February 08, 2008
Door Meets Door (Front, Screen)
During the first round of designs, every door David sketched had a complimentary screen door on it. He again referred to the ones in our neighborhood, mostly aluminum scrolls or carved wood saloon doors. This "Langston" with the duck and scrolls was truly inspiring:
I've been trying to figure out since how we could put a screen door on our own house without ruining the aesthetic appeal of our fabulous "Pasadena."
We had found a number of companies which make awesome reproductions of the oldies and goodies:
Moonshine Shades offers the standard scrolls with the ever popular heron and palm tree silhouettes.
La-Ti-Da Retro has herons with cattails as well as other old Florida retro ditties like the sailboat and ducks.
Hansen Aluminum has a large variety of old school inserts including the heron, flamingo and manatee, but also carries more geometric designs, and they do a limited amount of custom work, too.
But none of these compares to Austin's own Susan Wallace. Check out the "Grover" with the "Red Ganesh!" Her custom pieces are amazingly affordable, and we're working with her to do some Crestview Doors-inspired designs for some of our clients too. Very exciting!
All of this just confirms what we already knew: a fabulous modern front door deserves a spiffy retro screen door! A match made in heaven, just in time for Valentine's Day.
So, if you had to pick a screen door for Erwin House... what would you suggest?
Whatever you pick, I'm thinking it needs to go with these kick-ass wall sconces! No offense to the ones that David made, but these things are the boss.
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