WHEN people pass by Louis Torres’ home in Texas, the U.S., it’s not garden gnomes or flamingos that catch their eye — but thousands of cans of Miller Light.

    Cut to look like Christmas ornaments or strung together like tinsel, the silver beer cans have been glittering across Torres’ front yard in Fort Worth for more than 20 years.

    But Torres’ beloved home for 60 years may soon become just a memory after he gives up the keys in two weeks.

    Torres said his neighborhood is undergoing massive redevelopment, and the beer can house is the last one on the block.

    The house is likely to be demolished, taking with it the decoration that was all done — and drunk — by Torres.

    It started as a hobby for the 68-year-old, who retired from the aerospace company Lockheed Martin and found himself sitting at home, drinking beer and watching television.

    But then Torres got an idea, first decorating one tree, and then another, and then the chain-link fence, decorated with a “Rehab is for quitters” sign, he told WFAA.

    At one point nearly 4,000 cans of Miller Light and Milwaukee’s Best, Torres’ other go-to drink, were decorating the corner home — until the city forced him to take them down.

    The cans were shipped to a recycling facility and Torres’ home glittered of aluminum no more. But Torres struck a deal with Fort Worth to keep the cans only on his property, and his house was soon shining again.

    Torres turns the beer into decoration by first drilling a hole in the bottom, before cutting them to his preferred design. But don’t ask him to reveal just how many cans he personally drank.

    “I get asked all the time: ‘How many cans? Did you drink these?’” he said.

    Torres only plans to keep the sign as a memory of his longtime home, but he said the beer can house will rise again — this time in River Oaks.

    “It’s time to start all over,” he said. “Because I’m not going to stop.”(SD-Agencies)