Look: Modern House Stripes Austin

Look: Modern House Stripes
Austin

Frank Lloyd Wright once said "The horizontal line is the line of domesticity." While we're pretty sure he was referring to something other than colored stripes on the exteriors of homes, this house on the East Side of Austin always catches our attention when we drive by...

We haven't quite decided how we feel about this home's exterior striped appearance. It's certainly modern and eye-catching. The golden tones aren't painted on but are a part of the home's exterior material itself. Covering the fronts and sides of the house and echoed in the shape and pattern of the windows, this home doesn't exactly blend quietly into the neighborhood. It reminds us of another home in Austin we've seen in that respect. We know one thing: the clean lines and simple layout of this house are spiced up with these yellows and golds!

What do you think about this home's exterior color treatment? Bold and inspiring? Or just not quite the right style? Would you ever try something like this for your own home? Let us know what you think!

Comments (14)

I love the lines and could steal this idea for my house. I would just use a more muted color for the exterior- like a light grey or smokey blue. I'm not a big fan of the yellow.

posted by tjsmf on September 15th 2008 at 12:18pm
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I like this concept. I think a more pared down color would work better and not look outdated as quickly as this bright yellow will.

posted by hessilou on September 15th 2008 at 12:23pm
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Love it! I've never seen anything like it, but could see this painting technique utilized on all types of architectural styles. Thanks for sharing!

posted by darcidoodle on September 15th 2008 at 12:34pm
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Love it! Perfect for a modern house.

posted by superbeetle on September 15th 2008 at 12:46pm
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Very cool. I would pick a different color for myself though.

posted by jamiealyse on September 15th 2008 at 12:52pm
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I love it! It's things like this that make me want to move to Austin...

posted by lemonadefish on September 15th 2008 at 12:52pm
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Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

posted by rockypondgirl on September 15th 2008 at 12:56pm
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how perfect is this house? very modern and chic, with a sense off humour

posted by formosagirl on September 15th 2008 at 1:06pm
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all around the whole place looks ugly!

posted by poptart on September 15th 2008 at 1:16pm
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so great. its cool that it stayed monochromatic, if it were many different colors it wouldn't have worked. great eye!

posted by googiepopuluxe on September 15th 2008 at 1:37pm
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This is fabulous. It would look like crap on our house, but works really well here.

posted by wc_canuck on September 15th 2008 at 2:21pm
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I like it -- I'd like it more if someone said that they did it that way because they were recycling siding, or something like that, but I like it as it is.

Also, I like the bright yellow -- and yellow isn't one of my favorite colors. But that house, with the smallish windows (especially on the side) would look awful if it was painted a dark color. As it is, with the different yellows and widths, it breaks up the large windowless spaces very well.

posted by dr_mk on September 15th 2008 at 4:14pm
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for those interested its for rent listed on craigslist
http://austin.craigslist.org/apa/840001107.html

posted by uberest on September 15th 2008 at 5:09pm
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I absolutely love it. Though I agree with tjsmf - I'm not as bold and probably would have chosen more subtle blue tones. But this is still brilliant.

posted by als1 on September 16th 2008 at 9:15am
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