How about pink lawn flamingos?
Christmas decorations. Lots of them.
Never take them down.
Back when I lived in Austin, a house had a huge poster? painting? of one of the local bats. Not Halloween-y, very realistic, and it looked great.
Glow in the dark paint, so that your house glows at night
A giant portrait of your neighbor.
Several easy ideas that don’t require more than basic brush skills.
Calvin peeing on whatever. Google image search for references.
I was going to suggest getting some local taggers to assist you, but it sounds like there might not be many in your area.
That gives me an idea - how about a tv test pattern?
It’s OK, you might have mentioned it but I think you got away with it…
Paint artificial lines semi-vertically that make the house appear skewed,like this
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With a name like that, it occurred to me that a little bit of subtle humor might do well.
Paint a big giant door, as plain or fancy as you like [Or, encompassing Digs’ description, make it a Shinto tori or a doorway to a Zen temple.], and put…
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…over the top
Locals will probably understand the joke; people who are just visiting might not get it.
—G!
A thousand pictures can be
drawn from one word
Only who is the artist
We got to agree
. --John Lodge (Moody Blues)
. I’m just a singer…
. Seventh Sojourn
Swap out blue for purple and red for orange. Weird as hell without being disrespectful.
Or, you know, I like the Venus De Millo idea, maybe put a mustache on her ribcage?
If you’ve got the artistic chops, you could make a painted window. The view “through” the window could be what would be seen inside if it were a real window, or it could be a scene of you doing something interesting inside, or it could be a view into a fancy dream house.
Or you could go with a very realistic painted door.
The power and majesty of the Three Wolf Mooncan not be underestimated.
I’m also partial to See Rock City barnsand such…
An ear of corn?
An anthropomorphic blender?
A misspelled word?
A really big ruler?
Krtek the Little Mole?