Modern Country Doors

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwk5B3dBsom0cd6lnJJje9-f-KzVo2AO3e73dNSRVvExt2lB9pKWDjCwOGNTbbWUPx7K1V6e1WGdAKND3-nzJXJfl0MXeBzDO68P5OcLkBUhlEursduJADRsug8tKuVkseMMqJs6R8rm9/s1600/11.9.10+200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwk5B3dBsom0cd6lnJJje9-f-KzVo2AO3e73dNSRVvExt2lB9pKWDjCwOGNTbbWUPx7K1V6e1WGdAKND3-nzJXJfl0MXeBzDO68P5OcLkBUhlEursduJADRsug8tKuVkseMMqJs6R8rm9/s400/11.9.10+200.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Disclaimer</span>: When we were renovating our Master bedroom I was heavily pregnant with twins (heavy being the operative word!! I was HUUUUGE!). Not ideal timing, I admit, but we needed to crack on with getting the building work done and dusted before we had two little babies to look after. So the blame for any melodrama that occurs in this post can be firmly placed at the feet of that particular chapter of my life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjj3UMB8p8cu_T7lEecaXcyQNrpG4mOXqEWMzNRkmHyfKz-KW4t4sf91GHgxvzv3DwHeuPftau5gWYJtyX-pn5280hx1Hjjd-WDe9J-JfczjEZJDMtHkuUaCtxk-2MfrzNF4Vy8FHNQFck/s1600/1july10_196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjj3UMB8p8cu_T7lEecaXcyQNrpG4mOXqEWMzNRkmHyfKz-KW4t4sf91GHgxvzv3DwHeuPftau5gWYJtyX-pn5280hx1Hjjd-WDe9J-JfczjEZJDMtHkuUaCtxk-2MfrzNF4Vy8FHNQFck/s400/1july10_196.jpg" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDh7_kzOZr1BwQVVJyWKyq6NcEtq0B-YvMY_m-VtxhAYkBEdvMHuGi_ycNOEOHorE-tT8wY6AlgRlZvMq6goo4VLKRXzU8-ZTVKssZwHBDOwAqnrqEYFcBEk9gVUN9MMCoECO0MTkZh9Z3/s1600/11.9.10+197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span>  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Getting the doors right was the hardest part of creating a Modern Country interior in this room. Possibly because I thought it would be a breeze. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Expectations SOOOO wrong...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6VJY5YMeZLw9FeigZUugtUDNm-BoTl9YZobWIzhfyIU_XxLD_MuogyyLVKdd4i_AoOzAVJf5hfF-oUjdVbKRR_JKAiDuZgohNHbKZzx-efrqsLNdZkz7f9vrSRMroxjr2vTJNmNC6DpZ/s1600/11.9.10+196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6VJY5YMeZLw9FeigZUugtUDNm-BoTl9YZobWIzhfyIU_XxLD_MuogyyLVKdd4i_AoOzAVJf5hfF-oUjdVbKRR_JKAiDuZgohNHbKZzx-efrqsLNdZkz7f9vrSRMroxjr2vTJNmNC6DpZ/s400/11.9.10+196.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you been to architectural salvage yards?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcgUiYv9GwtC8_bOOXwNdnVHK_KtbB5FjMPyG4KPBO7sl7Px-nQSMPcE1XPUBln53uPBFdPz6VbvI_X0ylfh6tPgK8dGN0ofj-YLAuHx0sR8__DlEIVgHHzpz0qFGDkoHu85Dlee99XY5/s1600/11.9.10+212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcgUiYv9GwtC8_bOOXwNdnVHK_KtbB5FjMPyG4KPBO7sl7Px-nQSMPcE1XPUBln53uPBFdPz6VbvI_X0ylfh6tPgK8dGN0ofj-YLAuHx0sR8__DlEIVgHHzpz0qFGDkoHu85Dlee99XY5/s400/11.9.10+212.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was our first experience.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was a naive Reclaiming Rookie.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We were looking to replace not just the door to our bedroom but all the doors on the middle floor too so we knew we wanted a matching set. Or as close a match as possible.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDh7_kzOZr1BwQVVJyWKyq6NcEtq0B-YvMY_m-VtxhAYkBEdvMHuGi_ycNOEOHorE-tT8wY6AlgRlZvMq6goo4VLKRXzU8-ZTVKssZwHBDOwAqnrqEYFcBEk9gVUN9MMCoECO0MTkZh9Z3/s1600/11.9.10+197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDh7_kzOZr1BwQVVJyWKyq6NcEtq0B-YvMY_m-VtxhAYkBEdvMHuGi_ycNOEOHorE-tT8wY6AlgRlZvMq6goo4VLKRXzU8-ZTVKssZwHBDOwAqnrqEYFcBEk9gVUN9MMCoECO0MTkZh9Z3/s400/11.9.10+197.