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Do you like the way they have used red as an accent color?

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So sweet it looks like a giant dollhouse

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.
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Really cute for vacation cottage or B&B. 

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It's very quaint.

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That is adorable!  Keep the pics coming, lola.

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I would of only done in the red for the door frame, the window frames and one the dormers - I would of done the innermost triangle piece red, everything else white.

 

I would of left the top porch railing, the two door panels and any other trim white.

 

Also, I would not of used any of the fretwork curly Q looking things on the porch either - those to me are something saved for a more larger and truer victorian style home.

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On this house yes.

Makes me think of a candy shop or ice cream parlor.

Trusted Contributor
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Registered: ‎06-08-2011

Looks like a candy cane.  I would have left off the red trim around the windows and door and painted the door all red.  

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I don't like this. It looks too childish to me...like a play house.

I had a neighbor years ago who had red shutters and trim on her white house and the sun faded it to pink. She hated it.

I currently have a neighbor who had maroon shutters that are now purple due to the sun.

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Registered: ‎10-25-2010

No, I don't like it.  A house just outside of my neighborhood is painted the very same way.  It was painted with red trim right before it was listed for sale.  It was listed for over a year before it sold.

 

The new owners just moved in.  I am hoping they repaint at least some of the trim another color.

 

I like red...I have a red door, but not on an all white house.  It is a nice accent color, but too much is over kill.