigmented paint - which was vastly more expensive (natural, hand-gathered and processed pigments vs chemical dyes and fixers in today's paint).

[clairz]

Originally Posted by JFRRACING

me and my wife watch house hunters and they say that colors like that drop all the prices of surrounding house because of the color.

Not if the surrounding houses look like the ones in this cheery neighborhood:



~clairz

[DareToDream]

Originally Posted by JFRRACING

me and my wife watch house hunters and they say that colors like that drop all the prices of surrounding house because of the color. i know i would never move to a neiborhood with a house like that. they also say curb appeal means alot. that has bad curb appeal. looking at that house makes me want to vomit holy moly that's ugly LOL

Now, shows like "House Hunters" and the like drive me crazy (I told you I was weird!). I would much rather see a neighborhood with varied colors/styles of houses than what I call a "blah" neighborhood. I can understand "curb appeal" if it means the house looks like it was taken care of (paint not peeling off the sides of the house, roof needing work, etc.) but for the life of me, I just cannot understand how the color of a house should bring down prices in a neighborhood....I'm not saying it doesn't bring prices down, I just don't understand the reasoning, since it's really a superficial/cosmetic thing that can be taken care of, if someone doesn't like the outside color.....does that make sense?

I'm not trying to be contrary here, I just like some show of "individuality" in a neighborhood, whether it means color, "modern houses" mixed in with older homes, etc.

When we looked at this house (which is white with blue trim, by the way and not an "outlandish color" <g>), the realtor was almost afraid to show us the downstairs bathroom - I call it our "Elvis bathroom" - it's sort of a dark pink with lighter shades sponged in and a border of dark pink leaves - the walls almost look "velvety" (hence the Elvis reference). Evidently a lot of people were turned off by the color of that room. To me, that's crazy - a room or house can always be painted....

[bryfry]

Originally Posted by DareToDream

I would much rather see a neighborhood with varied colors/styles of houses than what I call a "blah" neighborhood
I'm not trying to be contrary here, I just like some show of "individuality" in a neighborhood, whether it means color, "modern houses" mixed in with older homes, etc.

I'm with you DTD. I live in a nice subdivision that has approximately 7-8 different house types. We probably have 40 houses all told so there is a lot of repetition. Our house was one of the last ones built. All of the houses have very basic and somewhat boring color schemes. I have changed the color of my house three times. When I changed it to it's present colors, so many people stopped by and commented on the look. It definetly stood out from all the others. Since then, many others have changed their look as well. Maybe I (my wife, actually) was a catalyst for change!

My father is a painting contractor and believe me, he has seen it all when it comes to colors! Gold, black, orange, banana yellow, peppermint, you name it, he's painted it. Here on the Cape, we have historical districts that dictate the color of your house for you. You can only paint your house in period colors (very limited), even if you build new. If you paint your house outside of those colors, you can be fined. Stupid, eh.

Variety is the spice of life!!

[GotBackHome]

Originally Posted by rmcewan

It is a picture of MY HOUSE.

Really? I thought you had photo-shopped a pic of a house! Ok. Like i said: it certainly does make it easy to give directions.

BTW, I've seen pics of Painted Ladies in San Francisco, and I think they're pretty neat.