Pretty in Pink?

[Cubist]

Being a rather rational bloke I am rarely found challenging the decor choices around here - and woe betide me if I did - and have been content to accept a Alice in Wonderland themed smallest guest room, a bible black dressing room and similar. Whilst the First Ladies tastes may be considered feminine and mainly influenced by the likes of Leboutin and such she has never demanded pink and frilly; thank goodness.

Ordinarily I would not make comment on the predilections of others but this lady is taking the whole box of biscuits.

Edinburgh historic house owner ordered to repaint pink door

She says it is "lunacy" as there are other brightly painted doors in her Edinburgh neighbourhood.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[malcolm]

What a shame she is getting hassle. My front door went from green (of course green is the only good choice of colour for doors) to yellow. It was lockdown and I had a chance for a rare conversation with some neighbours. They suggested yellow. It's catching on and now a couple of other houses nearby also have yellow doors.

What do they think they are protecting? If it's the wood of the front door I doubt the pink is linseed. I get a feeling that portland cement repointing will continue to go unnoticed in Edinburgh so long as the colour is right.

 

[Cassie]

Never mind the front door, what about that bathroom?? Not my idea of a lovely, relaxing haven! To each their own however

 

[Lacan07]

Wasn't pink a common choice on the Victorian palette? Maybe not that particular hue of course.

 

[LadyArowana]

I feel sorry for the sort of miserable person who finds it necessary to go and report something so trivial to the council. If someone is committing an irreversible architectural crime against a heritage property then that’s a different matter, but a bit of pink paint?

 

[mims&pip]

I agree it's a shame she is being hounded over it - the door looks fabulous imho

We currently have a pink front door (Farrow and Ball 'Rangwali') on our old mill (not listed, or in a conservation area but on the Historic Parks and Gardens register ) and it's so bright and cheerful against the grey stone of the building.

When we first bought the mill (a repossession) in 2018, one of my first jobs was to strip the peeling paint - a delightful mix of green and red ) and replace with something more 'us'! We initially chose Little Greene 'Pale Lupin' which Pip concurred looked very nice.

One of our first visitors after moving in was the guy who was going to be drilling our borehole. He turned up with a youngish lad (early twenties) to whom Pip got chatting about the building's more recent past including that it had been repossessed and what our plans were. The lad turned round and said "first thing I'd be doing is change the awful colour of that door!"

Mims x

 

[mims&pip]

Obviously the joke was that not long before his comment I'd painted it in the Pale Lupin, which I failed to make that clear in my above post

Mims x

 

[Cubist]

Round here the only pinks regularly seen are in fact red but not being a member of the unspeakable I find it all just too, too shocking.

 

[Feltwell]

I think the bright pink door looks bloody awful but I also recognise that is a purely personal opinion!! With no local precedence, like Estate colours, I don't see the harm.

Plus when I say something like "pink" I usually get told "No, it's coral actually" . Mind you I do like to wind up Mrs F by insisting there is no such thing as turquoise, it's either blue or green.....

Obviously the joke was that not long before his comment I'd painted it in the Pale Lupin, which I failed to make that clear in my above post

Mims x

I'm sure there was someone who used to post on here called Pip&Mims, are you perchance related? Is this a power grab for the leading name by Mims?

 

[mims&pip]

Ha,  Feltwell, it is indeed the same Pip&Mims Unfortunately I became locked out of my old Period Property account and my old email after acquiring a new phone and the death of my ipad - in which passwords were stored

No power grabbing, lol, just needed to make my new account different yet similar, iyswim?!?

I'm glad to be back, and especially to see how well the forum seems to be thriving these days

Mims x

 

[Feltwell]

Welcome back!

Yes, good to see the forum picking up again, after Malcom stepped up to put it on a new platform and do other black-magic type techie things to make it work. Well above my pay grade!

 

[RBailey]

Whilst the pink may not be that bad, I'm going to buck the trend.

She should have asked for permission, made her case (and appealed if needed) at the correct time, not beg for forgiveness.

We have several what I would some would call busy bodies in the village (conservation area with lots of listed buildings) and they have managed guide, monitor and complain as needed to keep the character of the village.
If people had been allowed have pink doors, UPVC windows etc.. we wouldn't have the village we do.


Cheers,
Richard B.

 

[mims&pip]

Thanks Feltwell

 

[Cubist]

I see in todays news that the lady concerned has discovered that the guidance literature provided by the relevant authorities includes a door painted in a similar shocking colour.

Always acknowledging the proclivity of bureaucrats to 'shoot themselves in the foot' I do feel similarly aggrieved when widely varying judgements can be handed down by any two authorities in the same department. So much also seems to depend on just 'who' is shouting the loudest.

 

[Feltwell]

I've seen the literature - the pink door in their literature is painted a pale, soft pink, not the very bright pink this lady has painted hers.

But - she's put pictures up of doors around where she lives in bright blues, reds, greens and even yellow - all as loud as her door.

It's so subjective, I doubt if 2 Planning Officers would rule the same way!

 

[Cubist]

It's so subjective, I doubt if 2 Planning Officers would rule the same way!

And I'll raise you and call - One Planning Officer making the same choice on 2 different days.

Last one I asked for an opinion licked his thumb and raised it in the air - to my mind he should have shoved it somewhere else!

 

[Cubist]

Another shocking news article today concerning a 77 year old in Notting Hill who is claiming for damages resulting from the frequent appearance of people taking selfies outside his front door.

The house is painted pink - shades of Barbera Cartland, but probably has something more to do with Hugh Grant.

 

[Feltwell]

There is a bit more to that one - he constantly has "influencers" doing photoshoots outside his house, he's quite tolerant of them but with so many fashion shoots going on, the girls in high heels have broken up the tiles outside his door. The tiles can't have been laid very well mind.

I'm not sure he's claiming damages though - article I saw said he was just patching it with mortar as he couldn't afford to replace the tiles. Then again, if he lives in Notting Hill in a picturesque house I doubt that he's hard up.

 

[LadyArowana]

He could put a lockable gate with mailbox and wireless doorbell at the bottom and then they wouldn't be able to get to the steps. Alternatively one of the neighborhood hounds might be persuaded to contribute a few well placed 'deterrents'.