If You're Gonna Live in a House That Looks Like the Flintstones....

....you should embrace it!

So apparently I'm in a judgey mood this week.

But I am really bothered by the sight that I've been driving by on my way to work the past two weeks. See, there's this iconic house near the freeway I drive on, the "Flintstones House," that I've marveled at for years.

It used to be painted a light cream stone age rock color, as it should be.

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And then a few years ago they went and ruined it by painting it a bright terracotta orange color.

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But seriously, the worst is the color they just painted it. A shiny metallic silver color.

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It doesn't look that metallic in this picture, but trust me, it's blinding when the sun reflects off of it as you drive around the corner.

My point is, why? Why ruin an iconic piece of architecture with a hideous paint job? I really do hope this is just some kind of weird primer, and they are planning on returning it to the natural adobe cream color it should be.

I mean, really, if you bought this odd, landmark house (for $1,653,000, according to Zillow), it seems like it should be your duty to not destroy it with whatever paint color you come across on a whim. You should preserve it and embrace the oddity. It's kinda disrespectful not to, ya know?

Anyway, that's the end of my rant for today. I'll leave you with a blurb about the house from Wikipedia:

The Flintstone House is a house in Hillsborough, California overlooking, and best seen from, Interstate 280. It was designed by architect William Nicholson and built in 1976 as an experiment in new building materials, in the form of a series of domes. It was constructed by spraying gunite onto steel rebar and wire mesh frames over inflated balloons. During its early existence it was off-white in color, but was repainted a deep orange in the mid 2000s.