WHITE HOUSE WITH RED SHUTTERS. WITH RED SHUTTERS

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White house with red shutters. Where to buy cheap blinds

White House With Red Shutters

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The official residence of the US president in Washington, DC

The White House is the presidential office building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The White House was the site of riots during both the 2005 Tulip Revolution and the 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots.

The White House in Helena, Arkansas is a Colonial Revival building from 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The US president, presidency, or government

The Russian parliament building

the chief executive department of the United States government

shutters

(shutter) a hinged blind for a window

(shutter) a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure

Close the shutters of (a window or building)

Close (a business)

(shutter) close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool"

red

Of a color at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies

(of a person's eyes) Bloodshot or having pink rims, esp. with tiredness or crying

a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

(of a person or their face or complexion) Flushed or rosy, esp. with embarrassment, anger, or a healthy glow

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

crimson: characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode

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A visit to the Rietveld Schroder House in Utrecht, NL, remains a fascinating experience. It was designed by Gerrit Rietveld for Truus Schroder in 1924. As Rietveld’s client she had a great influence on the result. This house is the only building ever realized on the basis of the architectural principles of De Stijl. Typical features are the use of the Stijl colours red, blue and yellow, in combination with white, grey and black, the relation between interior and exterior and the unity between the free-standing pieces of furniture and the fitted parts of the interior. According to Rietveld and Schroder one had to have an active attitude to life.

For them too living in a home is a conscious act. The furnishing of the house reflects this conviction. The occupant has to perform a transaction for every activity: the bathroom is created by opening out a wall, while the sleeping areas could be screened off with sliding walls, and privacy was obtained by placing shutters in front of the windows. The house is literally a machine for living in.

After the death of Truus Schroder in 1985 the house became the property of the Rietveld Schroderhuis Foundation that in turn entrusted it to the Centraal Museum to administer once it had been restored. It has been open to the public since 1987. At the end of 2000 UNESCO placed it on the World Heritage List as an important and unique icon in Western architectural history and a masterpiece of human creativity. The Schroder House occupies a key position in Rietveld’s work.

brown house, front

Hmm. So the front only has awnings, but the back and the other side have windows with shutters.

We'd like to do a cute color scheme (eventually), like white with red shutters? But then there is the gray/brown stone on the porch to think about. I'm stumped. What would make this house look less ugly?

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