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Showing posts with label pink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pink. Show all posts
Pink in Druid Hills
I'm not sure if this is the only pink house in Druid Hills.
Architecture tourists should enjoy Druid Hills for it's variety of stately homes. Quite a few are by Buck Crook and Neel Reid and others I don't know so much about yet. Unlike Buckhead, Druid Hills has smaller lots. You can see all the houses.
Some are special. Drive Fairview Road: A few blocks of great houses, many styles, close to the street for our enjoyment.
Architecture tourists should enjoy Druid Hills for it's variety of stately homes. Quite a few are by Buck Crook and Neel Reid and others I don't know so much about yet. Unlike Buckhead, Druid Hills has smaller lots. You can see all the houses.
Some are special. Drive Fairview Road: A few blocks of great houses, many styles, close to the street for our enjoyment.
Atlanta's wonderful black house and 3 pink houses
It's in Atkins Park. It's been featured on the Homes Across America TV show. It's really black and - who would have thought it - wonderful. With a red tile roof and palm tree, what more could you want?
I love Atlanta's pink houses. This one is in the Old Fourth Ward.
In Inman Park
In Atkins Park
I love Atlanta's pink houses. This one is in the Old Fourth Ward.
In Inman Park
In Atkins Park
How to Enter a Pink Castle
It strives to delight and lift our spirits, not to intimidate. May I show you in via my 30-second video?
There is no trouble finding the rose door. It's the clearest of the pinks and reds from the tile, faded walls, and gravel. Isn't the color of the door perfect? Can you imagine another color?
There is another door, the service door done as a window. See the steps in the corner?
The foyer bumps out. It's plain and human sized, more comfortable than I expected. Little hedges and lanterns guide us to a perfect landing. We might have to make a dash during a rain.
No athletic step climbing is required. It's perfectly sized for families. Ladies in heels might need some gravel practice: I notice some "interesting" lady strides as we crunch toward the door. The left window lights the ladies room, the right lights the men's.
Time to go into the surprisingly cozy foyer.
Mind if I quote "Pattern 130. ENTRANCE ROOM?"
There is no trouble finding the rose door. It's the clearest of the pinks and reds from the tile, faded walls, and gravel. Isn't the color of the door perfect? Can you imagine another color?
There is another door, the service door done as a window. See the steps in the corner?
The foyer bumps out. It's plain and human sized, more comfortable than I expected. Little hedges and lanterns guide us to a perfect landing. We might have to make a dash during a rain.
No athletic step climbing is required. It's perfectly sized for families. Ladies in heels might need some gravel practice: I notice some "interesting" lady strides as we crunch toward the door. The left window lights the ladies room, the right lights the men's.
Time to go into the surprisingly cozy foyer.
Mind if I quote "Pattern 130. ENTRANCE ROOM?"
When hosts and guests are saying goodbye, the lack of a clearly marked "goodbye" point can easily lead to endless "Well, we really must be going now,?' and then further conversations lingering on, over and over again."It's been 6 days and I'm not over it, not over my visit to the Pink Castle. I wrote about the angel & urns and about the garage.
Garage to die for at the Pink Castle
I've fallen for the Pink Castle - Tryggversson (1919-23), built for Andrew Calhoun - and I can't get up. There is so much "there" there I'm taking little bites. Yesterday it was a bit about urns and angles. Today the garage.
Listen: I'm a guy; I like garages. Let me show you the best I've ever seen. This is the house.
In the top picture the garage is on the right; in the bottom the garage is to the left connected to the main house by a gallery with 3 big arches. The arches form a breezeway on the north, kitchen and service entrance on the south.
From Pine Stream you can barely see the mansion edge on, just the driveway and the garage. And it's looking good for an 88 year-old.
Blind arches, columns (or pilasters), shutters, crooked lantern, herringbone doors, tile roof, patina galore, greens with pinks - a theme throughout house. I'm starting to get emotional.
I think somebody lives upstairs, lucky them. See how tall the garage doors are, how much taller than the min-van? Yeah baby. See the double shutters in the middle window, the half open door? These aren't automatic doors, fake decorative carriage doors.
The space inside is worthy of a small wedding or wedding reception. I didn't take a picture - too personal.
Here is the breezeway looking from the garage toward the little pink dining room, looking west back towards the main house. The 3 big arches from the painting are on the right.
