{"id":21612,"date":"2026-10-03T17:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=21612"},"modified":"2026-10-03T17:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:34:44","slug":"my-neighbor-painted-my-fence-so-it-would-match-the-neighborhood-my-response-was-absolutely-devastating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=21612","title":{"rendered":"My Neighbor Painted My Fence \u2018So It Would Match the Neighborhood\u2019 \u2013 My Response Was Absolutely Devastating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"81\">My Neighbor Painted My Fence Without Permission\u2014So I Gave Him a Colorful Surprise<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"251\">Rodgers had tried to control my property since I moved in, complaining about everything from my trash cans to my basketball hoop\u2014even though he wasn\u2019t on the HOA board.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"431\">But he went too far when I returned from vacation and found my dark cedar fence painted beige. Rodgers proudly admitted doing it because my fence \u201cdidn\u2019t match the neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"687\">Instead of arguing, I checked the HOA rules and discovered there were no restrictions on fence colors or murals. After receiving approval, I designed a mural featuring colorful fences, bright birds, and the words: <strong data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"687\">\u201cDifferent homes. One neighborhood.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"893\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">When Rodgers left for a weeklong trip, I hired a local artist. By the time he returned, his boring beige paint had become the neighborhood\u2019s brightest statement\u2014and there was nothing he could do about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>My Neighbor Painted My Fence Without Permission\u2014So I Gave Him a Colorful Surprise Rodgers had tried to control my property since I moved in, complaining <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=21612\" title=\"My Neighbor Painted My Fence \u2018So It Would Match the Neighborhood\u2019 \u2013 My Response Was Absolutely Devastating\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21614,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21612\/revisions\/21614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}