Inman Park's Fun Figure Fence

<span style="font-weight: bold;">We cruised through Atlanta's Inman Park today</span> and took some pictures of a great fence belonging to a corner bungalow.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3776024791/" title="P7310682-Inman-Park-Figure-Fence-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7310682-Inman-Park-Figure-Fence-Detail" height="305" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/3776024791_be62a9a190_o.jpg" width="535" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So few designs are fun:</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3776830534/" title="P7310683-Inman-Park-Figure-Fence-LongView by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7310683-Inman-Park-Figure-Fence-LongView" height="338" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2534/3776830534_680d880cbf.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who lives here?</span> What's it like inside? It's a lot bigger than it looks.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3776830702/" title="P7310684-Inman-Park-Figure-Fence-And-Porch by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7310684-Inman-Park-Figure-Fence-And-Porch" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2487/3776830702_bd588d8ae0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I think a circa 1920's bungalow (might be older) should look it age. The hydrangeas have done their color duty and but continue their work in form, texture, and fading.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3776084619/" title="P7310684-Inman-Park-Figure-Fence-And-Porch-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7310684-Inman-Park-Figure-Fence-And-Porch-Detail" height="484" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2629/3776084619_deb0315780.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />But I'm easy to please. This is just one detail on one house on a street you might not even find.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Terry

Inman Park's Fun Figure Fence

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We cruised through Atlanta's Inman Park today and took some pictures of a great fence belonging to a corner bungalow.So few designs are fun:Who lives here? What's it like inside? It's a lot bigger than it looks.I think a circa 1920's bungalow (might … Read more »

