Door of the Day

Door of the Day and Super Sweet Vestibule

By Prince Of Petworth

Ah, it’s been a while since I’ve seen I’ve seen one of these. I was fortunate to talk to the owners of this home in Bloomingdale who were super nice. It turns out that they have been working on this door and vestibule for over a year and it’s still a work in progress. It looked pretty amazing to me. They told me that originally there was an old red front door and the vestibule had linoleum floors with the sides covered in artificial brick. I’d say they did a pretty fantastic job. The owner told me he found his new front door (circa 1910 or so) in New Jersey and had a gentleman from the stripping workshop fix it up. If anyone else is looking to fix up their front doors the stripping workshop is located at:

411 New York Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-544-1470

Awesome, yeah?

So let me take this opportunity to make another call for photos from your home improvement photos. It can be a door, a kitchen, bathroom, anything. Email me photos to princeofpetworth (at) gmail (dot) com

Door of the Day

By Prince Of Petworth

This door is phenomenal. I feel like this may be a re-pop but definitely a warranted one.

Reader Submitted Door of the Day (Re-PoP)

By Prince Of Petworth

I can’t tell you how happy it makes me when readers submit doors of the day. Sometimes I have to be reminded that other folks actually like doors as much as I do. The reader writes:

“This front door is located at 1730 Florida Ave, NW. I first noticed it today although I live around the corner from the house.

As you may be able to tell in the attached photo, and the reason I think this door is a good candidate, is that the door is rather short. I am 5’3″ and wondered if I could walk into the house through it without having to bend my knees. You can also see the front door at the house next door and that makes for a good comparison.”

I believe in the past folks have referred to these doors as “hobbit doors”. They most definitely kick ass.

Door of the Day

By Prince Of Petworth

If you look past the security bars there is a great door and some sweet stained glass up top.

What In the Helen of Troy is This? Double Door

By Prince Of Petworth

Now this is truly odd. I had seen some archways between rowhomes that were apparently used as an entry for horses back in the day but this is completely different. The small door to the left is actually in the front of the house. Any idea what the story is here?

Ed note: I reserve the right to use this as a future caption contest…

Door of the Day

By Prince Of Petworth

Damn this is a good one. Sweet stonework and finally another vestibule.

Door of the Day

By Prince Of Petworth

A great old school double door. I’m not sure if the glass is real stained glass though, it was hard to tell from the sidewalk.

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