These Rainbow Houses Will Make Your Month

From House Beautiful

It's June, which means in addition to kicking off summer, we're also celebrating WorldPride, the global month dedicated to recognizing the LGBTQ community. While there are literally thousands of special events, launches, and celebrations going on throughout the month (like free NYC hotel rooms and rainbow Ikea Frakta bags), we think we've officially found our favorite way to celebrate Pride: the rainbow house. Because why only live colorfully one month of the year, when you could celebrate every day? Why settle for one shade of exterior paint when your clapboard or siding is the perfect canvas for a color gradient?

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Yesterday on Instagram, San Francisco designer Noz Nozawa shared a joyful photo of a delightfully hued home in her home city's Noe Valley neighborhood. Affectionately dubbed-what else?-the Rainbow House, the row house has been a fixture of the neighborhood for years and is a popular tourist destination on Clipper Street.

But, a click on the hashtag #rainbowhouse and a quick scroll will reveal that the San Francisco facade is far from the only rainbow home out there. Just look at this colorful cabin on the beach in Mexico's Quintana Roo state:

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Or how about this multicolor nail salon in Austin, Texas?

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Looking for something a bit more subdued but within the rainbow theme? May I present this delightful, folksy house in London?

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And, finally, perhaps our favorite, the Equality House in Topeka, Kansas:

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This unassuming ranch made headlines when Aaron Jackson, founder of the nonprofit Planting Peace, purchased it in 2013 and hired a military veteran to paint it the colors of the Pride flag. The catch? The home is situated just across the street from the headquarters of the Westboro Baptist Church, the notorious anti-LGBTQ group. Now, it stands as a colorful contrast to Westboro's ideology. That's what we call house proud.

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