Here is the breezeway looking from the pink dining room east towards the garage. You can just see the arches on the left. You'll also notice the stairs. The garage is on higher ground than the main floor of the house, making it look very grand as you can see from the painting.
See?
The other side of the breezeway wing houses the kitchen, the service entrance, and service courtyard. In the top painting you can see a great gateway between the main house and the garage. This is where you bring in the groceries. Not bad, huh?
I'm looking out of the kitchen door towards the garage into the service courtyard. The steps lead to the garage. What mansion doesn't have a greenhouse and storage for cut flowers?
Here is my 38 second HD video. The last scene is from the Pink Dining room into the breezeway towards the garage.
I'm in love.
Listen: I'm a guy; I like garages. Let me show you the best I've ever seen. This is the house.
In the top picture the garage is on the right; in the bottom the garage is to the left connected to the main house by a gallery with 3 big arches. The arches form a breezeway on the north, kitchen and service entrance on the south.
From Pine Stream you can barely see the mansion edge on, just the driveway and the garage. And it's looking good for an 88 year-old.
Blind arches, columns (or pilasters), shutters, crooked lantern, herringbone doors, tile roof, patina galore, greens with pinks - a theme throughout house. I'm starting to get emotional.
I think somebody lives upstairs, lucky them. See how tall the garage doors are, how much taller than the min-van? Yeah baby. See the double shutters in the middle window, the half open door? These aren't automatic doors, fake decorative carriage doors.
The space inside is worthy of a small wedding or wedding reception. I didn't take a picture - too personal.
Here is the breezeway looking from the garage toward the little pink dining room, looking west back towards the main house. The 3 big arches from the painting are on the right.
Here is the breezeway looking from the pink dining room east towards the garage. You can just see the arches on the left. You'll also notice the stairs. The garage is on higher ground than the main floor of the house, making it look very grand as you can see from the painting.
See?
The other side of the breezeway wing houses the kitchen, the service entrance, and service courtyard. In the top painting you can see a great gateway between the main house and the garage. This is where you bring in the groceries. Not bad, huh?
I'm looking out of the kitchen door towards the garage into the service courtyard. The steps lead to the garage. What mansion doesn't have a greenhouse and storage for cut flowers?
Here is my 38 second HD video. The last scene is from the Pink Dining room into the breezeway towards the garage.
I'm in love.
The Pink Castle's Urns and Angel.
I took more than 100 pictures yesterday at Beacham and Co. sponsored Special Olympics house tour yesterday. I was so fortunate to be there. Stan Dixon told me it was way better than he'd even imagined. Helen Young at Whitehaven has a personal connection. This is just the first few of my urn pictures.
A bit closer.
You can see a bit more detail in black in white.
Urns and angel.
Looks like he needs a little break.
A bit closer.
You can see a bit more detail in black in white.
Urns and angel.
Looks like he needs a little break.
We want to live in a tropical/colorful place
Off 11th street in Midtown Atlanta:
When Jo Ann and I are cruising and see something like this, we both say, "Why can't we live in a place like this?" I mean a place where you can be this colorful. I locked on to Southern Aspirations post about Stuart Florida (see her picture of the "Colorado Hotel" towards the bottom) and realize that I'm searching Atlanta for just such a colorful place.
Some commercial places can do it like Habersham Gardens:
Or the Irwin Street Market:
And there are 3 pink houses in Ansley Park:
But only the older, funky neighborhoods and architecture can dare the colors. Like the MLK district in the Old 4th Ward.
Or this pink one in Cabbage Town within sight of Oakland Cemetary:
The Wigwam condo is a treat
This pink mill house in Scottdale is a favorite:
The black house in Atkins Park isn't a tropical color but it has palms:
You can get away with a yellow house on a few streets in Morningside:
You can paint your trim pink in Virginia Higlands:
There is Pink Mirror Fence in Oakhurst, certainly a license for color:
This blue one in Poncey Highlands even makes dead Kudzu look good:
Even the dark red brick of the Virginia Cotton Docks looks a bit tropical with the overflowing bush thing (Know what it is?).
Oh well, this post is just making me more envious. I have many more of these pictures for another day.
When Jo Ann and I are cruising and see something like this, we both say, "Why can't we live in a place like this?" I mean a place where you can be this colorful. I locked on to Southern Aspirations post about Stuart Florida (see her picture of the "Colorado Hotel" towards the bottom) and realize that I'm searching Atlanta for just such a colorful place.
