Family Asks Neighbors To Help Them Decide On New House Color, Response Takes Internet By Storm

Jun 18, 2020 by apost team

In May 2020, the Landreth family in Portland, Oregon made headlines when they asked their neighbors to help decide on what color their house should be painted using a sign outside their home that directed them to a form where they could cast their vote.

After more than 150,000 votes from around the world, a winner has been chosen in the vote for a Portland family's new house color. The Landreth family from Portland put a sign outside their home that included a QR code that takes passersby to the Google Docs survey where they can cast their votes.

"My 11-year-old and I brainstormed on the easiest way to direct passersby to the online survey. She wanted to print the URL on our website. It’s hard to type a long URL into a browser. I showed her how QR codes work. She researched how to create a QR code for our link to the Google Form,” Brian Landreth said.

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The Landreths had just pulled the vinyl siding off their house and the cedar siding underneath desperately needed a fresh coat of paint. The boards were covered in peeling white paint and needed a new lease on life. But picking out the next paint color for your house can be a tough decision.

"We don't want to be that neighbor with that bright ugly house that everyone sees every day," Brian Landreth said. "We wanted to get the input of our neighbors. There's a lot of pedestrians, bikes that go by daily." A neighbor of the Landreths tweeted a photo of the survey and it quickly took off, getting votes from around the world.

After more than 150,000 votes cast, paint #4 emerged as the winner. "We tried to take this little survey that went global and see what we can do to make it better for the community," said Brian Landreth. According to Brian, Miller Paint Company wanted to donate paint for the home, but the Landreth family instead asked for a donation to go toward the Harriet Tubman Middle School Parent Teacher Association.

The Landreths are overwhelmed by all the responses and home design network HGTV even retweeted the neighbor's photo asking for votes. "It's been really fun. Neighbors have been so cool. It seems to really help with the sense of community. It's like we're all together, apart," said Brian's wife, Kim.

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