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Faux Painting the Patio

<span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses is hosting her "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look.</a> Today, I'm hooked on our little patio. I'm also participating in my second <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch</a>!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We never go out there but it is a decorating opportunity</span>. Gordon made us realize our bedroom overlooks a "driveway." It could actually look good and make our bedroom look better. As <a href="http://taradillard.blogspot.com/">Tara Dillard would say, it will create a "vanishing threshold"</a> that brings inside out and outside in.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here it is after 18 years in the woods</span> - 155" by 60" about 65 square feet.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3773349152/" title="DirtyPatioDSCF0148 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DirtyPatioDSCF0148" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3773349152_a8d6ab817e_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">After the pressure wash:</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3772542887/" title="CleanPatioDSCF0151 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="CleanPatioDSCF0151" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3597/3772542887_70606a9975_o.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is the pattern.</span> Thanks to Dave (best math guy I know) for sending it to me. The problem was how to get full "tiles" along the width between door and the edge,<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3772551385/" title="TileSquare by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="TileSquare" height="120" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3772551385_135a7ccf7b_o.png" width="310" /></a><br />Tiles will be in 3 "whole" rows.<br />Tiles will be yellow and red.<br />There will be a 2" black border.<br />"Grout lines" will be 1 1/2" black (change our mind on this).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are the colors:</span> They complement our bedroom. The aren't matches but we have yellows and reds scattered about the room.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is all very bright but the theory</span> is the colors will fade behind the leafy, dirty, dusty layer of outdoor stuff get's on there. This is in fact what has happened.<br /><br />Benjamin Moore Floor and Patio Paint, oil based.<table style="width: 681px; height: 166px;" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10"><tbody><tr><td width="50%" bgcolor="#ffc616">2020-30 "Sparkling Sun"</td><td width="50%"><p><strong>Yellow faux tiles</strong>.<br /><br /></p></td></tr><tr><td width="50%" bgcolor="#b44934">2007-20 "Sly Cherry"</td><td width="50%"><p><strong>Red faux tiles.<br /><br /></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="50%" bgcolor="#000000">"Black"</td><td width="50%"><strong>The faux grout<br /></strong>We didn't need it.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I had to use the Pythagorean theorem to figure out the dimensions.</span> (Fortunately I went to Ga Tech and had a calculator that could do square roots. That was easy enough but laying it out gave me a headache. I drew two sets of pencil lines, both wrong. Finally #1 son helped me do it with masking tape and I was good to go.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ere it is after one coat with masking tape is still on.</span> I think one coat is enough; we're trying to be a bit outdoorsy-rustic.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3773349094/" title="PaintedMaskFrenchDoorsDSCF0158 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PaintedMaskFrenchDoorsDSCF0158" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3773349094_c55f5664cf_o.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We don't need to paint the grout lines.</span> The old concrete is perfect as is. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Removing the tape was the most pleasant painting experience I've ever had</span>. Look at those edges, corners and even tiles.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3773349134/" title="PatioNoTapeCloseDSCF0162 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PatioNoTapeCloseDSCF0162" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2491/3773349134_f375e25ac9_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please notice the all important Deep Woods Off</span>. As my brother Kenny says, "it's a little buggy out there."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here it is in it's grimy goodness, I scrub it a little each spring:</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2943748746/" title="PA140940LowerPaladianWall by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140940LowerPaladianWall" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2943748746_5a24cf3e2d.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2943748926/" title="PA140945PatioToNNW by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140945PatioToNNW" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2943748926_f1466b569d.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is our somewhat vanishing threshold.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I can't really show you all the stuff in the the bedroom</span> that pulls the colors (green carpet with black, brownish, reddish, yellowish) and the textures.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2942891255/" title="PA140992MbrWindowToSouth by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140992MbrWindowToSouth" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2942891255_4dbd4601a5.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2943750048/" title="PA140989OutMbrEastWindows by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140989OutMbrEastWindows" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2943750048_a3a2d5df49.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2942891023/" title="PA140986MbrToESE by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140986MbrToESE" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/2942891023_da84f7c82f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2943749858/" title="PA140985MbrToENE by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140985MbrToENE" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2943749858_9058c262e1.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is the ancient view:</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3208683024/" title="PB090085TilePatioBW by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PB090085TilePatioBW" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/3208683024_0244f0cf10.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br />Y'all are so nice to come by<br />Thanks,<br />Terry<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Here is thy way back to the Hooked on Houses "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look</a><br /><br />If you are more ambitious about painting smoother concrete, here is an amazing painted "rug" at the Academy Theater in Atlanta's Avondale Estates.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3261643337/" title="P2071992-Academy-Theater-Painted-Floor by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P2071992-Academy-Theater-Painted-Floor" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3261643337_7fc71d8c0d.jpg" width="500" /></a></span><br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362953027181413218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySMVu0cKuvj4XB9Z0BPN-KhRu4m55279twyAb7K0Mhp0O2PM-_1gnazZM-bOhH210QcProraV-3Fu6b1-UbBZFXCDQDgTL3JpawI6YYu09Qt-8bmixQFOmhGrdHbuyckX1fAPBxlDUMdU/s400/MetamorphosisMondayLogo.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 253px;" /></a>

Faux Painting the Patio

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Hooked on Houses is hosting her "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look. Today, I'm hooked on our little patio. I'm also participating in my second Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch!We never go out t… Read more »

