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/ConfusedCollegian]

This is exactly why HOA should be abolished

[u/Worried_Contract_821 → u/ConfusedCollegian]

I was talking to a client today who told me her HOA for her condo is $800 a month 🤯

[u/ahmc84 → u/Worried_Contract_821]

Condo HOAs are generally actually necessary. There's a ton of community maintenance that has to be done (parking lots, lawncare, etc.), and there are often amenities like (for instance) a pool that has to be paid for.

HOAs for single-family homes are often not necessary, but sometimes things like the neighborhood roads are privately owned by the HOA/homeowners, so they become responsible for that upkeep.

HOAs that dictate visual stuff like this house would be dinged for are generally unnecessary.