# Little pink houses... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330 "2007-04-09T15:53:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/1 "2007-04-09T15:53:47Z")
Ok, so most of y’all probably didn’t read the House Painting thread in IMHO where I mentioned that I was painting my house hot pink with mango and dark olive trim. Well, I did, just this past week. And here it is: [pink house](http://www.flickr.com/photos/7161556@N03/452505812/)!! (please ignore the horrible need for a good weed whacking, it was freakin’ 35 :eek: and sleeting in Austin this past weekend so the lawn looks miserably untidy) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/2 "2007-04-09T15:57:42Z")
Damn, that looks great! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/3 "2007-04-09T16:03:18Z")
That is certainly an eye-catching house. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/4 "2007-04-09T17:20:59Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Damn, that looks great! [/QUOTE] Thanks! I know it’s as obnoxious as heck and I’m sure my neighbors think I’m nuts but I’ve always wanted a little pink house. (although, truthfully, the pink turned out even brighter than I anticipated…🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/5 "2007-04-09T17:27:13Z")
That’s pink, all right. Very pink. I like it, that’s my favorite color. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/6 "2007-04-09T17:38:15Z")
I would totally want to be friends with a person who lived in a house like that! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/7 "2007-04-09T17:45:51Z")
[QUOTE=Eureka] That is certainly an eye-catching house. [/QUOTE] That’s one way to put it. That is an incredibly bright shade for a house. It looks pretty good though. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/8 "2007-04-09T18:36:55Z")
I have sheets that color! I call it _Rabid Barbie Pink_. I love your house and just think… The pizza guy will never have trouble with your delivery! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/9 "2007-04-09T18:46:08Z")
Yup, that’s pink. You obviously do not live within a Homeowner’s Association neighbourhood. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dying\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dying\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dying_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/10 "2007-04-09T19:01:22Z")
Looks great! It makes me want watermelon. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/11 "2007-04-09T19:05:04Z")
Wow! I think watermelon and Rabid Barbie about cover it. No-one will have trouble finding your place, that’s for sure. 🙂 When I rented a room in Oshawa, I tried to convince the owner of the house to paint the windowframes rainbow-coloured. He wouldn’t go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/12 "2007-04-09T19:49:22Z")
I think it looks awesome–very creative! [del]Of course, I’d be a mean person on April Fool’s Day or Hallowe’en and put up candy-shaped and marshmallow-shaped ornaments all over, but then I’m a bad person… ;)[/del] ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/13 "2007-04-09T20:01:46Z")
This song starting running in my brain, while reading this: [Little Boxes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVd9-i7abb4) ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/14 "2007-04-09T20:04:31Z")
I like it. It’s interesting. I think it works for the architectural style of your house in a way that it might not for a ranch house or a colonial. I think that the trimwork was a good color choice for the house. What color are the neighboring houses? Funny enough, I was driving around last week looking at house colors and seeing what combinations work and which ones don’t, and I must have seen at least seven or eight pink houses, one of which was aggressively pepto-bismol pink with matching pink trim. Except for pepto bismol house, the rest of them didn’t really stand out all that much. Did you use a high gloss, semi-gloss or flat? To me it looks like you used a semi gloss? Did your contractor open up that wall for the exterior door yet? ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/15 "2007-04-09T20:05:08Z")
Tacky as Hell! I LOVE it! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/16 "2007-04-09T20:59:09Z")
Screaming pink! Whoa! Your neighbors haven’t burned a cross on your yard or anything? Well, fuck 'em, I say. I love when people are allowed by law to express themselves with color. WooHOO! ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/17 "2007-04-09T21:18:27Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Yup, that’s pink. You obviously do not live within a Homeowner’s Association neighbourhood. 😃 [/QUOTE] Nope, it’s an ancient neighborhood and I’d like to see 'em try. The house next door still has chickens and, truthfully, a lot of my neighborhood is Mexican so my house doesn’t really look that out of place. > [@Caffeine.addict](#): > > Did you use a high gloss, semi-gloss or flat? To me it looks like you used a semi gloss? > > Did your contractor open up that wall for the exterior door yet? It’s a flat paint but it rained last night so there’s bit of a sheen. And the green is actually a bit more olive and less evergreen than it looks wet. I’m still waiting on the door I special ordered to come in but the painter guy was anxious to get started (and get paid) so he promised that they’ll come back and finish out the new door and trim when it’s installed. I also think I’m gonna paint the porch floor to match the house, I think it looks weird leaving it grey like I did. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/18 "2007-04-09T21:47:36Z")
I love it - reminds me of houses in the Caribbean. Very cool! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/19 "2007-04-10T00:42:02Z")
Seeing that your photostream includes a pink rug and a pink comforter (?) it seems that must be your favorite color? ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330/20 "2007-04-10T01:11:20Z")
Actually like it more than I thought before seeing the pic. I’d be nervous going that bright, but the trim looks good. Reminds me of a bungalow nearby that’s painted orange, peach, and green, with a red door. Sounds crazy, but looks good. Of course, I live in a [gay South Beach Art Deco](http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/seaworthy82/homesweethome.jpg) apartment… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-pink-houses/399330.md?page=2)