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had an image in my mind that they'd have a neat row of beautiful doors to choose from that I could take away that day.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Errr....no.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstu2iUoKFN1n5LGYCIfGBLMc6O-tthKVsy04PXA2ZN-fvT5ryq5qVTx96yhZXMk38uMXv84m4fQXLkTZGP3yYi885hfaN4I4V1a0XmbbLZujfFODXAnQI5b_Xyx8xQ4kjScPyyK-Wb4tR/s1600/11.9.10+204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstu2iUoKFN1n5LGYCIfGBLMc6O-tthKVsy04PXA2ZN-fvT5ryq5qVTx96yhZXMk38uMXv84m4fQXLkTZGP3yYi885hfaN4I4V1a0XmbbLZujfFODXAnQI5b_Xyx8xQ4kjScPyyK-Wb4tR/s400/11.9.10+204.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were long stacks of them that were REALLY heavy to move to even start to see if the doors were good in enough. Let alone get doors out to examine them in detail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvnwA7kZfi3i3JaWuKVBZLnRWaj8YqfyWFdzHKmsyZbJfhJvtJ6NEoJmnxLd8uuFb7D2r9hMq04W4OjFpvQqbYtzpj3ObmRAMU_XTvOZrSEucRLd8mzRpaEBwSjPLM65LVKnQPeuVtvtm/s1600/1july10_182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvnwA7kZfi3i3JaWuKVBZLnRWaj8YqfyWFdzHKmsyZbJfhJvtJ6NEoJmnxLd8uuFb7D2r9hMq04W4OjFpvQqbYtzpj3ObmRAMU_XTvOZrSEucRLd8mzRpaEBwSjPLM65LVKnQPeuVtvtm/s400/1july10_182.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everything was grubby. And I had white jeans on. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">White jeans. Pregnant with twins. I know....What was I thinking?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Step in Mr Modern Country. Salvage Superhero...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlQujiZQDAjid59O8Qtef1zeHj6l4wRMYGq-cqtenozf7CoeiPg7NumxJJJrA9c2-a4usvvm75UkEjBv_98QYF2ew49gOvMGq8i1kHZK3lX57oee6unTuWU_o-6OYKCThCzlShqlgOw5k/s1600/11.9.10+203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlQujiZQDAjid59O8Qtef1zeHj6l4wRMYGq-cqtenozf7CoeiPg7NumxJJJrA9c2-a4usvvm75UkEjBv_98QYF2ew49gOvMGq8i1kHZK3lX57oee6unTuWU_o-6OYKCThCzlShqlgOw5k/s400/11.9.10+203.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After lots of trips to lots of different yards, looking through lots and lots of hideous doors, we finally came to Farringdon Architectural Antiques in Oxfordshire. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bingo.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY03KraMu7fpgmzZSdA0nSah08DU1dHavfgUAKZE6-ZHTU2el4W9Vr3-OzHqtxCYr4Y1RUccEZlhqsls0l2cBAr39yBRhaGCFoXM6ht9OfdRMZpmTmueDKJkMlIcmz834XvkMVq6-asN7B/s1600/11.9.10+205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY03KraMu7fpgmzZSdA0nSah08DU1dHavfgUAKZE6-ZHTU2el4W9Vr3-OzHqtxCYr4Y1RUccEZlhqsls0l2cBAr39yBRhaGCFoXM6ht9OfdRMZpmTmueDKJkMlIcmz834XvkMVq6-asN7B/s400/11.9.10+205.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This yard was different to the others. The man was really helpful....or was I more exacting?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Time was ticking on, my friend...and those twins were coming out....doors or no doors.....I may or may not have had a wild look in my eyes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He seemed to know exactly what we were after and produced, as if by magic, the number of doors we needed, that had...wait for it....been part of one of the Oxford Colleges until a recent refurb meant they were removed. Wahey!