Wednesday, August 25, 2010

67/365 Brick Curve

One of the things about living in an older city, but not too old, is that decorative brick is commonplace. Even old warehouses in St. Louis are decorated. It was assembly line, I've read. Everything was modular, just like in new housing developments these days. But the materials were built to last longer, of course. I have this curve above my living room window:
Otherwise, my house is very plain, with tightly fitted red brick in plain courses. Other houses on the street have little flourishes like this, although none just like this. All our house plans are nearly identical, but not quite, and the fronts of our houses are identical, but not quite. It's easy on the eyes.