This house is eye-catching. It’s bright and lively. I generally prefer to quietly blend in so I don’t think I’d choose a color palette like this.
What about you? Would you pick this out at the paint store?
13 thoughts on “Color bravado”
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What a blast of colour. That’s what I would call eye candy.
Not really to my liking. Looks a bit like a doll house. But the fence looks nice!
Here in New England, there are lots of big Victorian-era houses that, when first built, were painted in fairly bright colors with several shades of complimentary trim colors.
Over the decades, tastes changed and these houses were re-painted (and re-re-painted) with more conservative colors. This is what we all got used to as we grew up.
Now tastes have changed again and many folks are going back to the original colors. They’re actually taking paint chips and having them microscopically analyzed to determine what the original colors were.
The results are sometimes a bit of a shock, but, after a while you sort-of get used to the new brightness of color. It’s catching on – probably it’s a good thing.
You house however is way too whacko for my taste.
In my neighborhood this color combination would really stand out, and, unfortunately, be considered outlandish. I wouldn’t be brave enough to consider it myself, but I definitely enjoy the house as it is!
Nice to see but to stay in… hmmm… may be not.
Great framing!
Like the colors but NOT for a house. Does remind me a bit of some Victorian homes in San Francisco.
I’m glad I don’t live next door. I mean, really, who could sleep with all that yellow seeping in through the windows?
There’s a house in east Ocala which when purchased a few years ago was painted bright orange by the new owners. Ghastly! It’s still there. It’s been for sale now for a few years Nobody’s buying.
Wow, I always wonder about houses painted like this… but to each his own (as long as they’re not next door! lol…
Caribbean colours. Love it!
oh, i like it a lot! but i would never paint my house (if i had one) like that.
but still… houses around our place/new england are often quite colorful and i really like it!
Oh, my. The house is too big to pull off the yellow and purple. In my humble opinion, it would need to be a small beach cottage to work. And that accompanying orange fence? Well..that’s just way over the top. Perhaps they’re intentionally trying to drive their neighbors away. 🙂
Robert Wilson’s explanation is the one I would have given. Tastes for antique homes have shifted from brilliant to bland and sometimes back to brilliant. If the work was done well and fit the home, I would be OK with it. But, this is an academic question because my Florida home has strong design restrictions and my Connecticut home is in a 1920s neighborhood where this would not work.
I wouldn’t personally choose those colors – but at least it is tidy. I think I’d rather have a tidy bright house than a messy paler house. My oldest daughter would definitely choose those colors – and she’s 46 – she does love her bright colors.