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It gets a lot more than a red bow come Christmas I can assure you. My neighbor, while a very quiet, staid and buttoned down individual when you interact with him has a penchant for boisterous home decoration. Three foot tall nutcrackers and the like as I can recall.
If you can remember, post a photo come December, please? Would love to see that.
Stole this photo of my house in the War Streets from another thread recently brought back by alleghenyangel. It's the tan brick one in the center with the black trim (although that may change shortly if my wife can find another color/ scheme that she likes). I'll try and grab some of the interior and maybe a better close-up of the facade.
Gorgeous house Brian. Love the tiles on your roof! I remember when you showed the swastika tiles in your foyer--and at the time I tried to picture the house that went with it. Boy was I wrong--I was guessing a tudor type of home. I like tudor but I like this even better!
I remember when you showed the swastika tiles in your foyer--and at the time I tried to picture the house that went with it. Boy was I wrong--I was guessing a tudor type of home. I like tudor but I like this even better!
The reverse-swastikas in question actually make some sense given the large circular tile on the wall near the doorway (last picture). That's a Fountain of Life (two peacocks on either side of what looks like a baptismal font). As you may recall, the reverse-swastikas were part of a set of various ancient crosses. So apparently whoever was choosing all this was really into old Christian iconography.
By the way, here is a picture from before we painted it:
Not a great picture but you can sorta see the white and dark purple they were using. We went with the cream, moss, and red combination to accentuate more of the details, and to make it look a little more Craftsman than Colonial, and just in general because we like warmer, brighter colors.
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