Doors so strong
Impassive to passers-by
Who knows the stories they have witnessed
Some, like people, are more welcoming
Many are unlocked, waiting to be opened
Will you enter?
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Doors so strong
Impassive to passers-by
Who knows the stories they have witnessed
Some, like people, are more welcoming
Many are unlocked, waiting to be opened
Will you enter?
I always want to know what is on the other side of such old and beautiful doors and what stories they coukd tell
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When they’re open I don’t hesitate to look! From the sidewalk, of course.
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Lovely door stories! I always make pictures of them and think about what happens behind these doors..
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Me too!
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I love those big double doors with a smaller people door in. And the doors, as in your fourth picture, where the homeowner can close up the house for the night, or for travel, and it’s secure.
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Yes, these doors don’t mess around! The little “people” doors are great–have you tried opening a big, wooden door with your arms full of groceries?
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I love the huge keys that you have to turn around and around. The creak as the door opens….and the worn marble floor that could tell generations of stories….
Ali
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Some of those keys are works of art, too.
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I am irresistibly compelled to look through windows and doors because I am insatiably curious as to how other folk live and how they have put together their interiors.
I can’t help it
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Yes! Like leafing through a decorating magazine, but in real life.
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I, too, love those big wooden doors with the smaller access door…
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I wonder whether they planned the smaller door from the start, or whether at some point somebody got sick of pushing open the big one.
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A lot more interesting than North America’s ubiquitous (practical) Masonite doors. Somehow I don’t think we will be photographing them 100+ years from now. Thank you for your lovely blog.
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These are practical, too. That thick wood is a good insulator. But often the big double doors lead to inner courtyards, so the use is a little different.
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There are so many interesting and beautiful doors in France. As you say often times the big double doors are the entrance to a courtyard and things beyond. I am fascinated by abandoned buildings, always curious to know where the people sent, what happened to them, why hasn’t anyone come home or used these houses for so long. Oh the stories these doors could tell.
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Our real estate agent explained the abandoned buildings: fights over inheritance. That and the cost of repairs, especially in historically protected areas. I saw a gorgeous ruin that was very huge and very cheap, but it would have cost a couple million to fix.
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