The front storm door of this 1960 house is wrought iron and looks a lot like this Oak Leaf pattern. I really hate it.
Every time I drive through our new neighborhood, I check out the front doors and windows of the homes. My best guess is that about 25-30% of the homes have retained their original wrought iron door, front door, and windows. All the wrought iron doors have this oak leaf pattern. Most of the remaining homes have aluminum replacement windows and fiberglass doors with lots of etched window panes (arts and crafts, Victorian, etc. ) that in my opinion, don't really go with the style of the house.
I am sure that our storm door is original, but I'm not sure that I can really live with it. I thought about painting it an exceptional color because frankly, I'm having a hard time finding a replacement storm door that looks period. No Pattern Required has a good post about storm doors. This is an item I'm going to have to continue to source, research, ponder.
Next Up...the front door.
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