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSUa2Q4RF1cEByVMIvtqlIZwwBtvVvYBQocJ4BuybAWwsTEciu8qWbeuOU1wgJ5AOym2322gw7aczhki9EVXobQnuT8i7y4YQPjWkdvTHJJg6Cp7vb5Gdp48fRRr9jABvuxzL8cKPmtW7/s1600/11.9.10+209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSUa2Q4RF1cEByVMIvtqlIZwwBtvVvYBQocJ4BuybAWwsTEciu8qWbeuOU1wgJ5AOym2322gw7aczhki9EVXobQnuT8i7y4YQPjWkdvTHJJg6Cp7vb5Gdp48fRRr9jABvuxzL8cKPmtW7/s400/11.9.10+209.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Will I be taking them? Errrr.....yes pleeeeease!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had them stripped and waxed by the yard and they were delivered and fitted in the twinkling of an eye.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I find all's well that ends well when you're pregnant with twins and have a wild look in your eye. You should try it some time when you next need to buy doors from an architectural salvage yard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0aDTrrW6WiVt1BCOBveuFxOXIhWfQoUmnMip5s5A1Yoa5T3o1zUhbcMRAjEQlFmiy-CBqQLytJS47zOCXxmaMCMdL13NV8UN3cjMBj8UGZWEPkUnHvKQ0FppqeOWDeCIiY2W1cWo_pT7/s1600/11.9.10+201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0aDTrrW6WiVt1BCOBveuFxOXIhWfQoUmnMip5s5A1Yoa5T3o1zUhbcMRAjEQlFmiy-CBqQLytJS47zOCXxmaMCMdL13NV8UN3cjMBj8UGZWEPkUnHvKQ0FppqeOWDeCIiY2W1cWo_pT7/s400/11.9.10+201.JPG" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwk5B3dBsom0cd6lnJJje9-f-KzVo2AO3e73dNSRVvExt2lB9pKWDjCwOGNTbbWUPx7K1V6e1WGdAKND3-nzJXJfl0MXeBzDO68P5OcLkBUhlEursduJADRsug8tKuVkseMMqJs6R8rm9/s1600/11.9.10+200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have you checked out The Adventures of Stig and Lolo? She's having a very cool French Larkspur giveaway. <a href="http://stiglo.blogspot.com/2010/11/tis-season-of-giving.html" target="_blank">You can see it over here.</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Modern Country Doors

Disclaimer : When we were renovating our Master bedroom I was heavily pregnant with twins (heavy being the operative word!! I was HUUUUGE!)....

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J'adore a door...

<div style="text-align: center;">See what I did there? Did you appreciate my hilarious title today?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we first moved into our house it was chockablock with hideous doors. All the beautiful original doors had been ripped out by previous villains.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Errr, I mean owners. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hard not to feel frustrated but I guess it was their house...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kkBgRRBFWO3f-UOYhuQ4iZW2PyenshazfIDmJR-Bb6G8U-wt174wbstgynsoFlbI1vmOEYJfiSMIqR5EZ51huJ1hk1YyEZHkBo70wa5x96vh9FPeTeIFYvGsIS68P7ZM3yp0xgTpW6Ww/s1600/simply+natural+decor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kkBgRRBFWO3f-UOYhuQ4iZW2PyenshazfIDmJR-Bb6G8U-wt174wbstgynsoFlbI1vmOEYJfiSMIqR5EZ51huJ1hk1YyEZHkBo70wa5x96vh9FPeTeIFYvGsIS68P7ZM3yp0xgTpW6Ww/s400/simply+natural+decor.jpg" width="271" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Part of renovating our Master bedroom was picking out salvaged doors. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A dirty job...but someone a got to do it...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Time to call in Mr Modern Country.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Salvage Superhero...