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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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
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Now you’ve done it Julia…I’m back on my dutch door lust!
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I ADORE Dutch doors!
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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.
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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.
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
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
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Love dutch doors! I put one in my laundry room.
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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!
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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!
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I love dutch doors. My mom has an old fashioned 50’s kitchen and it wouldn’t be complete without the dutch side door!
Maybe the cottage needs one of these? And a cow to go with it!
What a fun thing to be hooked on!
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I love that door. But, we would never use it here in Florida.
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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.
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!
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.
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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!
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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
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Love the Dutch Doors post. Thanks again.
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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.
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We call those half doors or stable doors, and they would have been quite common in workers cottages here in Ireland.
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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
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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.
Didn’t Mr. Ed visit through a dutch door too?
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I really love these doors too. Thanks Julia for posting the great pictures
Thanks Julia! I just got Mr. Linky going.
yeaaa. Love the Dutch Doors.
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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.
It’s rather telling that my parents had a dutch-door for my bedroom when I was little.
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!
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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
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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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!
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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