Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Corner View 'Front Door'

Front door.  Well, I do love my own front door - dark blue, with a round port-hole that opens so you can say 'Boo' through it and give visitors a bit of a shock, or the kiddos can keeping calling 'Bye Papa' as he leaves for work, or through which I can give Huzz a kiss when he comes home.

But this made me think of the many many photographs we have of doors.  Sound a bit unusual?  Well, wherever we've travelled, our eyes are always drawn towards beautiful or interesting doors to other people's homes, hideaways, courtyards, playgrounds, secret gardens etc.  So, I've been ploughing back though the archives to find front doors from our travels to share with you today.

One of many doors at a monestary - Crete, Greece, 2007

Beautiful entrance gates to a school playground - Crete, Greece, 2007

Pastel coloured beach hut doors - Domburg, Netherlands, 2009


Beautifully carved huge wooden doors - Madrid, Spain, 2004

Bright beach hut doors - Luarca, Spain, 2001

The big red doors to the bullring - Pamplona, Spain, 2001

Someone's front door - Kauai, Hawaii, 2005

And finally, here is my front door - Eindhoven, Netherlands, Christmas 2009

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32 comments:

  1. soisses-dasleben17 March 2010 at 01:39

    your front door looks interesting - would like to see more... the other ones are also great!

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  2. Angie Muresan17 March 2010 at 02:03

    Oh, you are just like me! I have a fascination with front doors, and with the worlds they so closely guard. Wherever I go, I take pictures of them as well.

    www.angiemuresan.com

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  3. la ninja17 March 2010 at 02:54

    booooooooooooooooooooooo :)

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  4. Emily17 March 2010 at 02:57

    Great post! Doors can be so strong and poetic at the same time. Well captured:) x LZ

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  5. likeschocolate17 March 2010 at 04:26

    I think I could live in Crete, Greece. Stunning doors! I also like the wood carved doors of spain.

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  6. shayndel17 March 2010 at 05:01

    beautiful doors and photos, and reminder that doors are such great metaphors...

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  7. Francesca17 March 2010 at 05:03

    What a wonderful selection! I'm also a front door lover and if I was organized enough, I'd have a gigantic photo folder of them! I must also start a beach hut collection:)

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  8. Anonymous17 March 2010 at 06:29

    Very good choice !!! Especially the beach hut doors... I love it ; )

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  9. alison17 March 2010 at 06:37

    Love them all - particularly the pastel beach huts and the trellis work and that verdigris colour on the school gates in Greece. I'm halfway through a photography course at the moment and I've been taking quite a lot of pictures of doors round Brighton but none so beautiful as these. Love your Christmas wreath - very modern and stylish.

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  10. ;)17 March 2010 at 06:39

    I did a lot of pictures of doors too... I think it's a way to discover the different people of a country ! Your photos are particularly beautiful and tell us a lot of interesting and different stories.

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  11. RosaMaría17 March 2010 at 09:31

    i love door photos too! your front door looks great! love your first photo! i want travel to Greece!

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  12. Cherry B17 March 2010 at 10:36

    What a nice idea to take photos of these doors regularly-- I love them all! Suppose they tell you a lot about a person :)

    districtdispatch.blogspot.com

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  13. Juliette17 March 2010 at 11:49

    so when I saw the last one, I said, that's my favorite! and then I scrolled a tad bit more and saw it was yours - sweet! =)

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  14. Isabelle17 March 2010 at 11:52

    I love your doors world tour ...

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  15. Jenna17 March 2010 at 12:04

    Very very cute wreath on your front door. :)
    All the other doors were beautiful as well.

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  16. Mari Mansourian17 March 2010 at 13:06

    beautiful collection of doors, i too take random photos of doors on my travels, but am skipping out on today's corner view,

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  17. Juniper17 March 2010 at 13:51

    What a wonderful collection! Like that one from Hawaii! So too the calm brightness of the first shot... you can almost feel the mid day heat.

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  18. Palmer and Co17 March 2010 at 14:23

    Oh, these are WONDERFUL! Absolutely love the bit of holiday you added to yours!

    Happy Day!

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  19. P I A17 March 2010 at 15:11

    Hawaii and The Netherlands are my fav ones! Love them!

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  20. latisha17 March 2010 at 15:37

    my MIL has this same obsession. she dreams of a wall of framed door photos someday. i love how different they can be all over the world.

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  21. Kenza17 March 2010 at 21:14

    Lovely traveling through your doors! Thanks.

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  22. Kari17 March 2010 at 22:11

    thanks for showing all those doors.
    I do love your sweet little blue door. beautiful.

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  23. Theresa18 March 2010 at 04:03

    These are great!!

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  24. Anonymous18 March 2010 at 04:30

    Oh, I love all of those doors, especially yours! How did you make that wreath? So pretty!!!

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  25. Jodi18 March 2010 at 04:58

    Your door pics are wonderful. Live the window in your own door. Thank you so much for sharing a range. I too love doors and door knicker. And walls. I'll have to try a wall post. Happy Spring this weekend!! Jodi

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  26. alison18 March 2010 at 07:57

    Me again. Could you ask your husband - or maybe it's your copyright - if I can use that picture of the pastel beach huts on my blog for a post I'm writing about dresses? Credit and link to your blog of course! Thanks ever so!

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  27. Lisa18 March 2010 at 08:17

    Your front doors are beautiful and colorful and very interesting. Thank you for sharing them with us.

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  28. Chic Mama18 March 2010 at 09:49

    I especially like the pastel beach huts- gorgeous.I love those colours.....and I want a front door like yours!! ;0)

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  29. Audrey18 March 2010 at 14:02

    i am the same... when i visit a new country or place i love to do picture of the different doors: old, in color,big, small... nice pictures:)

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  30. Grey Lemon18 March 2010 at 14:05

    I love your photos, especially the first one, the pastel beach hut... really beautiful!! I also use to photograph a lot of front door... great selection!

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  31. l i s e19 March 2010 at 02:05

    my favorite is Someone's front door - Kauai, Hawaii
    have a good day

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  32. Anonymous22 March 2010 at 19:37

    Those are all very interestingly styled doors, if I might say so myself.

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