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Before / After

<span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses is hosting her "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look.</a> This week I'm hooked on the change to our house. This is just a taste. You can make each picture bigger: Click the picture and select "all sizes." I'm also participating in my first <span style="font-weight: bold;">Metamorphosis Monday at </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Between Naps on the Porch</a>! Hope I'm doing it right.</span><br /><br />The neighborhood, Morningside, had been down and was coming back. It's a post-war minimal traditional built in 1950. The first owners enclosed the porch, added a laundry room / workshop and raised 3 children. I was raised in a house almost exactly like this.<br /><br />We bought it in 1977. We stared having our children in 1983. In 1988 <a href="http://208.112.107.108/bio_billharrison.cfm">Bill Harrison</a>, a friend from my Georgia Tech days and Gordon Stringer, a local designer began to transform our house.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3751144796/" title="1978-Facade by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="1978-Facade" height="348" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/3751144796_ed6c96f5f5.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3207836421/" title="PB090104BunnyBW by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PB090104BunnyBW" height="640" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3207836421_e3da2e153c_o.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3068048775/" title="PB271390-Going-Home by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PB271390-Going-Home" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3068048775_2ddfbae595.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3340297294/" title="P3072301-Reeder-Pink-Poinsettia by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P3072301-Reeder-Pink-Poinsettia" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3383/3340297294_c4c278e135.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br />Here is the east facade from the Rock Creek ravine. Very tough to get a picture from down here.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3751145226/" title="1978-East-Facade by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="1978-East-Facade" height="364" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/3751145226_248c1638c0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3751145462/" title="2008-East-Facade-From-ESE by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2008-East-Facade-From-ESE" height="297" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3751145462_ef10923c5c.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3750353881/" title="PC061459-2008-East-Face-From-SE by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC061459-2008-East-Face-From-SE" height="393" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/3750353881_53d86f11a8.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2943748926/" title="PA140945PatioToNNW by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140945PatioToNNW" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2943748926_f1466b569d.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3207836227/" title="PB090085TilePatio by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PB090085TilePatio" height="640" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3457/3207836227_7e5c944345_o.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><br />The north facade didn't change much but we got a great elevated porch and good place for parties.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3751145012/" title="1978-Rear-Facade by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="1978-Rear-Facade" height="351" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3516/3751145012_13b0033781.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/499700355/" title="P5140157 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P5140157" height="375" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/191/499700355_15668a1e37.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Gordon told us to paint the ceiling blue. We did and the porch went from feeling too high to feeling cozy.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2942889757/" title="PA140934TallViewOfPorchToSouth by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140934TallViewOfPorchToSouth" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/2942889757_b2867ecdfe.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />As many pictures as I've taken, a post like this make me realize that I haven't taken nearly enough.<br /><br />You can see <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/sets/72157608248595964/">some of the insides here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362953027181413218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySMVu0cKuvj4XB9Z0BPN-KhRu4m55279twyAb7K0Mhp0O2PM-_1gnazZM-bOhH210QcProraV-3Fu6b1-UbBZFXCDQDgTL3JpawI6YYu09Qt-8bmixQFOmhGrdHbuyckX1fAPBxlDUMdU/s400/MetamorphosisMondayLogo.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 253px;" /></a><br /><br /><br />And thanks to <a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses</a>.<br /><br />Terry

Before / After

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Hooked on Houses is hosting her "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look. This week I'm hooked on the change to our house. This is just a taste. You can make each picture bigger: Click the picture and select "all siz… Read more »

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Shutters? Louvers? Curtains? Heliodons? a video

<a href="http://www.lightroom.tv/"><span>Lightroom Studio an architecture / des</span>ign shop in Decatur, Georgia</a> modeled their building and used a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliodon">heliodon</a> to understand how to manage the sunlight, pretty important in a modern design.<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kmi7x-dVk3I&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kmi7x-dVk3I&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br />Trees play a huge part managing Atlanta's summer sun. It get wawm down here. Probably does where you live too.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Terry<br /><br />You might enjoy following <a href="http://twitter.com/LightroomStudio">Lightroom Studio on Twitter</a>.

Shutters? Louvers? Curtains? Heliodons? a video

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Lightroom Studio an architecture / design shop in Decatur, Georgia modeled their building and used a heliodon to understand how to manage the sunlight, pretty important in a modern design.Trees play a huge part managing Atlanta's summer sun. It get w… Read more »

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Not design - the "pusher car"

This is a guy thing.<br /><br />Update: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/sets/72157622539933778/">The Stockbridge Emission Center Pusher Car is the winner of the 2009 Henry County Fair Demolition Derby!!</a><br /><br />We are very fortunate to have auto mechanics in the family. They don't work for free but we can whine about our cars at family gatherings. From my "man" standpoint, I love the shop, I love the smell, the practicality, the problem solving, and I particularly love the <a href="http://tk-jk.net/sec/">Stockbridge Emissions</a> pusher car.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3731233106/" title="P7170665-Stockbridge-Emissions-Pusher-Car by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7170665-Stockbridge-Emissions-Pusher-Car" height="361" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/3731233106_214e4f3833.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />You have to move dead cars around but tow trucks are expensive. So you need a pusher. Here is the carefully crafted business end:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3731233184/" title="P7170666-Stockbridge-Emissions-Pusher-Car-Business-End by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7170666-Stockbridge-Emissions-Pusher-Car-Business-End" height="316" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/3731233184_3dd2e16a32.jpg" width="500" /></a>

