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There's a great stucco two family that's sort of dutch looking near my house. The neighborhood (in South St. Louis) is a sea of deep red and oxblood brick craftsmen and gingerbreads. What I would give to own that stucco house and paint it just the right pastel. Currently it's goldish. I think pastels can work in more areas than one might think, providing one uses the right palette. I say this because nothing looks better than salmon geraniums and "chartreuse" sweet potato vine on a red brick porch. So maybe salmon walls with darker green shutters. I should photograph the place and see what others have to say.

I've been to Villefranche! Oh it is just so luxuriously beautiful.

Salmon pink and green are such a beautiful color combo! I really like that chiffon pink.

I cannot imagine “Sorbet and Baby Poo” being a good idea in a less sun-drenched land (like Canada for example).

But take the Greek isles on the other hand...
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/images/photos/photo_lg_greece.jpg

Kurt, exactly where is this stucco house?

What pastel colors to you have in mind? We have a stucco house, but I wouldn't want to go all Miami Vice.

i stayed in villefranche for three months last summer, and the photos do not even begin to do the town justice...there are some absolutely gorgeous buildings, and in the sun they just radiate.

jean cocteau's saint pierre chapel is spectacular.

Annalyssa --

Calgary is pretty sun-drenched... you actually have to load up on pigment because it gets bleached out so quickly... Calgary requires a whole different colour pallette because of the nature and quality of the light...