That would assume, incorrectly, that the owners painted this house or otherwise kept it from decaying.
Washingtonian Magazine once ran a story about Mt. Pleasant houses and photo-shopped this one to look cared-for.
Blithe
Yeah, the reality is that I couldn’t cope with or afford a house like this. Painting, shingling, stoking the furnace lurking in the basement are demands that I wouldn’t want to be responsible for. I actually like the shabby chic look of the paint — even as I assume that paint protects the wood, and probably needs to be redone on a regular and reasonably frequent basis. My ideal would be to be the best friend of whoever owns this house so I could sit on the porch, read sun-dappled tomes in the turret, and suggest getting a gently creaking swing for the porch to accompany the mint iced tea and strawberry lemonade.
bruno
Definitely Park Road and 17th Street. Adorned with May roses now!
Mostly Cloudy 
