Is this a stupid idea?

[Yvonne G]

I'm pretty conservative in the way I want my property to look. My house is painted gray with white trim and a tiny bead of black around the windows.

I have an old, vacant house behind my house. I don't paint it because it's just a shack, an overgrown storage shed. But I do take care of the front of it in keeping with keeping my property looking nice. Here's a picture of a bit of my house showing the old house behind:




And here's a closer picture of just the old house:




As you can clearly see, the plywood on the front porch of the old house is in dire need of being repainted. i have this crazy idea I'd like to paint the panels different colors. See the little flower pots behind the cactus? There are four colors on them, turquoise, yellow, orange and lime green. I'd like to paint each plywood panel one of those colors, leaving the strip between the panels white.

Is this a stupid idea? Be honest.

 

[Jacqui]

Honest? I LOVE it!!! OF course, I tend to make my place rather colorful, so keep that in mind.

 

[kdub]

I say go for it! It will look nice!

 

[jeffjeff]

i like to use a lot of bright colours . some how it makes things seem happy to me. you should see our house lol. its like a rainbow inside. we have a yellow living room, blue kitchen and laundry room, red hall way, purple bedroom, the 2 oldest girls room is pink and white, the baby's room is violet the bathrooms are white with multi coloured mosaic tiles. so i say go for it. you can always paint over it if you don't like it.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Yes! You should It'll be happy and fun.
We're working on painting a giant cat onto our garage (oh gosh, another pic I should take! ) simply because the paint is so old and peely it's be waste of money trying to make it look new and 'presentable'.
I vote do tortoises too... than it's a tortoise shed

 

[Tom]

I prefer a more minimalist approach that does not attract attention. Especially with all my torts around.

I don't run any bumper stickers on my car either...

 

[newCH]

The colors sounds like a fun idea ! Try it, if you dont like it in the end,
you could always paint the boards brown to look like before.

 

[Yvonne G]

Actually the boards used to be gray, but the paint's peeling off.

Kelly: You can't see that area from the street. It's on the side of my house and sort of like a court yard area.

 

[phebe121]

You should it would be cute

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Actually the boards used to be gray, but the paint's peeling off.

Kelly: You can't see that area from the street. It's on the side of my house and sort of like a court yard area.

Even better then, if people will be able to see it!

For some reason, it's a little satisfying to have strangers think you're crazy ...

 

[Jacqui]

If you try it and don't like it, what's the harm? Just repaint it. I was thinking about this thread, as I was out painting some fence posts a lavender shade....

 

[Yvonne G]

Ok...I'm gonna' go for it. My grand daughter in New York sent me a $50 gift cert. from Lowe's. Now I know what I'm going to spend it on. I have to wait until the weather dries out, but I'll send pictures when I'm finished.

 

[Jacqui]

*high five*

 

[Yvonne G]

 

[gingerbee]

Ok...I'm gonna' go for it. My grand daughter in New York sent me a $50 gift cert. from Lowe's. Now I know what I'm going to spend it on. I have to wait until the weather dries out, but I'll send pictures when I'm finished.

Yea I think it will look great especially with
The cactus in front!!!

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

that doesn't seem very tortoise forums appropriate.

 

[Delilah1623]

I think it would be really cute. And maybe a cute little southwest style ceramic wall thingy in the middle of each one?

 

[ascott]

LMAOffff missy......thrust away....

 

[dmmj]

As usual, I am a day late, and a dollar short.

 

[Jacqui]

As usual, I am a day late, and a dollar short.

*hands David a dollar* Now you are just a day late.