Not design - the "pusher car"

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This is a guy thing.Update: The Stockbridge Emission Center Pusher Car is the winner of the 2009 Henry County Fair Demolition Derby!!We are very fortunate to have auto mechanics in the family. They don't work for free but we can whine about our cars … Read more »

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My Kenneth Turner Candle from Cote de Texas has arrived

I commented on "<a href="http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2009/06/help-celebrate-cote-de-texas-second.html">Help Celebrate Cote de Texas' Second Birthday With A Giveaway!</a>" And what do you know, I won: <a href="http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2009/07/cote-de-texas-second-anniversary.html">Cote de Texas' Second Anniversary Winners!</a>" Thanks so much.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3730437937/" title="P7170671-Candle-From-Joni-Card-Unopend-Box by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7170671-Candle-From-Joni-Card-Unopend-Box" height="410" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/3730437937_acf86227b5.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />How about this autographed "Joni Webb" card?<br /><br />Where to put it? I think it will migrate around the house. I'm almost looking forward to the next power outage to fire this baby up - almost. I think having some folks over for a little candlelight dinner would be better.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3731233484/" title="P7170673-Candle-From-Joni by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7170673-Candle-From-Joni" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2450/3731233484_8518d5a40c.jpg" width="434" /></a><br /><br />I'm not worthy but I am grateful for the candle and for <a href="http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/">Joni's Cote de Texas Blog</a>.

My Kenneth Turner Candle from Cote de Texas has arrived

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I commented on "Help Celebrate Cote de Texas' Second Birthday With A Giveaway!" And what do you know, I won: Cote de Texas' Second Anniversary Winners!" Thanks so much.How about this autographed "Joni Webb" card?Where to put it? I think it will migra… Read more »

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Jeff's Shutters #2

<span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses is hosting her "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look.</a> This week I'm hooked on Jeff's Shutters again. Do you remember the <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2009/05/jeffs-shutters.html">original Jeff's Shutters post</a>? A lot of nice folks left great comments.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jeff needs your comments again because...<br /><br />Jeff has changed the colors</span>. He's started building the hardware, removed all the old shutters and painted the windows.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In the original post Gordon and Jeff had designed new shutters,</span> and selected colors for the shutters and for the window muntins. It was controversial. Family harmony was at stake. Dogs and cats were sleeping together.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">They did a test. I took some pictures and did some PhotoShopping.</span> Here are the original black, non-functional shutters. The test is in the lower right.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3541091124/" title="P5170189-Ashworth-House-Photo-Shop-Shutters-As-Is by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P5170189-Ashworth-House-Photo-Shop-Shutters-As-Is" height="373" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/3541091124_497e8b2481.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The muntins have gone white and the latest shutter color is California Paint "Pettingill Sage" Hist144.</span> Here is the sample.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3727106575/" title="P7160657-Jeff-Shutters-Closeup by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7160657-Jeff-Shutters-Closeup" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3469/3727106575_6f2e384a9a.jpg" width="340" /></a><br /><br />Let's go though the progression via my amateur Photoshop Elements, skills.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Shutters:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3541091124/" title="P5170189-Ashworth-House-Photo-Shop-Shutters-As-Is by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P5170189-Ashworth-House-Photo-Shop-Shutters-As-Is" height="373" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/3541091124_497e8b2481.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Photoshopped bluish shutters:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3540281241/" title="P5170189-Ashworth-House-Photo-Shop-Shutters by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P5170189-Ashworth-House-Photo-Shop-Shutters" height="373" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/3540281241_d4c19a0cbc.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Removing the shutters changed the house big time</span>. I almost snapped my neck as I drove by. I asked Jeff if he'd considered no shutters. He said emphatically, "these shutters are going up."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3727109995/" title="P7160662-Jeff-Shutters-Front-Facade-No-Shutters-2 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7160662-Jeff-Shutters-Front-Facade-No-Shutters-2" height="383" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/3727109995_23dd97aaf0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Photshopped Pettingill Sage </span>(I don't have the correct colors and don't know how to manange the sun and shade.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3727969090/" title="P7160662-Photo-Shopped-Front-Shutters-Darker by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7160662-Photo-Shopped-Front-Shutters-Darker" height="383" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3727969090_9571e50d00.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It's a corner lot, here is the other facade</span> with original black stick-on shutters:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3543198260/" title="P5180190-Ashworth-Side-Shutters-Before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P5180190-Ashworth-Side-Shutters-Before" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/3543198260_aa90ac9c43.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Photoshopped with the bluish shutters:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3542390421/" title="P5180190-Ashworth-Side-Shutters-After by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P5180190-Ashworth-Side-Shutters-After" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2476/3542390421_8732a380b3.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The no shutter look. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is Jeff.</span> He's horsing the shutters around so I can get some pictures. Did I mention that he built the shutters himself? Well he did.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3727106863/" title="P7160656-Jeff-Shutters-Jeff-Totes-Shutter-For-Shoot by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7160656-Jeff-Shutters-Jeff-Totes-Shutter-For-Shoot" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3727106863_5ac9b73e4f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Photoshopped sage shutters.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3727910736/" title="P7160661-Jeff-Shutters-Side-With-Photoshop-Sage-Shutters by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7160661-Jeff-Shutters-Side-With-Photoshop-Sage-Shutters" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2642/3727910736_84d5387c43.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">It's a great corner lot in the Lenox Park</span> area of Atlanta's Morningside / Lenox Park neighborhood.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3727908664/" title="P7160663-Jeff-Shutters-House-From-Back by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7160663-Jeff-Shutters-House-From-Back" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3727908664_883308a26b.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Thanks so much,<br />Terry

