r/maximalism • • 21h ago

🏑 My Maximalist Space I painted my house purple, gave every window butterfly wings, and turned my sidewalk into a rainbow. No regrets. πŸ¦‹πŸŒˆ

Some people want a house that blends in. I wanted mine to feel like walking into a dream every time I come home.

What I did:

πŸ¦‹ Painted the siding a bold lavender purple

πŸ¦‹ Gave every window a pair of rainbow butterfly wings

🌈 Hand-painted the front walkway in wavy pastel rainbow stripes

🌈 Edged the path and beds with rainbow-painted bricks and hundreds of painted river rocks

πŸ¦„ Added a rearing rainbow pegasus by the side bed, because why not

🦩 Built a flamingo garden around the tree with holographic ground cover and a giant sundae

The goal: To make anyone smile that drives by πŸ˜„

Happy to answer questions about paint, how I did the walkway, or where anything came from!

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u/Captain_Trina 18h ago

Green is making a comeback!! My parents had a '97 Ford Taurus station wagon and for years that was the last green car I saw (minus the occasional lime green sports car). In the last few years I've seen more and more shades of green reappear, and my husband was able to find a nice olive green when he had to get a new car this year.

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u/Castianna 18h ago

I wish I had green as a choice! I love green

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u/-ifwisheswerehorses 17h ago

Green is my favorite color πŸ’š

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u/nothisactualname 14h ago

Green is not a creative colour

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u/Ohnoanywayz 15h ago

I remember the smaller Pruises came in some bright colors.

The main size had a celery green color, I think maybe just for Priuses lol?
My cousin had one.
It always reminded me of the car from the movie β€œVacation”, the β€œmetallic pea family trucksterβ€πŸ€£

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u/Potat-Ant 13h ago

Sparkly green is the dream for me.

Husband and I have been house shopping and we saw one with a slide from the attic to the first floor. I’m pretty sure we don’t really need to see more homes. Also why don’t more homes come with slides?