Hooked on Dutch Doors

by hookedonhouses on February 19, 2009

There’s just something about a Dutch door like this one from Country Home that makes my heart beat faster. They were originally created to keep animals out of farmhouses while letting light and air in. I’ve heard a lot of pet owners like them now for the opposite reason–keeping the animals in. We used to have a cat that would pounce at the door whenever someone rang the bell, and it would’ve been handy to be able to just open the top half!

I love old movies–especially old black and white romantic comedies–and so many of them feature charming cottages with Dutch doors that I’ve always wanted one. Remember this scene from Christmas in Connecticut? (If you missed my post about that house, click here.) In my fantasies, I also live in a stone farmhouse where gentle brown cows poke their heads through the door when you open the top half. (But someone else actually goes out to the barn to milk them, of course. You know that scene where Barbara Stanwyck leads the horse back to the barn and has no idea what she’s doing? Yeah. That would be me.)

Of course, a good Dutch door should always lead to a cottage garden like this (via Apartment Therapy):

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Hooked on Fridays Participants

1. maya (hooked on classical architecture)
2. susan (Your home, only better.)
3. Kim @ Forever Wherever (Hooked on Travel)
4. LexyB
5. Mary Beth {Homemade Diffuser}
6. Terry Kearns (my folk angel)
7. creations From My Heart Somerset Magazine
8. Arleen @ Seasons for All at Home (blue and white)
9. Canyon Wren Cottage
10. TidyMom
11. PamperingBeki (magic erasers)
12. Christy (Bread, Brits and Babies)
13. rue\’s pb & j life
14. Gayle (My camera lens)
15. Taya @ Delightful (organization)
16. Eileen @ Star\’s Fault
17. Troischats (Falling into Love at Home)
18. Maya (Sea Glass Love)
19. Tamara (fantasy Parties)
20. RitaSmeeta
21. Christy – Childhood Nostalgia
22. Heidi @ Blue Eyed Blessings (handmade notepad covers)
23. Amy @ Living Locurto {Artistic Blogs}
24. Gigi @ Lemonade Home

25. Dagny @ Beautiful Living (hooked on mirrors)
26. Amber.Filkins @ {ae filkins}
27. Liz@Violet Posy
28. Charlie@ Charlie\’s Design Diary
29. Puna
30. Jill (Homemade Lattes)
31. Angela @ PeonyPatch – Cooking
32. Linda @ Restyled Home
33. 7MSN Ranch, New Mexico
34. Christine (Lovin\’ Classic Sesame Street)
35. Debbie – Reflections Of Debbie
36. Bella Casa – I\’m Hooked on Rachael Ray!
37. Suzy Homemaker (Glass Cake Stands)
38. modernemama
39. Studio M Designs
40. Trudi @ DeJa-Brew
41. Christine @ Journeys of Mangonett
42. Mother Hen (sewing)
43. songbirdtiff-free curtains!
44. Kimm at Reinvented (Trash!)
45. Andi (library lovers)
46. Katie @ Making This Home
47. Wayfaring Wanderer (hooked on BEES)
48. Lazy Mom Leslie (organization)

49. Kristen @ FromMyTinyKitchen (Decorating my office)
50. Ally (A Walk in the Garden)
51. Linda from ::Surroundings::
52. Our Nifty Notebook, Blog Giveaways
53. Kim-HomeIsWhereTheHeartIs
54. sue
55. Fifi Flowers
56. Jill@Forever Cottage
57. Jaime Melcher
58. Steph @ Painted Shed
59. dolce chic
60. A Cottage To Me
61. angela | the painted house | collages!
62. Diana@TheDevineHome (Flowers!)
63. Ramona Owen
64. Visual Vamp
65. Brenda Fabric wall tratments
66. Heather is hooked on craft rooms
67. Lisa
68. velvet and linen
69. Carolina Mama (Pray It Friday)
70. Martha @ So Lovely Creations (hooked on before & after projects)
71. RehabOrDie.com — Hooked on Chimney Removal

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1 Kim~HomeIsWhereTheHeartIs February 20, 2009 at 11:37 am: Hi Julia,
This is my first time participating…I’m so excited to join in on the fun!

