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Lawn Art House

Laurelhurst neighborhood of Portland, Oregon (December 2007)

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Portland Laurelhurst Lawn Art House front

Portland's swank Laurelhurst community has a house that prides itself on a cacophony of lawn art - or perhaps better called lawn stuff - arranged rather unceremoniously around the property. All of the classics are there: cherubs, gnomes, concrete deer, frilly edged birdbaths, sleeping sombrero man, and more. Each of the home's windows is blocked with a closed privacy shade, so one wonders if the interior contains the hidden world of a jam packed stuff collector...

Portland Laurelhurst Lawn Art House side

 

 

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