House Tour: One Year Down

Exactly one year ago today we closed on our house!

So I thought it was finally time to do an official house tour post. Back when we were playing the House Hunters game, I showed photos of the house with the old owner's belongings, but since some things are definitely looking different now, it was high time for an update.

It will probably be pretty obvious, but I should note that we are still planning on changing a whole heck of a lot in the house. Like take our front yard. We haven't done anything at all to it (except I keep changing out the front door wreath, right now I've got my Ruffled Felt St. Patrick's Day wreath out), but hope to start making some landscaping decisions soon, before the weather heats up. It will be much greener in a month from now though.

Oh, and before I jump into the house tour, a refresher on the floor plan might be useful.

Quite Possibly The Ugliest House Color Ever

So, back in October I wrote about this odd house that I drive by every day on my way to work. Back then, I was upset that they'd painted it a weird shiny silver color...but now, now I think it's even worse!

Seriously. This already odd shaped, over 1.6 million dollar iconic Bay Area home now looks like a shiny terracotta pot. I'm thinking all they need to add is a giant cactus on the roof, and they'll be all set!

Just...yeah.

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.