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05.07.08 : Rainbow House On Clipper St.

My future bedroom!
omg i love the rainbow colors ! this house is so cute and dreammmyyy !!
05.07.08 : Rainbow House On Clipper St. by PJ Taylor Photo.
Explore #478 May 9, 2007

I drive by this house all the time and on this day I REALLY needed a pic and as I was speeding by I thought, "Hey, wait a minute" as I had my spiffy P&S that shoots VERY wide as you can see. Now houses in SF are either in the process of being painted or are due for a paint job due to the rapid temperature and humidity changes . But this place must be like the Golden Gate Bridge in that a team comes out at night and gives it touch-ups because it looks this good now and it looked this good five years ago. It's just damn fabulous, if you ask me. And I sure am curious what it looks like on the inside! 
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sazzy  Pro User  says:

oh - lovely!
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doglington  Pro User  says:

Inside? What do you want to bet ex-hippies with lots of Indian print fabrics and beaded door dividers?
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*Veronica  Pro User  says:

cool!!!
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geo3pea  Pro User  says:

what a colourful house, some work has gone into that. Great
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sazzy  Pro User  says:

hmmm...dogli...that would be me. ex-hippie of the beaded curtain/indian print era....
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abitblue  Pro User  says:

AMAZING shot and house!!
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DaugaardDK  Pro User  says:

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michele cat  Pro User  says:

What a fabulous house. Definitely some aging Grateful Dead type hippies in there. Nice shot!

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Darren G2007  Pro User  says:

Beautiful shot !
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auntsmack4u  Pro User  says:

love it
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AmyLouPics  Pro User  says:

how cool is this...the people in this hows must be very ineresting and fun people
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triplej*  Pro User  says:

wow, cool house!
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jodi*mckee  Pro User  says:

wow! that is so cool!! i love interesting houses like that.
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katbaro  Pro User  says:

& that is not an easy paint job to keep up, no just buying one can of paint. & I don't know you guys about it being hippies inside, with that paint job in SF it could be a fabulously decorated home
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vamom7678  Pro User  says:

Well, cool is the only way to describe this. I don't know if it would be hippies either with this paint scheme, but I love it!
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Deanna B. says:

that is the craziest and coolest house i have ever seen
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Aunt Teena  Pro User  says:

ROYGBIV. I bet it's not ex-hippies. Artistic people, though, surely. What a beautiful and creative idea. I love it.
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jj_images  Pro User  says:

Only in California! Gotta Love it!

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elisfager [deleted] says:

Amazing :D
I loved it!
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luunacy  Pro User  says:

Super love that about San Francisco definately not afraid of colour!
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Luĭs Eduardo  Pro User  says:

Love the photo it rocks
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Renata Diem  Pro User  says:

Que diferente!!! Adorei! :)
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Stephanie Massaro says:

hah thats going to be my house some day :]
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champagne.chic  Pro User  says:

This is SO beyond incredible! Love, love, love it!

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Kris Kros  Pro User  says:

Fantastic shot.
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yjeva  Pro User  says:

I love both the house and the photo.
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vtpeacenik  Pro User  says:

Congratulations! I just saw this on page 1 of Explore.
This is the most amazing house paint job ever. I think every clapboard is a slightly different shade and you captured it perfectly.
Thanks for showing this.

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babichibab says:

I like it! house of mmy dream!
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Eugene1959  Pro User  says:

WINNER
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tsallam  Pro User  says:

Yay for Explore! AND . . . what a house! What a shot! Just fabulous!
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Mustangaly911  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Shades of Color, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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☻mrhappy☻  Pro User  says:

What an awesome house! I am also dying to know what it looks like on the inside. :D
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Lotus72  Pro User  says:

The angle is perfect- this could have been a regular 'snapshot'- and you turned it into a piece of art! Awesome!
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anii, says:

OMG. artsy and colorful, superb
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daisybaxter  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Best of Colors, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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sazzy  Pro User  says:

congrats on explore...I told susan today I knew this was going to explore!!!!
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danisoul  Pro User  says:

amazing, and your composition is such a great way to show this house. can you imagine all the cans of paint they have on standby? so, since you've been so brave these days, how about knocking on the door and getting a stranger??

just saying.... :-)
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the other Martin Taylor  Pro User  says:

I'm so glad I wasn't behind this guy at the checkout at Kelly Moore - this should be used as the new printer test pattern :)
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sazzy  Pro User  says:

ok martin - you made me laugh once again...
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rubendelafuente says:

a fantastic house
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ccsharry  Pro User  says:

looks expensive!! how many tanks of paint to paint that?! XD nice shot!!

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13turtles says:

great pic! cool house!
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Layshaly  Pro User  says:

che meraviglia!
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misterΔdanilo says:

splendid !
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serena_x.o says:

love ie~~~cute
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funky munky says:

Funkayy

Nice one dude
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dimequetodovasalirbien says:

me encanta!!!!!!
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Blueju38  Pro User  says:

wow, superb photography !!
I love it !! ;-))
have a great week-end!!

