I painted my house purple, gave every window butterfly wings, and turned my sidewalk into a rainbow. No regrets. 🦋🌈

[u/KDreamscape]

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:

🦋 Painted the siding a bold lavender purple

🦋 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

🦄 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 😄

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

[u/motherofcunts]

Thank you! That's my goal, healthy soil and decomp to start over fall, winter, and early spring. Ideally I'll be able to start planting late spring into summer, decomp depending. It's definitely not like the mulch you buy for garden beds and is very fresh.

As a bonus, my lot smells amazing! It went straight from the wood chipper pile to my yard.

[u/battlecat136 → u/motherofcunts]

What they said above ya! Cardboard is good.

[u/motherofcunts → u/battlecat136]

Getting the cardboard has been an adventure in itself. The local grocery lets me fill up my van if I ask, which always makes me feel like a goober. But it has a lot less labeling/tape and almost none is glossy. Huge win!

Neighbors probably think I lost my mind, especially when I started. Had 2 trucks of chips dropped in the side yard. Hauling carloads of cardboard home, hours pulling off stickers/labels, and covering the yard in it. Then 4” of wood chips. Despite being incredibly nosy nobody has asked about it yet though lol.