I love dutch doors…I can really understand why you’re hooked on them.

Have a wonderful weekend.
Kim

Kim~HomeIsWhereTheHeartIs’s last blog post..~*Hooked On Milk Glass*~
2 sue February 20, 2009 at 11:40 am: Now you’ve done it Julia…I’m back on my dutch door lust!

sue’s last blog post..dutch door dilemma
3 Fifi Flowers February 20, 2009 at 12:06 pm: I ADORE Dutch doors!

Fifi Flowers’s last blog post..Burning Desire…
4 Amy February 20, 2009 at 12:23 pm: When I was a kid I thought that Dutch doors were just the coolest things ever. I think I asked my mom why we didn’t have one. I’d love to have one now.

Amy’s last blog post..You Know It’s Got To Be Good…
5 Jill February 20, 2009 at 12:33 pm: Love dutch doors – they just speak to my love of all things cottage. Sorry I linked twice – this is my first time! I am a newbie and just hoping to get some visitors – I thought I did it wrong the first time! Oops, thanks for bearing with me.
6 Kathy :) February 20, 2009 at 12:52 pm: Oh Mr ED I LOVED that show “Oh Wilbur” lol and I ADORE dutch doors, Brooke has one in her home and I love it…but I can’t figure out how to keep the bugs out

Love this post,
Kathy
7 Susan Lang February 20, 2009 at 1:38 pm: Growing up in the South with a dutch door, as a young girl I could not wait until I was tall enough to look out of the top half of the door. It felt like some sort of right of passage! I am a fan of dutch doors! …Susan Lang

Susan Lang’s last blog post..12 Questions to Consider for an Outdoor Fireplace
8 Laurin February 20, 2009 at 1:48 pm: Love dutch doors! I put one in my laundry room.

Laurin’s last blog post..Love This! – Tea Technology
9 Jenny February 20, 2009 at 2:04 pm: Love the pictures! I think a dutch door would be great on a child’s room. We have a gate in my daughter’s doorway, so she doesn’t have free roam of the house in the middle of the night. A dutch door would be so much cuter!

Jenny’s last blog post..Her Memory Amazes Me
10 Andi February 20, 2009 at 2:59 pm: my aunt and uncle have a dutch door from their kitchen to their mud room so the dog can hang out in the mud room while my aunt cooks (but not get in the get in the food). I’ve always loved that detail of their house!

Andi’s last blog post..Celebrate Library Lovers Month
11 dolce chic February 20, 2009 at 3:21 pm: I love dutch doors. My mom has an old fashioned 50’s kitchen and it wouldn’t be complete without the dutch side door!
12 angela | the painted house February 20, 2009 at 4:20 pm: Maybe the cottage needs one of these? And a cow to go with it! What a fun thing to be hooked on!

angela | the painted house’s last blog post..Make a Collage
13 SoBella Creations February 20, 2009 at 5:18 pm: I love that door. But, we would never use it here in Florida.

SoBella Creations’s last blog post..Southern Sassy Pants
14 Diana February 20, 2009 at 5:57 pm: I love Dutch Doors! When we moved into our cottage, replacing the front door with a Dutch Door was at the top of the list.
15 Brenda February 20, 2009 at 8:44 pm: I love the Dutch Doors! I think they would be great! I also posted about a door as a headboard!
Thanks for you fun idea!
16 Heather February 20, 2009 at 8:51 pm: It’s so funny, when I bought this house it had a dutch door in the kitchen and I took it out in lieu of a french door! But it didn’t work properly. If it had been as nice as the ones you pictured I probably would have kept it.

Heather’s last blog post..I am lusting after craft rooms
17 Linda@Lime in the Coconut February 20, 2009 at 9:00 pm: Oohhh Oh. Oh. I so love dutch doors and dream of adding one to our laundry room semi/need to do now re-do. Saved some of your pics, ‘iffin ya don’t mind!

