Ugh! Why would any sane person paint an entire room, ceiling included, bright red? Sure to inspire all manner of psychosis (and aggression) in the people who live there - maybe that's why they went 'round the bend?
And the person in the portrait looks very scary too!
Is it red, or traffic pylon orange? It's showing as a very aggressive orange on my monitor. Talk about your bold color choice.
There's a picture of a bedroom where there is some line of some unidentifiable substance up at ceiling level. It's really quite gross, and makes this look...nice...comparatively.
It would be like living inside a can of tomato soup. And from the pictures it looks like they did the same thing in the kitchen - the walls and ceiling are the same green color. Tomato soup with celery - not a good look in home decor.
@3rd Anonymous: I once had a dream that hell was a cross between this room and an old HoJo restaurant. I'll leave the interpretation to the professionals.
July 23, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Anonymous said...
Is that Uncle Jim or the Dear Leader?
Wait... if it was the Dear Leader, there'd be an additional picture of Kim Il Sung next to it.
I'd think if you didn't want people turning their backs to Uncle Jim, you wouldn't hang his picture over the couch, but what do I know?
July 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Christy said...
I think I've said this once already, but to reiterate the point, I could never be a realtor. "Really, you want me to sell this? Really?"
July 23, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Anonymous said...
The ceiling and the walls being both the same red color makes the angle where they meet seem rounded. Creepy. I think (hope) the stuff around the ceiling in the bedroom is what's left of old wallpaper.
July 23, 2009 at 2:04 PM
p_thrizzle said...
the gentle curve between wall and ceiling, (and on the doorframes) gives the feeling it's a subterranean house, like the residents of coober pedy (australian opal mining town) live in.
July 23, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Jess P. said...
I enjoy the bedroom, with its strip of cracked and peeled paint formerly known as crown molding. Next thing you know, it will be but a symbol...
(On 4 and a half hours of sleep, this thought cracks me up)
July 24, 2009 at 3:55 AM
meredith said...
I am convinced we have found the real-life Simpsons living room...and they've re-decorated BEAUTIFULLY!!!
L. Ron Hubbard is actually from Bremerton, WA which is about 15 mins from this house in Port Orchard. I think you might be on to something Hellbound!
July 25, 2009 at 12:39 PM
jenjen said...
I had a place once where the walls curved up to the ceiling. It was hard trying to figure out how to have the walls a different color from the ceiling. I finally settled on a stencilled geometric design at the top of the "color" part.
Aside from the weird orange room, notice the chair sitting with the indoor furniture that is bizarrely placed on the outdoor deck. I think it's coaching them to handle life on the mean streets.
"Hail Uncle Jim!"
34 Comments -
Taken down already -- guess Uncle Jim doesn't like attention after all!
July 23, 2009 at 6:30 AM
Wow, one must be ever reverential in the red room.
*Bowing at photo remotely*
July 23, 2009 at 6:30 AM
Even the ceiling is red. No white trim or anything.
July 23, 2009 at 6:32 AM
Whoops. Try again, Mid-C Frank; I done did a bad link.
July 23, 2009 at 6:43 AM
I finally understand what red room meant in The Shining.
July 23, 2009 at 7:12 AM
Lost in Space.
July 23, 2009 at 7:50 AM
Ugh! Why would any sane person paint an entire room, ceiling included, bright red? Sure to inspire all manner of psychosis (and aggression) in the people who live there - maybe that's why they went 'round the bend?
And the person in the portrait looks very scary too!
July 23, 2009 at 8:17 AM
So, THAT'S what hell looks like.
July 23, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Is it red, or traffic pylon orange? It's showing as a very aggressive orange on my monitor. Talk about your bold color choice.
There's a picture of a bedroom where there is some line of some unidentifiable substance up at ceiling level. It's really quite gross, and makes this look...nice...comparatively.
July 23, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Poor Uncle Jim doesn't even get a frame? Not even a one cent frame from Aaron Brothers? Uncle Jim may have been feared, but he wasn't loved.
July 23, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Needs more red.
July 23, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Is it just me, or is that a picture of Cliff Clavin?
July 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM
I know it rains in Washington, so why would you put a regular couch and furniture on the deck? There has to be growing inside that thing.
And I love that the toaster has it's own window!
July 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Do not taunt Happy Fun Uncle Jim.
July 23, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Isn't that Frank Gifford?
July 23, 2009 at 11:34 AM
It would be like living inside a can of tomato soup. And from the pictures it looks like they did the same thing in the kitchen - the walls and ceiling are the same green color. Tomato soup with celery - not a good look in home decor.
July 23, 2009 at 11:44 AM
@3rd Anonymous: I once had a dream that hell was a cross between this room and an old HoJo restaurant. I'll leave the interpretation to the professionals.
July 23, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Is that Uncle Jim or the Dear Leader?
Wait... if it was the Dear Leader, there'd be an additional picture of Kim Il Sung next to it.
Never mind.
July 23, 2009 at 12:53 PM
I'd think if you didn't want people turning their backs to Uncle Jim, you wouldn't hang his picture over the couch, but what do I know?
July 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM
I think I've said this once already, but to reiterate the point, I could never be a realtor. "Really, you want me to sell this? Really?"
July 23, 2009 at 1:01 PM
The ceiling and the walls being both the same red color makes the angle where they meet seem rounded. Creepy. I think (hope) the stuff around the ceiling in the bedroom is what's left of old wallpaper.
July 23, 2009 at 2:04 PM
the gentle curve between wall and ceiling, (and on the doorframes) gives the feeling it's a subterranean house, like the residents of coober pedy (australian opal mining town) live in.
July 23, 2009 at 4:54 PM
I enjoy the bedroom, with its strip of cracked and peeled paint formerly known as crown molding. Next thing you know, it will be but a symbol...
(On 4 and a half hours of sleep, this thought cracks me up)
July 24, 2009 at 3:55 AM
I am convinced we have found the real-life Simpsons living room...and they've re-decorated BEAUTIFULLY!!!
July 24, 2009 at 7:08 AM
At first, I thought that was Paul Lynde.
July 24, 2009 at 9:12 AM
That is the breakroom couch of my former workplace, I know it. Now I am truly mortified. Do not sit on the couch!
July 24, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I can't help it...I think that's L Ron Hubbard!
July 25, 2009 at 2:52 AM
L. Ron Hubbard is actually from Bremerton, WA which is about 15 mins from this house in Port Orchard. I think you might be on to something Hellbound!
July 25, 2009 at 12:39 PM
I had a place once where the walls curved up to the ceiling. It was hard trying to figure out how to have the walls a different color from the ceiling. I finally settled on a stencilled geometric design at the top of the "color" part.
July 25, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Aside from the weird orange room, notice the chair sitting with the indoor furniture that is bizarrely placed on the outdoor deck. I think it's coaching them to handle life on the mean streets.
July 25, 2009 at 9:46 PM
I didn't know Jane Eyre had an Uncle Jim!
July 27, 2009 at 10:08 AM
And the wall must always be wet.
July 27, 2009 at 9:46 PM
OH GOD MY EYES
July 30, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Navy Yard City? 'Nuff said.
A. Teacher, this house IS in Bremerton. A very poor, run-down area of Bremerton between Gorst and the Shipyard.
August 4, 2009 at 12:56 AM