Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Choosing Colors

[Eris Weaver (erisw]

We also let our architect (Chuck Durrett) choose our colors. If you try to
consens on something like color you end up with gray or beige! Even though
I personally don't love every color (there are about five paint colors),
the overall look of the place is gorgeous, and much bolder than any of us
would have chosen. (Although interestingly enough, many people are
repainting their interior walls in a similar color scheme!) Plus it gives
us an easy way to give directions ("Look for the ketchup and mustard
buildings on the right...")

Eris Weaver
Cotati Cohousing, SF Bay Area

...where yesterday, in one eight hour workday, we: made several pieces of
gorgeous outdoor furniture out of redwood salvaged from an old barn
removed from the property; weeded much of the site; tore down a huge plot
of waist-high weeds, dug the soil, laid out a gorgeous intricate pathway,
mulched the pathway, composted the beds, AND planted all our vegetables.
Ain't cohousing amazing?

...AND we were featured in our local newspaper:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/coursey/03chrisc.html