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# A colorful way to sink property values
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/a-colorful-way-to-sink-property-values-editor/
- Published: 2007-07-10T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:15:05.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Debbie Osterholt*

Your article “Not your average residence” (July 2) surely reinforces the notion that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” By indulging their obsession with mosaic, the Farnams have utterly disrespected the sensibilities of those neighbors who may not, in fact, consider themselves “lucky” to live in the same neighborhood with the Farnams and their “masterpiece.”

I suspect that most people would be compelled to conclude that the Farnams’ poor taste has significantly lowered the neighborhood’s property values.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 10, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)