Is that cami or giraffe?

and on the front porch is a touch of Burberry Plaid

seagrass_gw

Is that cami or giraffe?

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Cheetah & Burberry

So odd that interior is so conventional. As to outside, somebody likes to paint!

If there are children, does that make them Chicago Cubs?

Obviously, someone hates their neighbors. Looks like retribution paint to me.

There was once a lavender cottage in our town. You could see if from the parking lot of a local pizza shop.

Not as offensive, but, I always imagined the neighbors giving directions......."When you turn onto my street I'm the third house from the purple one.

Recently, I noticed it was painted and so I guess it has new owners.

Yes, there must be a back story to this home.

I don't know, for what it is it is very well executed so I don't think this is retribution, I think they probably like it. There is a house a block from mine that is brighter than Yield sign yellow and the owners are quite happy with it.

It's just down from the old Purple Hotel, right? (For the rest of you, it was a hotel, I think a Hilton? Hyatt? That was, as far back as anyone remembers, purple. Eventually it became know only as "the purple hotel", and the last owner named it that. I guess making it official was its undoing because, sadly, now it's gone.)

My son almost due south, next time I go visit I'll cruise the neighborhood to see the Cheetah!

I just noticed that the porch is Burberry.

Agree that a lot of time and effort went into that, especially the Burberry fabric 'draped' effect, which even goes up to the edge of the roof and the porch ceiling. If the cheetah part were painted the tan background of the Burberry part, it might be quite attractive.

I rather like the Burberry draping. I'm not kidding. It's amazing.

rawr

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Thank God it's not in my neighborhood.

I'm guessing there's no HOA in that area.

We painted our house a medium yellow with white trim and added a small amount of "yield sign" yellow along the eaves. Pretty soon we got a nasty-gram from the HOA about the bright yellow color.

Donna

I would much rather have a house like this, which actually has been painted and appears to have a well-maintained yard next to me that something with peeling paint, an overgrown or bald yard, a yard full of toys and old playsets left out in all sorts of weather, a hoarder house, or a house full of loud disrepectful people next to me.

I would probably rather have this next to me than a giant new build that loomed over the neighborhood. I don't care for the color of my neighbors' house at all (and it touches mine), but they keep it well maintained, so I don't feel like it's up to me to dictate their esthetic sensibilities.

It makes me smile and I admire the courage shown to paint it. As others have said, it is very well executed. Would I do it? Hell damn no, but I would love to walk by it everyday ( around the corner :D )

I really like the burberry, the railings are red too which totally works. The cheetah part is growing on me. I would love to live in a neighborhood of older homes in unique styles.

regular old newish colonials just really do not lend themselves to imparting your own unique style to the outside too much.

I pass a house everyday that has similar colors to the restaurant pic that chijim posted on another thread. I LOVE it! it is close to the road and on a busier road, but I so just want to go in it every day when I pass by. it is so welcoming.

I am with pal on this, I have been working with town hall because an orginal owner without children died an left her house to friend's granddaughter who lives on the other cost. It has been vacant and untouched for five years and lawn and house are in terrible disrepair. I would much rather live near whimsy and loved than empty and neglected

When I lived in Venice, there was a house (not all that close to mine) that was painted like a flag with red and white stripes plus the blue patch with white stars. When you get closer to the boardwalk, there are a lot of murals painted on walls in Venice, and I'm not talking about graffiti, but they are on commercial buildings.

Here's an apartment building in Venice, turned into a hotel. Here's an apartment building that is still apartments.

bpathome

It's
just down from the old Purple Hotel, right? (For the rest of you, it
was a hotel, I think a Hilton? Hyatt? That was, as far back as anyone
remembers, purple. Eventually it became know only as "the purple hotel",
and the last owner named it that. I guess making it official was its
undoing because, sadly, now it's gone.)

My son almost due south, next time I go visit I'll cruise the neighborhood to see the Cheetah!

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The purple Hyatt was a few miles west of Roger's Park in the burb of Lincolnwood

It was demolished in 2013