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El Jefe
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beige
OK, so you finally screw up the courage to buy that awesome lot down Baja way. You plan and plan and scrape together the cash to get your dream house
by the water built. Everything is wonderful. And then you go and paint it beige.
Beige!
Every track house in the USA is painted a shade of beige. The color of dirt or sand. Drive through any neighborhood. It makes you want to scream! The
monotony of it all!
Bust out of that mold amigos! How about seeing some mango, limon, azul or bugambilla? Have some fun with it. Be brave. After all, you were brave
enough to take the plunge and build down here when all your stateside friends and relatives thought you were nuts...... I'm just sayin'.....
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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mcfez
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Thank your Gods they didnt use all purple (and someone did at out campos). Our house enclose
[Edited on 11-11-2011 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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BajaBlanca
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I asked some Mexican about the bright colors of their houses and they told me the bright colors mean it is a HAPPY household....so color away !!
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DENNIS
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A little bit of Baja color imagination is a good thing....until it goes too far. When tasteless paint jobs go from festive and optimistic to a
rendition of a Chucky Cheese, the line has been crossed.
Just my opinion.....humble, as always. Thank you for listening. 
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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Juan told me that the women get to choose the colours to paint the house....thus the lovely oranges, pinks, purples, lime green etc.
So getting into the spirit, we painted our Sunset Casita....welll....sunset colour....and I LOVE it!
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rhintransit
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my first palapa was violet and lime green. I loved it, the Mexicans shook their heads, the gringo women loved it, the men hated it. they, latter,
thought all houses should be beige.
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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You may be confusing beige with adobe. If the house is traditional style (You know, flat roof, protruding vigas, then adobe is the only appropriate
color. Contemporary/modern style; whatever floats your boat.) I'm remembering a house in the historic section of Wilson, NC. The owner wanted to
paint it an "unapproved" color, but by statute the local "Historic Commission" restricted him to any of three "approved" colors. So he chose all
three, dividing the house into three even sections, one third of the house to each color. I can't remember if it looked like the Mexican, Italian or
Irish flag but you get the idea.
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mulegemichael
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mcfez....we painted our casa and guest casitas in mulege purple and EVERYONE loves it!...climb out of your box and look around!
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
I asked some Mexican about the bright colors of their houses and they told me the bright colors mean it is a HAPPY household....so color away !!
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We used a book called "MexiColor" for some color inspiration. Our last house was "Casa Blanca" so we went the other direction this time. Hey- It's
only paint!
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Mulegena
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
We used a book called "MexiColor" for some color inspiration. Our last house was "Casa Blanca" so we went the other direction this time. Hey- It's
only paint!
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Well done, Wooooosh!
You can throw paint on my parade anytime!
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
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Nice collection of flags, Wooosh. This must be your back yard. 
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
mcfez....we painted our casa and guest casitas in mulege purple and EVERYONE loves it!...climb out of your box and look around!
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Everyone? To your face perhaps........
Get back into your purple box.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Bajahowodd
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What's a track house?
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I do love to see colorful homes and Wooosh's is gorgeous. And I love to visit friends' houses with their colorfully tiled and sinked and painted
kitchens and bathrooms and patios. But I prefer to live in 'beige' house and kitchen with stainless appliances as I find it less stressfull visually
for myself on an everyday basis.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
What's a track house? |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/DRG_bobbe...
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Beige
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
I asked some Mexican about the bright colors of their houses and they told me the bright colors mean it is a HAPPY household....so color away !!
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We used a book called "MexiColor" for some color inspiration. Our last house was "Casa Blanca" so we went the other direction this time. Hey- It's
only paint!
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That photo is stunning, your house?
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C-Urchin
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Beige
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
A little bit of Baja color imagination is a good thing....until it goes too far. When tasteless paint jobs go from festive and optimistic to a
rendition of a Chucky Cheese, the line has been crossed.
Just my opinion.....humble, as always. Thank you for listening.
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Don't feel bad, it is well known that most men do not perceive color like women do, but a small segment of the ...hum...male population does... 
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motoged
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Mexican colours.....
But....beige has its place:
In the meantime....
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Don't believe everything you think....
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More color....
And a VERY colourful guy....
Don't believe everything you think....
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El Jefe
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OK, ok, "tract house" not track house. Hard to keep the spelling straight in a wine-induced rant. I think a track house might be something pulled
behind the train in the old days. AKA caboose. But all the ones I ever saw were bright red!
Thanks for all the great color pics! Beautiful.
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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