Some commercial places can do it like Habersham Gardens:
Or the Irwin Street Market:
And there are 3 pink houses in Ansley Park:
But only the older, funky neighborhoods and architecture can dare the colors. Like the MLK district in the Old 4th Ward.
Or this pink one in Cabbage Town within sight of Oakland Cemetary:
The Wigwam condo is a treat
This pink mill house in Scottdale is a favorite:
The black house in Atkins Park isn't a tropical color but it has palms:
You can get away with a yellow house on a few streets in Morningside:
You can paint your trim pink in Virginia Higlands:
There is Pink Mirror Fence in Oakhurst, certainly a license for color:
This blue one in Poncey Highlands even makes dead Kudzu look good:
Even the dark red brick of the Virginia Cotton Docks looks a bit tropical with the overflowing bush thing (Know what it is?).
Oh well, this post is just making me more envious. I have many more of these pictures for another day.
The biggest pink building in Atlanta and 2 pink houses near Oakland Cemetary
Here is the big one
I prefer these two. The first is in Cabbage Town:
The second is just across Memorial Drive behind 6 feet under in north Grant Park:
I prefer these two. The first is in Cabbage Town:
The second is just across Memorial Drive behind 6 feet under in north Grant Park:
Pink mirror wall on Oakview between downtown Oakhurst and downtown Kirkwood
It's the only pink mirror wall (with pennants) I know of. It's on Oakview Road, a delightful boulevard the on the city limits between Decatur and Atlanta, between Oakhurst and Kirkwood.
It's not on most folks way to anywhere. Architecture Tourists will find this at the midpoint of a great but unsung Atlanta drive: Winnona Park, Oakhurst, Kirkwood, Reynoldstown, Cabbagetown
It's not on most folks way to anywhere. Architecture Tourists will find this at the midpoint of a great but unsung Atlanta drive: Winnona Park, Oakhurst, Kirkwood, Reynoldstown, Cabbagetown
Scottdale Gables
Scottdale Mills? Scottdale, Georgia? Agnes Scott College? Same family. When I'm in the area, I take a little drive around. It's only a few blocks. I am a gable guy and swoon at views like this. (There is a secret picture for garden bloggers Tara and Pam, will they notice?)
Scottdale is one of the Atlanta area's milltowns, preserved differently than those in Cabbagetown, The Old 4th Ward, and Home Park.
It's not in a "hip" area. These 2 are on a green, unlike any other in Atlanta, as far as I know. No hip shops or restaurants; no cool residents in sight (but they must surely be very cool). No tourists, no parking problems, no scene.
These 2 houses were built as duplexes. They didn't need these nice details. Notice the two chimneys, one for each apartment.
The modest chimney has looked great every day of it's life.
You see these hipped roof porches on period houses everywhere.
Faith Walk is the house with the fancy gable window.
I don't think the other house has a name but it's a beauty too. This is the secret picture for garden bloggers: Gravel and grass, know what I mean?
There are single family millhouses too, one in pink, or is it salmon?
You visit the Dekalb Farmers Market right? So drive a bit further out on Ponce. Find the antique stores in cute little houses, turn left and find the green. There you are.
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Thanks,
Terry
terry @ surf303.com
Scottdale is one of the Atlanta area's milltowns, preserved differently than those in Cabbagetown, The Old 4th Ward, and Home Park.
It's not in a "hip" area. These 2 are on a green, unlike any other in Atlanta, as far as I know. No hip shops or restaurants; no cool residents in sight (but they must surely be very cool). No tourists, no parking problems, no scene.
These 2 houses were built as duplexes. They didn't need these nice details. Notice the two chimneys, one for each apartment.
The modest chimney has looked great every day of it's life.
You see these hipped roof porches on period houses everywhere.
Faith Walk is the house with the fancy gable window.
I don't think the other house has a name but it's a beauty too. This is the secret picture for garden bloggers: Gravel and grass, know what I mean?
There are single family millhouses too, one in pink, or is it salmon?
You visit the Dekalb Farmers Market right? So drive a bit further out on Ponce. Find the antique stores in cute little houses, turn left and find the green. There you are.
View Larger Map
Thanks,
Terry
terry @ surf303.com