Simple but Effective!

We could call this an 'Emily' door...it is small, has charm, pretty details and above all character!! I like this X-shaped nail (?) where the door is hinged and the handle is quite ornate (though I have to admit that this handle is a bit TOO ornate for my tastes on such a door). The repetitive pattern around the door's inner squares are nice and do I spot a peephole?

Colourful Door Monday

Yes, I know, it's almost Tuesday, but I'm sneaking in under the wire on this!!

This door isn't extraordinary, but I do like it...especially the colour. It is small and could even be considered an 'Emily' door...look how high up the handle is! I don't know, this just seems like a nice, happy little door...it would make me happy to come home to this every day.

Hello Pretty Blue Door!!

An Emily Door...almost!

This cute little 'Emily Door' is located down the street from the Prague Castle (Hradcany) on a very touristy street. All along this street are stores selling such tourist treasures as marionettes, ceramic and enamel cups and mugs, glass/crystal items (of all kinds), hats, postcards, paintings and photographs and on and on, but tucked in between those stores are doors. Just doors, because while the street level has all the stores, there are still the levels higher up that have apartments and homes and those places have to be accessed...thus, the existence of doors like this one. I like this simple little door. It is made of a warm-colored wood, a funky hand-made handle and over top, it has a sort of pseudo-overhang to offer slight refuge to someone standing in the doorframe if the rain comes...but only if it is just raining a little!! The pink wall seems to add to the charm of the door rather than take away from it and you have to love the flower-shaped pull handle which somewhat replicates the flower relief designs in the door's stone frame.

Tiny Door Tuesday

Just so you know, 'Tiny doors' are the same as 'Emily doors' so if I refer to a Tiny door or an Emily door, don't be confused, just know that these terms are interchangeable because they both mean a small door. Got that? Good!

Today's Tiny Door may be small, but it has a couple of extras that are grand!!

First of all, let me just say that I'm always partial to any animal features a door might have, especially if the animal is a big cat...a lion, for example. Lions seem to be a favourite big cat for doors (hmm...is this something else I should be researching?) so I'm not surprised to find one here - front and center. Hail the mighty lion that protects this door!! And to set off our mighty beast is this door's other great feature: a beautifully carved sunburst. Is the message of these two features 'strength and light'?

Let's not overlook the size of this door (remember, to be an 'Emily door' it has to be just slightly taller than my friend Emily*, who is only just a few inches over 5 feet tall)...even if it is small it is warm and inviting. Sure, it has a boring, but functional handle, but the door itself is made of a nice, honey-colored wood that is a pleasure to look at. The window above the door (which seems there purely to give the window/door combination an illusion of height) is simple despite its interesting but not very exciting wrought-iron work. I guess the idea is to keep the visitor's eye on the lion. Ok, I can do that!!

*For more 'Emily Doors', just look for 'Emily' in the list to the right and you will see that as of today (including today's post) there are 5 doors that are considered Emily Doors. If you click on 'Emily' there, you will get all of the 'Emily Door' posts.

Another 'Emily' Door

About a month ago, my Canadian friend Emily was in town and we did some door hunting together. I showed you a couple of the doors we deemed to be 'Emily Doors', but here is one you haven't seen yet. (For those of you who don't know, Emily is 5 feet 3 inches tall and while visiting, she chose a few doors that pleased her not only because of their looks, but because of their size: her size!!)

According to the plaque on this Emily Door, this is the 'back house' (zadni dum) though I honestly can't imagine where the front house is given the location of this door. Mystery! Oh well, that bit of mystery just adds to the door's beauty and charm.

You have to love the mail slot and the other door accessories.

Since we couldn't actually go through this door, I did my best to take a picture through the keyhole...

P.S. Thanks Em! Miss you!

Colourful Door Monday

And today's lucky colour is GREEN! I like this little door (we could call it an 'Emily door'!)...notice how high the handle seems to be...so high that it looks like the picture is upside down, but it's not...this is confirmed by the cobblestones at the bottom of the picture! The handle isn't bad either!

An 'Emily' Door

And here we are, back to Friday so I thought I would show you another 'Emily' door (if you don't know who Emily is, please see my post of Friday 9 April). When you first see this door all by itself, you might think that it is quite big...but now look at it with Emily in front of it - remember, Emily is about 5 feet 3 inches tall.

Isn't it cute? This would definitely not be the door for a tall person! Well, at least one that has a tendency to forget to duck his head when passing through it!

The door isn't very ornate, but it does have a nice inlaid flower/star design and the wood is light and inviting. Finally, the door accessories pass my 'test'...they have character and to me that counts for a lot!

An 'Emily' Door

When my dear Canadian friend Emily was visiting Prague (where she used to live and work) recently she was kind enough to go door hunting with me. When we came upon this door and another one very similar to it (which I will post later), Emily, who is about 5 feet 3 inches tall, was delighted...the doors were just her size! Thus, they were immediately deemed - by us - 'The Emily Doors'!! Thanks, Em!! Miss you!!

This door is all smiles!