Linda@Lime in the Coconut’s last blog post..Sometimes love is a bit of sprinkled sugar…caramelized…
18 velvet and linen February 20, 2009 at 10:34 pm: Happy weekend Julia.
I love dutch doors. My own home has a lovely green dutch door that comes in handy when I am trying to keep the pups inside. It also works out well on Halloween.

xo
Brooke

velvet and linen’s last blog post..beautiful swedish furniture!
19 CarolinaMama February 20, 2009 at 11:05 pm: Love the Dutch Doors post. Thanks again.

CarolinaMama’s last blog post..Pray It Friday – Join Us
20 Spot Cool Design February 21, 2009 at 10:39 am: Last week, as it happens, I was going to install some Dutch doors at my father’s house. But, as it happened, they were against his neighborhood’s building codes!!! Have you ever heard something like that? Absolutely terrible.

Spot Cool Design’s last blog post..3 Luscious Lumens Lights
21 JanMary, N Ireland February 21, 2009 at 5:15 pm: We call those half doors or stable doors, and they would have been quite common in workers cottages here in Ireland.

JanMary, N Ireland’s last blog post..Mouse mat memories
22 Robyns Online World February 21, 2009 at 6:20 pm: I LOVE Dutch doors. There was one on a toy I had when I was little I remember and I just love it from the start. The only thing I haven’t been able to figure out though is how to keep those flying bugs out when you have the top half open. Hmmm, do they put screens in Dutch doors? I’m in the midwest, too many flies, mosquitoes, etc. flying around to go without a screen

Robyns Online World’s last blog post..Yo-Plus Review & Giveaway
23 Trudi Alwine February 21, 2009 at 7:14 pm: HI Julie, I want to give you a great big THANK YOU! You have a very popular blog and with that comes a lot of comments. You make such a big effort to get to everyone and I am so happy about that. I’ve made comments and even purchased from other bloggers that don’t even email me back or add a personal note. Let alone visit my little blog that’s just beginning it’s identity. I know it must be difficult but that you for remembering your roots. It make visiting you some much more special.
24 Debbie February 21, 2009 at 10:44 pm: Didn’t Mr. Ed visit through a dutch door too?

Debbie’s last blog post..Planning a baby shower
25 Norma February 21, 2009 at 11:58 pm: I really love these doors too. Thanks Julia for posting the great pictures
26 CarolinaMama February 22, 2009 at 9:41 am: Thanks Julia! I just got Mr. Linky going. yeaaa. Love the Dutch Doors.

CarolinaMama’s last blog post..Twins’ Big 8 RE-Party
27 Leah Fry February 22, 2009 at 11:36 am: I am delighted to have found your blog. I need to post sometime about some of my favorite movie houses. I love the interiors in the Winona Rider version of “Little Women.”

I have to decide if I want to do Hooked On — I don’t need any more excuses to be hooked on writing.

Nice to meet you and hope you’ll stop by.
28 Kellye February 22, 2009 at 10:47 pm: It’s rather telling that my parents had a dutch-door for my bedroom when I was little.
29 Stefanie February 23, 2009 at 12:18 am: Either I’m late or I don’t know how to work it! But if you are interested check out my latest. LOVE the dutch-doors! My favorite house I lived in as a child had them and I have very fond memories!

Stefanie’s last blog post..Hooked on Fridays and…BIRDS!
30 hookedonhouses February 23, 2009 at 8:27 am: Oh, I’m sorry, Stefanie. I usually close Mr Linky off on Saturday night. We’ll be doing it again this week if you want to join us! -Julia
31 Bridget February 23, 2009 at 2:09 pm: I KNOW…dutch doors make my heart skip a beat, too! I’ve always wanted one!

PS…thank you for visiting my blog!

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32 Dianne February 25, 2009 at 12:17 am: I remember seeing a dutch door on “The Partridge Family”. I think it was the front room door but it could have been the kitchen door. I always thought I would have one in my house one day. So far not yet!
33 Rosidah February 26, 2009 at 7:07 pm: Hi Julia, I thank you for having this great blog carnival. I think I’m gonna join you on the next one and have already a draft here . Hopefully I’m not too hooked on photography

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