Jeff's Shutters #2

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Hooked on Houses is hosting her "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look. This week I'm hooked on Jeff's Shutters again. Do you remember the original Jeff's Shutters post? A lot of nice folks left great comments.Jeff… Read more »

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a masterpiece of the highest order...

<span style="font-size:78%;">Treat your ears today...from your rock 'n' roll Architecture Tourists. Even grown men might need hankies for this one.</span><br /><br />"As for the Messiah, it's like Michelangelo's 'Creation of Adam,' one of those rare works that appeal immediately to everyone and yet is indisputably a masterpiece of the highest order." <a href="http://www.guba.com/watch/2000890362?duration_step=0&fields=23&filter_tiny=0&pp=40&query=civilisation&sb=10&set=-1&sf=0&size_step=0&o=7&sample=1228570674:3e8b6f6dffa49cfeb63b185244fbd82466ac5ce2"><span style="font-style: italic;">Kenneth Clark, Civilization</span></a>.<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pjLaSMf0jjk&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pjLaSMf0jjk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">20. Air (or Duet) Anne Sofie von Otter - mezzo-soprano </span><br />He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. <br />(Isaiah 40: 11)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sylvia McNair - soprano (at 2:12) get out your handkerchiefs</span><br />Come unto Him, all ye that labour, come unto Him that are heavy laden, and He will give you rest.<br />Take his yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. <br />(Matthew 11: 28-29) <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">21. Chorus (at 5:18)</span><br />His yoke is easy, and His burden is light. <br />(Matthew 11: 30) <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">22. Chorus (at 7:38)</span><br />Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. <br />(John 1: 29)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Academy and Chorus of St Martin in the Fields</span><br />Sir Neville Marriner ( conductor )<br />Dublin 1992<br /><br />Here are all the words to <a href="http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/messiah.htm">Handel's Messiah</a>.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Terry

a masterpiece of the highest order...

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Treat your ears today...from your rock 'n' roll Architecture Tourists. Even grown men might need hankies for this one."As for the Messiah, it's like Michelangelo's 'Creation of Adam,' one of those rare works that appeal immediately to everyone and ye… Read more »

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We want to live in a tropical/colorful place

