> > > Ah, landlords. Their colour sense is so different from that of normal people. And they take advice from an 18-year-old Goth art student on ways to make the outside of a perfectly adequate house look ... "better".
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> > > Brunnen-"which is the only possible explanation for why I now rent the world's only black and orange house"G
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> > There was this great monster of a house in Bellingham that was totally black. It was bavarian style, I think, but had out-of-place turrets and stuff. And it was very black ... the siding, the trim, the curtains behind the windows. They really should have hosted Halloween parties there.
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> Well, I can *understand* it in a house with architecture to *match*. The Addams Family mansion, I'm afraid, has always been my ideal dream home. Out-of-place turrets rule. But black and orange for an attractive modern suburban house? No, no, no. Every sense rebels at the concept.
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> Brunnen-"the interior is nice"G

I accept the challenge. Beginning with my next trip, I shall always carry a camera as I watch for a black and orange house. I know it's out there. I just have to find it.
Howard