Plantation Shutters and house number in stick-on frosting

[Alan Dale]

My mate has bought a period house in ED. He immediately took down the net curtains and replaced them with expensive wooden plantation shutters and yesterday I noticed that he had added the house number in frosting in the pane of glass above their front door.

Are these additions compulsory now? Is it just a trend or do you think these additions will stand the test of time?

It seems that you can track the gentrification of a street using the shutters:net curtains ratio.

[Jah Lush]

*Peers through net curtains...Ooooh well will you just look at that over the road there, who do they think they are*

[Nero]

I think they are a trend. I think the frosting thing will look dated within five years. I expect there will be some kind of Benjamin Britten vintage vibe before long that tells us that nets and chintz and 'respectability' are in. Nero

[*Bob*]

Frosting: cheesey

Plantation shutters (the slatted kind): cheesey

You should have a word. Though I suspect you probably think the same.

[Alan Dale]

We've got metal security grilles. Safe as 1982 Wates houses but ugly.

[*Bob*]

Alan Dale Wrote:

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> We've got metal security grilles.

Ahh.. the industrial look. Very *now*.

[Administrator]

Lounged

[Alan Dale]

Guess the administrator has got both...

[*Bob*]

The Admin is a man who likes to keep an eye on things.

I'd say he's plumped for nets as they offer maximum snoop with minimum visibility.

Am I right, Mr A?

[Alan Dale]

One way mirrored glass and CCTV?

[Administrator]

Correct. I can also reverse engineer some cables on my computer which turns your screen into a camera so I can watch you.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Do you like what you see?