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD-zXcWkb2LXD2UcYpOhBczNUNhPxoVx3ps5eST_XKHJVQCIhYnhCY5QsRS6Z9CsI8uQEjxjUiw2Q9RVok8Y3yExxxGwYSLI3mP1mUK359JwmKPOFpSfG-k1BGIdUWme9_S0A7V_76D_f/s1600/pr+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD-zXcWkb2LXD2UcYpOhBczNUNhPxoVx3ps5eST_XKHJVQCIhYnhCY5QsRS6Z9CsI8uQEjxjUiw2Q9RVok8Y3yExxxGwYSLI3mP1mUK359JwmKPOFpSfG-k1BGIdUWme9_S0A7V_76D_f/s400/pr+web.jpg" width="265" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are some lusciously gorgeous doors out there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And some pretty hideous ones it has to be said.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2opjWrOh939Yv0-83uGeh41QQTP4ks9TkDsaOR2RQJHTVvMCWJnMW8Fk2gDDr-NLeLqNFm5-Ml3Dsf7Y13V-l4WuMVsmjO86BKP7mxRau12bWj32pw9sNAq7TD_HQ3mchwKrduP8CYJG/s1600/attic+mag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="317" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2opjWrOh939Yv0-83uGeh41QQTP4ks9TkDsaOR2RQJHTVvMCWJnMW8Fk2gDDr-NLeLqNFm5-Ml3Dsf7Y13V-l4WuMVsmjO86BKP7mxRau12bWj32pw9sNAq7TD_HQ3mchwKrduP8CYJG/s400/attic+mag.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a selection of divine doors on which to feast your hungry eyes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnRb5IAMWfGch7c0-Z17wTvlYHKBEQspkBtkcAMVMr7Bl7iYwft4VhDmHk6UKGosBKepmNiG4bbEDnvuNIMXJLQaqXSb7dHWIVFE5s02pcfr6b_0JKJ76rsHiwcEONL5F3cbGS_pq3ZVz/s1600/style+park.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="275" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnRb5IAMWfGch7c0-Z17wTvlYHKBEQspkBtkcAMVMr7Bl7iYwft4VhDmHk6UKGosBKepmNiG4bbEDnvuNIMXJLQaqXSb7dHWIVFE5s02pcfr6b_0JKJ76rsHiwcEONL5F3cbGS_pq3ZVz/s400/style+park.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you like your doors traditionally-served?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifr-vFauagpJrbSwPie2TN2BB3bVeLsm3sNPhjkyTuPI6nBd6oWsImSTs2U9842q2EpKB5icU2zQZ0iDejGvXG2ryrUYs24YfyWz-ERWu2cTcHE2KeMEi-DcUYFD-GHZKRnzfhGI834AzN/s1600/white-hall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="287" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifr-vFauagpJrbSwPie2TN2BB3bVeLsm3sNPhjkyTuPI6nBd6oWsImSTs2U9842q2EpKB5icU2zQZ0iDejGvXG2ryrUYs24YfyWz-ERWu2cTcHE2KeMEi-DcUYFD-GHZKRnzfhGI834AzN/s400/white-hall.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or Modern-looking?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUKikPzz0GclHRuw5NIox8NosSexgj4NcVUeBy3dYZNSJFg37iWazZyxTavKU1f7F1jhVou1mgnQIbTUQmiWrY6UcZHiz_wca5-l5e94onMZ35C9t3q0cklyCnG1_V4qL_gT5rfHqxpWZ/s1600/archinspire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUKikPzz0GclHRuw5NIox8NosSexgj4NcVUeBy3dYZNSJFg37iWazZyxTavKU1f7F1jhVou1mgnQIbTUQmiWrY6UcZHiz_wca5-l5e94onMZ35C9t3q0cklyCnG1_V4qL_gT5rfHqxpWZ/s400/archinspire.jpg" width="263" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Doors have such a huge impact, don't they? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I speak from tragic experience, having lived with the grossest doors in the world for a year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4F9iADm1nbdMTl2D5bYmp4FnozZZdEYiqVHNRySSbJWall29bZQpRYzOc9viMZ0sTlNgeOuU_ZYTJAtcOaZjTW4U6K2XT0kNjlvtGzog_2DC1amXIWY7jaHEWnJPqjHWupII3WvAqQ0Z/s1600/wellsfargo.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="327" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4F9iADm1nbdMTl2D5bYmp4FnozZZdEYiqVHNRySSbJWall29bZQpRYzOc9viMZ0sTlNgeOuU_ZYTJAtcOaZjTW4U6K2XT0kNjlvtGzog_2DC1amXIWY7jaHEWnJPqjHWupII3WvAqQ0Z/s400/wellsfargo.bmp" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you like to keep your doors open...