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anjan58  Pro User  says:

almost doesn't look real! captured beautifully.
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stuartguthriemusic says:

Excellent composition! I love the colours. A+++++++++++

Thanks for sharing.

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server pics  Pro User  says:

Great!
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scorpocat  Pro User  says:

Brilliant house, superb picture!

I saw this photo in the Color My World Daily group.
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amilde86 says:

nice!
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portable cynicism machine  Pro User  says:

That is the coolest house ever.
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zupermx says:

Pretty
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schip says:

I lived on the first floor of this place over 20 years ago. It was F**King freezing as it didn't have any heat other than the oven and a couple of electric radiators that blew the breaker when you used both at once. The owner's daughter was named Rainbow -- some definate hippy damage in the genetics. There was a funky hottub in the back, warmed by a leaky hot water heater with an aquarium pump left over from the fish tank used to separate the bedroom and "living" room. I believe this place lead my first love to leave me for Boston...Looks like they finally redid the paint as it was kinda chalky back in the day...
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PJ Taylor Photo  Pro User  says:

Interesting comment schip! It certainly looks great now! Perhaps they've fixed the heat! Do you think they're still renting out the bottom as their was only one address and a note taped to the door on the right that said the address and : Shoes Off Inside, Please.

At least that answers the question that it's a "hippie driven" theme.

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schip says:

You also caught it on a day with sun. It is just low enough on the hill to not have any view and just high enough to usually be in the fog. Which is one reason it was so bloody cold inside, aside I suppose from being built on some ancient racoon burial ground...There were two flats and the owner had moved up the street someplace but still used the basement as his office. His heater was connected to our meter...For years after people thought it was a "gay" house, but I think they usurped the rainbow effect from the early hippies. Maybe because of this house. As I was moving out it was being shown to two young women -- possibly the original gay sources. It was a rare nice day AND I had been baking something so it was warm inside. One of the prospects said, "It's so perfect, there must be something wrong." I bit my tongue but I still got dinged on my deposit for some minor damage to his hippy construction. Ah, memories...
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dogfaceboy  Pro User  says:

What a cool house! And look at all these comments! You're at #28 on Explore, girlfriend!
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Debi123  Pro User  says:

this is so cool! three cheers!

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PJ Taylor Photo  Pro User  says:

Just to clarify, I believe this house DOES look THIS good at all times. I'll swing by on a foggy day and tag on a shot to this thread. Thanks again for adding to the background. They say a house holds powerful memories and that's obviously very true for you! Peace! I mean I STILL want to know why I'm supposed to take my shoes off!

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Color my day! So cool!
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schip says:

There was a rather nice thick carpet in the entry/front room. Maybe the hippies/gays/yuppies living there now don't want to mess it up...or else they are Turning Japanese.

At this point I think you should make First Contact.
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breakbeat  Pro User  says:

It must be damn near impossible to pass this house and not be cheered up :)

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like_shipwrecks  Pro User  says:

This is amazing! And that is my dream house. :)
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bubble dumpster  Pro User  says:

This is beautiful, amazing lovely.

There are certain houses that I see sometimes when I'm driving around, that make me think to myself: "It would be so lovely and heartwarming to come home to that every day."

This one blows them all away.

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wonderful photo!
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MacSmiley  Pro User  says:

Awesome perspective, love the background comment up above, too!

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poohbear7065 says:

A
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aplseed photography  Pro User  says:

I want to live in a rainbow!!! (Hear me whine) LOL

I can't imagine what possesed them, they are definately not afraid of color. Wouldn't work for me thoug, Hubby is definately shy when it comes to color. LOL
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aplseed photography  Pro User  says:

Oh, and how cool is it someone would have actually lived in it and years later commented on your photo? Small world.
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kahon  Pro User  says:

cool colors! nice work.
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Wow.....NiCE CoLlOrS
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Beautiful house and photo!
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nice colors




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1_special_k says:

cool :)
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nronaghan says:

This is so awesome. Good thing the red is at the bottom though, as it fades faster than blue! (physics moment there, I apologize)
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Awesome!
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I invite you to add this great picture Only100pictures.
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5 Star Photo!
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Kool...


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Fantastic! What a fun house!
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PJ Taylor Photo  Pro User  says:

Wow, thanks everyone! I'm SO happy that this pic has inspired so many happy responses. Perhaps more people will paint there homes in one or more of these bright colors!

Pick a plank and paint! :o)
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jennykennyjen says:

I wonder if the owners keep unicorns as pets ^-^

Very nice
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karith  Pro User  says:

Saw this in Explore:) Well done!
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The stairs of the same house?
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Dianonina  Pro User  says:

Que hermosaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa me muero, la quiero :D
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It's really made out of legos!
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