Thanks to everyone who voted, and for sticking with me for an extra few days. Röd's teal double door under climbing red roses led from the first day and finished at 74%, with Gul at 18% and Rosa at 8%.
The latest matchup is open now if you want to vote.
This week's door of the week challengers come from Extremadura, Spain: two heavy iron studded doors under fan shaped stone arches, and one carved walnut door with floral rosettes under an arcade. Cast your vote for Blazon, Rosette, or Jigsaw.
Vote for your favorite Extremadura door here: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/vote-for-the-best-doors-in-extremadura-spain/
or bookmark https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/door-of-the-week/ which will always take you to the current open vote.
Thanks to everyone who voted. Ochre's mustard trim against a whitewashed wall pulled ahead early and never lost the lead, taking 46% of the vote against Lace's 30% and Cobalt's 24%.
New matchup goes up today if you want to see what's next: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/door-of-the-week/
These historic fisherman's huts turned vacation cottages along the coast near Aveiro, Portugal are absolutely delightful. I passed through on a road trip from Lisbon to Galicia over the summer and subsequently named the palheiros of Costa Nova my "Doors of the Month" for September.
You'll find more about the history of this eye-catching facades and a bunch more photos here: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/palheiros-of-costa-nova-portugal/
I stopped here for a quick break on the drive from Lisbon to Sagres and came away with three doors worth fighting over: an ochre-trimmed estate gate, a cobalt door guarded by a hand-forged iron cross, and a bougainvillea-draped cottage door.
Vote for your favorite Alentejo door here: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/vote-for-the-best-doors-of-portugals-trendy-alentejo-coast-vila-nova-de-milfontes-edition/
or bookmark https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/door-of-the-week/ which will always take you to the current open vote.
The vote (cast via https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/door-of-the-week/ ) wasn't close. The Dublin door (Merrion Square area) with the fanlight and ionic pilasters pulled 59%, ahead of Madrid's Art Nouveau ironwork at 27% and a New York brownstone at 14%. New matchup just went up if you want to weigh in on this week's theme. Make sure to visit the website if you want your vote to count in the "official" tally in the future. I know the opinion on the sub was definitely more varied than the vote itself reflects.
Same color, wildly different execution. This week's trio: a Georgian doorcase in Dublin with a sunburst fanlight, a modernista carved door in Madrid with wrought-iron branch brackets, and a rococo brownstone stoop in New York's West Village. Cast your vote and tell me which country wins this one: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/vote-for-the-best-black-door-on-two-continents/
Final tally is in: Team Scaramouche took 64% of the vote, helped along by a street sign that was genuinely wallpapered in real Fringe show bills for Baby Everything, Table for Two, and The Day of the Locust. Earnest held second with 26%, Janis third with 10%. New matchup just went up: three black doors from three different countries. Come pick a favorite: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/door-of-the-week/
Since summer is ending soon, I thought I'd keep the vibes going here.
Just got back from the Fringe in Edinburgh, which is also why I'm running a couple days behind on posting this. I named the teams after the fringe show posters nearby instead of the doors themselves: Earnest (a Wilde riff), Janis (a Joplin tribute), and Scaramouche (a one-man show named for the commedia dell'arte clown).
Cast your vote and let me know which one you'd want to walk through. https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/vote-for-the-best-door-of-the-edinburgh-fringe-festival/
The votes are in. Team Correio's red double doors edged out Azulejo's tiled blue by 5 points, 44% to 39%, with Marigold's yellow facade taking third at 17%. New matchup just went up, come cast your vote. https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/vote-for-the-best-door-of-the-edinburgh-fringe-festival/
This week we're voting on three doors from Terceira in the Azores of Portugal: a red granite entry, a blue door wrapped in azulejo tile, and a green door against a marigold wall.
Cast your vote and tell me which one you'd knock on: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/vote-for-best-colorful-door-in-terceira-azores/
This one came down to the wire. Sea Glass's weathered blue shutters and crossed balcony rail edged out Kavalari's twilight-lit entrance and No. 87's arched doorway, 40% to 34% to 26%.
New matchup is live now if you want to vote on this week's doors from Terceira in the Azores: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/vote-for-best-colorful-door-in-terceira-azores/
Dublin is where my love of door photography began. Sharing some of my favorite Georgians in the city centre.
You can find all my favorite places for door hunting in Dublin here: My local's guide to the best doors in Dublin.
The density of cool doors in Warsaw is not super high, especially outside of the rebuilt Old Town. You definitely have to work to find them, but they are there! Sharing a few of my finds.
So much beautiful architecture in Alcobaça and so much of it in disrepair...
Three doors from Santorini this week: a weathered turquoise door worn like sea glass, tucked behind a blue railing, the glass-paned entrance of Hotel Kavalari with the sunset caught in its panes, and a white door numbered 87. Cast your vote and let me know which one's your favorite.
https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/vote-for-best-door-of-the-greek-isles-santorini/