Welcome to June’s edition of Thursday Doors and in this one I try to capture some lovely old houses hidden behind the hedges of a quiet country road outside Derry City, Northern Ireland.
Most of the homes on this road are inhabited but this second image is of a quaint old cottage just waiting for someone to renovate and move in.
Some great shutters on this one. Could be the second floor as I don’t see a door there and that hedge is pretty high.
Fabulous arched windows on this house and palm trees do grow in Ireland, as you can see from the photograph.
This is a gorgeous wee cottage with a great half door and more chimney pots than windows.
It was the gates that caught my eye first with this house but those bay windows are so lovely. I grew up in a house with bay windows and love them. They add so much character, both inside and out.
And just look at those crooked gates. I’m sure they are meant to be like that but maybe they’ve been upcycled from an old fence.
Those bay windows . . . . . and that cute little one above the door, under the eaves. You’ll find some great links to doors from around the globe over on Dan’s blog Thanks for stopping by and peeking behind the hedges with me on this month’s Thursday Doors.
Jean Reinhardt 
These are wonderful doors, Jean. I like the crooked gate the best.
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Me, too!
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I think they’re the most unusual gates I’ve come across so far.
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Those gates look haunted!. I like the way the windows line up on that last house too. (K)
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They look like Adam’s Family gates, lol
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What an enjoyable theme, Jean! Who doesn’t enjoy peeking? đŸ™‚
janet
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Lol, very true.
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Love these photos! Nice work.
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Thank you.
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Many thanks.
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An Alice in Wonderland-esqe gate. You had a lovely sunny day for these shots!
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Yes, you’re right, Alice in Wonderland.
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I love the crooked gates! And the white cottage with the half-door and the multitude of chimney pots is MOST inviting!
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All those fires are gorgeous as long as someone else is cleaning them out, lol.
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At first look I did not see this post, but it is a beautiful one. I usually do not like grey, but in your images, it looks attractive! Emille (Jesh)
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Grey was never top of my list but it’s growing on my. We recently put a spiral stairs on our house and the colour is anthracite. I didn’t want black but needed a dark colour.
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Are the stairs inside or ourside ? Did you do the work yourself – it sounded like it, but since hubby built several stairs, I asked him. He said, you normally buy spiral stairs. Is that what happened (I hope so!)
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Inside stairs and yes, we ordered the online and my husband assembled them. He had to tweak them a bit as they were very tight but we needed to save space.
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Yes, I understand – the difference in houses in Europe – almost all more modern houses in Holland have these circular stairs
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