There goes the neighborhood!

Well, I got to go inside of my new house for the first time today. It's not quite finished, but probably 95%. It will easily be ready for closing on the 1st of December. I love the room and convenience in the master bath and kitchen, both of which I re-designed from the original plans. Well, it seems that some of the neighbors are in a snit over my choice of colors. Let me see if I can find some colors that are close. The bulk of the exterior is a blue not too far from this blue. The exterior is Hardie board. The trim is about the color of eggnog. The name of the color is actually "vanilla bean." Think French vanilla ice cream. It looks sort of like this. Not yet painted, the garage door, the front door, and the front shutters will be a sort of cranberry to raspberry color, similar to this. I chose those co-ordinated colors myself from the Eddie Bauer collection of some brand-or-other down at Lowe's. Apparently, all the other homeowners in the S/D chose from a palette offered by the builder. It consisted of rather pale pastels. So, I guess some of them are pissed because they were not given the option I requested and got. I'm thinking that the market being what it is and my being able to pay cash (WC settlement) had something to do with it. Oh, well. They'll get over it. Perhaps I've started a trend! I guess I'll have to finally break down and buy a digital camera so I can show y'all a picture when it's done. Or, you could just cruise through Victoria Landing. Trust me - it's the only blue house in the place. I like it. I guess the blue fence going up the week after closing will really send them over the edge.