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLSLv6X_GmGSx25QJM3JXr_Yk2FGizp9niwl4JlM3ldm7I6KnX6IXah9YPnFJoNqw8Ti9byNCpliRvrpV7F9tWjF2Y4gr67lB3hCx-8d-KrkpaA-N93xPW1HpTpfz0rQQNe49_DqctVCJ/s1600/villa+anna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="266" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLSLv6X_GmGSx25QJM3JXr_Yk2FGizp9niwl4JlM3ldm7I6KnX6IXah9YPnFJoNqw8Ti9byNCpliRvrpV7F9tWjF2Y4gr67lB3hCx-8d-KrkpaA-N93xPW1HpTpfz0rQQNe49_DqctVCJ/s400/villa+anna.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...nice and airy?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3u9abywJppeVjznSXoUUvJ05Hvq9XAyg2v-f4rJypToZNNgwCh-oabk3-SJ9hZjnGBYrv-iC_VCW3gSflOZ5P0W-VnHoYfvk3-kNHen_GLAjVMd3IKVdDiU1prvNpj2ceRguipucVyxY/s1600/lavender+and+lilies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3u9abywJppeVjznSXoUUvJ05Hvq9XAyg2v-f4rJypToZNNgwCh-oabk3-SJ9hZjnGBYrv-iC_VCW3gSflOZ5P0W-VnHoYfvk3-kNHen_GLAjVMd3IKVdDiU1prvNpj2ceRguipucVyxY/s400/lavender+and+lilies.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or shut....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkKocX66SDAcC78cnz6IaXF_xcBiN5RxgYyQa6d-0YwPt6Tzi1dd4XuFZtEi9gW585WjkxV74RmW5nripKz8KuO6UtwSyJi8jtOJsO3-AOZ6cdaBXIS3PtWgEWzx44qdMbCdKxT7Jx97L/s1600/valley+doors.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkKocX66SDAcC78cnz6IaXF_xcBiN5RxgYyQa6d-0YwPt6Tzi1dd4XuFZtEi9gW585WjkxV74RmW5nripKz8KuO6UtwSyJi8jtOJsO3-AOZ6cdaBXIS3PtWgEWzx44qdMbCdKxT7Jx97L/s400/valley+doors.png" width="236" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...a cosy cocoon?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CH677lng9KC9m7TWZwkMptujOfFxuMlFckgeFzK1BKDj8lEli4v3Z3HPKPTDelBMpjggxPc13goqSBkYzNR3sMqyhC-XxTKQXFgI3Wrb8a0FXv7G29Ns24VC_8VyBMVdvfjXRfsR1pd1/s1600/country+carpentry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CH677lng9KC9m7TWZwkMptujOfFxuMlFckgeFzK1BKDj8lEli4v3Z3HPKPTDelBMpjggxPc13goqSBkYzNR3sMqyhC-XxTKQXFgI3Wrb8a0FXv7G29Ns24VC_8VyBMVdvfjXRfsR1pd1/s400/country+carpentry.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or a little bit of both?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXKZoTEdTG_aDJZ_4o97fsd9b3gorFxwEE3NoNiBAGcAjGoBqhtfcvLEXPDGv5bIYWCFisO-4-Q-NV375EHyVZTYmMGqqIm2-N2xPzk2OzRneU8iYLbVfqSVzrUDvwY76SLJavp08qlx3/s1600/hooked+on+houses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXKZoTEdTG_aDJZ_4o97fsd9b3gorFxwEE3NoNiBAGcAjGoBqhtfcvLEXPDGv5bIYWCFisO-4-Q-NV375EHyVZTYmMGqqIm2-N2xPzk2OzRneU8iYLbVfqSVzrUDvwY76SLJavp08qlx3/s400/hooked+on+houses.jpg" width="289" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now that reclaimed doors are so widely available, there's no excuse for dowdy doors....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next time, I'll share the adventure of how we <em>eventually</em> found our salvaged doors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oooh, and I'm so excited to share my Christmas crafts with you over the next couple of months. I keep waking up in the middle of the night with new ideas!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Is that normal?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Simply Natural Decor, PR WEB, attic mag, Style Park, White- Hall, archinspire, Wellsfargo, Villa Anna, Lavender and Lilies, Valley Doors, Country Carpentry, Hooked ON Houses</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQ2zEbJu_rZkJbO6Koc5P1pdNI-fYZ2XfHzh813hgNm7rscIedK4dA1i_IuPRF6ss_PvUY-48tM-dkNJfeGyfSt7EaQVeEZFPdw-7yL76BJ2KB4FXXTZNPLbbqyEdbOhswUmPBRGeeqZT/s1600/chatta+fabulous.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

J'adore a door...

See what I did there? Did you appreciate my hilarious title today? When we first moved into our house it was chockablock with hideous doors....

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