Sunday, May 3, 2009

change the outside


i need to paint my house. it's mardi gras colors which is both completely appropriate and inappropriate for new orleans. i was thinking taupe body with a natural door and aqua shutters or green/yellow with teal shutters and natural door. kindof like these mock-ups i tried...



there's a slate box underneath the enormous bush in front which is actually quite pretty (the box, not the bush. the bush: i can't even talk about-- it looks at tho it is eating our house.) i want to put bougainvilleas and poppy's and succulents and something tall and spindle-y and yellow, etc in the currently-hidden box to achieve this color palette:


i like the look of tamed wildness, not the oh-we-just-plum-forgot-about-that look. like this:

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