AS children across the country draw rainbows to display in their windows as a message of hope, one Somerset family has gone even further - creating a whole 'rainbow house'.
A family spent six hours colouring in every brick of their home with chalk to create the colourful display to cheer their neighbours during lockdown.
The Taylor family used up 40 jumbo chalks as they decorated the front wall of their red-brick terraced house in Wellington, Somerset.
Mum Fern, 26, started with her daughters Arabella, four, and Matilda, two, and her Royal Marine partner, Marco DeFazio, 28, finished the mission on a ladder.
HELPING HANDS: Daughters Arabella, four, and Matilda, two
Fern, who sells children's hair accessories, said: “The amount of people who have stopped and smiled, or asked to take photos, has really cheered up. It's so sweet.
"People have slowed down while driving past. We even had an ambulance stop and say they loved it.
“We took inspiration from another post we saw on Facebook where they had done half the house, and originally that’s what I was going to do.
RAINBOW: The finished house
“But my partner said we couldn’t stop there and got the ladder out and said he’d do the rest.
“We used jumbo chalks, and it took us about six hours. We probably started with about 40.
“The girls really enjoyed it. Matilda is two and didn’t quite understand but she did help a bit.
“Arabella is four and was a keen helper. She helped for a good half an hour and then they sat and played and watched mummy and daddy finish.”
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