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Old 09-07-2009, 11:00 AM
 
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Wealth has nothing to do with it, it cost nothing to clean up a yard and carry that old indoor furniture to the curb.
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Old 09-07-2009, 08:50 PM
 
Location: Holland, MI
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I hate to be the evil one here but they can do what they want because it is a free country and if you don't like it then move. If you ask me, I would rather not live next to people who want to tell me how to live. That's all there is to it.
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Old 09-08-2009, 04:02 AM
 
Location: SE Michigan
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Is there some rule that one shouldn't have "indoor furniture" on the front porch? OP didn't say it was old. How about a brand new leather Flexsteel recliner? Would that be OK? That makes a lot more sense to me than a tacky little pretend-bench that nobody ever sits on. Or a bale of hay or fake bundle of corn husks or the other seasonal stuff some people stick in front of their houses in fall. I think all of that looks stupid, but I'm not so distressed by it that I'd join a forum simply to complain about it.

Anyway, Martha Stewart and quite a few decorator/shabby chic types would tell you it's perfectly OK to put tastefully arranged retro or antique pieces like dressers and old cane chairs on front porches.

OP didn't say the back yard needed to be cleaned, he just said there was an old car in the back yard. So what? It's not like it's in the front yard. Anyway - it's their property.

Different strokes for different folk, is all I'm saying. Some people like the uniformity of subdivisions with covenants so everything is conventional and bland, that's fine. Personally I'd rather have a root canal a day for the rest of my life than live in one. Other people aren't bothered by things like recliners on front porches or front doors painted unusual colors or what someone's back yard looks like and that's fine too.

Check out the houses this guy builds - I think it's fabulous and creative, but he uses trash to build homes.
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Wealth has nothing to do with it, it cost nothing to clean up a yard and carry that old indoor furniture to the curb.
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