Off 11th street in Midtown Atlanta:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3196526657/" title="P1141695-11th-Midtown-Rainbow by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1141695-11th-Midtown-Rainbow" height="304" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/3196526657_6c34ff933d.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />When Jo Ann and I are cruising and see something like this, we both say, "Why can't we live in a place like this?" I mean a place where you can be this colorful. I locked on to <a href="http://southernaspirations.blogspot.com/2009/06/coastal-chic-jaunt-to-stuart-florida.html">Southern Aspirations post about Stuart Florida</a> (see her picture of the "Colorado Hotel" towards the bottom) and realize that I'm searching Atlanta for just such a colorful place.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3197370586/" title="P1141698-11th-Green-Greek-Revival by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1141698-11th-Green-Greek-Revival" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3197370586_5a4c8a783c.jpg" width="451" /></a><br /><br />Some commercial places can do it like Habersham Gardens:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3552514347/" title="P5200203-Habersham-Gardens-Colorful-Sheds by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P5200203-Habersham-Gardens-Colorful-Sheds" height="254" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3603/3552514347_e903c5feaa.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3583189925/" title="P5310304-Habersham-Green-Brick-Shed by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P5310304-Habersham-Green-Brick-Shed" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3383/3583189925_5d6b84def9.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br />Or the Irwin Street Market:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3640276410/" title="P6180409-Irwin-Street-Market-South-Facade by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P6180409-Irwin-Street-Market-South-Facade" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3640276410_fefee09a6b.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />And there are 3 pink houses in Ansley Park:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3102298269/" title="PC121500Pink-Ansley-1 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC121500Pink-Ansley-1" height="369" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/3102298269_944f064216.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />But only the older, funky neighborhoods and architecture can dare the colors. Like the MLK district in the Old 4th Ward.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3218314949/" title="P1221777-Wigwam-LottaFruita by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1221777-Wigwam-LottaFruita" height="800" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3218314949_11aa883aac_o.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br />Or this pink one in Cabbage Town within sight of Oakland Cemetary:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3218452520/" title="P1211741-Pink-SCabbageTown by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1211741-Pink-SCabbageTown" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/3218452520_a50f50effc.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />The Wigwam condo is a treat<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3219167050/" title="P1221785-Wigwam-Fountain by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1221785-Wigwam-Fountain" height="800" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/3219167050_c4302a7c78_o.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br />This pink mill house in Scottdale is a favorite:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3185983845/" title="P1091658-Pink-House-Scottdale-GA by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1091658-Pink-House-Scottdale-GA" height="461" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/3185983845_675209d3d7.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />The black house in Atkins Park isn't a tropical color but it has palms:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3082926444/" title="PC041430-Black-House-Poncey by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC041430-Black-House-Poncey" height="281" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/3082926444_0804cdc0bf.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />You can get away with a yellow house on a few streets in Morningside:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3011355119/" title="P7030616-Highland-Rainbow-Yello-2Story by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P7030616-Highland-Rainbow-Yello-2Story" height="319" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/3011355119_4cfa97f537.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />You can paint your trim pink in Virginia Higlands:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3329169126/" title="P3022268-Barnett-VirginiaCircleSand-White-Pink-Door-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P3022268-Barnett-VirginiaCircleSand-White-Pink-Door-Detail" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3329169126_ff7e32f865.jpg" width="497" /></a><br /><br />There is Pink Mirror Fence in Oakhurst, certainly a license for color:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3218452556/" title="P1211743-OakGrove-PinkMirrowFence by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1211743-OakGrove-PinkMirrowFence" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3310/3218452556_14333c67cf.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />This blue one in Poncey Highlands even makes dead Kudzu look good:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3093247268/" title="PC071480-Blue-Vernaclar-With-Skyline-View by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC071480-Blue-Vernaclar-With-Skyline-View" height="485" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3093247268_540995fd4e.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Even the dark red brick of the Virginia Cotton Docks looks a bit tropical with the overflowing bush thing (Know what it is?).<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3640271882/" title="P6180395-Virginia-Cotton-Docks-Street-Front-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P6180395-Virginia-Cotton-Docks-Street-Front-Detail" height="316" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/3640271882_16ac98e84f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Oh well, this post is just making me more envious. I have many more of these pictures for another day.

We want to live in a tropical/colorful place

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Off 11th street in Midtown Atlanta:When Jo Ann and I are cruising and see something like this, we both say, "Why can't we live in a place like this?" I mean a place where you can be this colorful. I locked on to Southern Aspirations post about Stuart… Read more »

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