More European Doorways

If you have been following my blog (and specifically my travels) for a while now, you know how much I enjoy photographing spectactular architecture and especially doors...  You can see the first post I did about doors from my travels the last few years in Europe here.  

I have put together a few more from our more recent adventures, plus a few going back a while, to add to the collection.  I hope that some of these doors speak to you, as they did to me, and that perhaps they will provide some European-style entryway inspiration, too!

Madrid, Spain May 2011

Copenhagen, Denmark August 2011

Madrid, Spain May 2011

Tuscany, Italy June 2011

Barcelona, Spain September 2010

Brugge, Belgium August 2009

Munich, Germany April 2011

Venice, Italy October 2008

I hope you enjoyed this little "architectural vacation"!

All photos were taken by me, Barbara Jordan Dettweiler.  
Please do not use without my consent.

Beautiful Home Exteriors and More

A while back I posted about exteriors that were inspiring me for our new home.  Here are the latest ones that I am collecting...maybe for if/when we end up building our dream home!  You'll notice they are all a very neutral color which I really prefer for an exterior.  I think it's classic, but some may call it boring.  What do you think?

I love how welcoming this home is!

The balconies and varied outdoor areas add so much.  The pool doesn't hurt either!

A beautiful courtyard feel and everything draws your eye to the front door.

Love, love, love that window!

A beautiful garage is a very good thing!





This just makes you want to come in, doesn't it?

Gorgeous, subtle color combo for a spanish style house with nice details.  Although I'm not sure about that back part??

Any favorites?

Sources and many more beautiful exteriors can be found on my pinterest board here.

Beautiful Door Ideas

Hi Everybody!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  We had a great time with an out of town guest that we hadn't seen in a long time - it was great catching up and exploring a bit of Seattle with him along the way.  


I think that anyone who loves great design can appreciate a great front (or back!) door.  I fell in love with so many of them while we were traveling around Europe that I did a post of my photos that you can see here.  I thought a fun post would be about some beautiful, unique and remarkable doors and the entry leading up to them.  Take a look and see what you think:

Spanish colonial - gorgeous!

Urban sophistication.

Wow.

Simple and lovely!

I love the rustic, yet elegant, Europe feel to this entry...

I'd gladly take any of these.  How about you?

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This And That

First of all I wanted to say thanks for all of the great feedback I got on the kick off of my new series, Design in Five from yesterday.  I'm glad you all liked it and I look forward to the guests posts!  Now moving on to today...

It seems more and more often I have a random collection of beautiful images to share with all of you, rather than a set "theme".  I hope you don't mind, but I think I'll be doing quite a few "This and That" posts in the future!  Here's what I have for you today.  Enjoy!

How gorgeous is that sink?  I might even get into gardening if I had one like that.  :)

A Dutch Door on a nursery - what a clever idea!

There is such a pretty, happy mix of patterns and color in this space...

And last but not least, most of you know I am from Oregon...this saying is definitely popular in Portland on bumper stickers and the like, but I have never seen this sign and I'm wondering where it is...

I warned you this was going to be a random post.  :)  I hope you found it refreshing!

Thoughts?

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