Sweets are not the only benefits of Halloween. Treat yourself to this roundup of high-design doors and windows waiting for you to come knocking.
SPIDEY SENSES
The restoration brought the home’s existing web-patterned stained-glass window back to its original glory. Architect Michael J. Abraham and builder Mark Hickman gave the exterior stone facade and English Cotswold-style timber window frames a crisp facelift. (Tour the home)
KNOCK KNOCK
Doors from the Palm Beach, Florida, estate of actor Laurence Harvey, purchased from Prime Gallery in Palm Springs, California, access the whiskey lounge, which features a tin ceiling from American Tin Ceilings, installed by general contractor Edward Winzenried and his team. (Tour the home)
OPEN HOUSE
In a San Juan Islands home conceived by architect Geoff Prentiss, designer Mike Powers chose a Circa Lighting sconce and an RH chandelier to illuminate the entryway, painted in Benjamin Moore’s inky Ebony King. Builder Rick Dalgarno’s company fabricated the door, which incorporates a vintage wood panel and a handle from Rocky Mountain Hardware. The hanging kilim is from One Kings Lane. (Tour the home)
OLD SCHOOL
An antique door salvaged from the wife’s family home opens to a mechanical room; nearby, an old sugar sack hangs framed on the wall. The cut-limestone flooring from A.J. Brauer Stone echoes the exterior paving and the site’s natural limestone. (Tour the home)
SNEAK PEEK
The clever design of the gate enables either homeowner–he’s 6’4″, she’s 5’7″–to catch a glimpse of who has come calling. The courtyard reuses pavers from the original house as a transition space between public and private areas. The steel gate was built by Allenback Engineering. (Tour the home)
MAKE AN ENTRANCE
A hand-forged steel door fabricated by Metalworks leads to the entry marked by a heart-and-key insignia designed by the wife and fabricated in tile mosaic by Venetian Tile & Stone Gallery. An Arctic Pear chandelier by Ochre shimmers above; the custom concrete planters are by Hart Concrete Design. (Tour the home)
SECRET GARDEN
Ficus repens clads the walls in a courtyard connecting the main and guest homes. New Guinea impatiens, planted in a raised bed, add pops of color. (Tour the home)
TRADITIONAL CHARM
With a nod to the past, a Seattle home receives a careful renovation balancing contemporary needs and classic details. (Tour the home)
STONE SURROUND
Interior designer John Cialone and architect Douglas M. DeChant updated a Beaver Creek residence for their clients, for whom DeChant originally designed the structure for in 1998. Select wood panels on the entry doors were replaced with glass to introduce more natural light into the interior spaces. (Tour the home)
RUSTIC ELEGANGE
Antique touches, such as these delightfully weathered doors from Pieces of the Past, abound. (Tour the home)
OLD GROWTH
Architect Marc Appleton collaborated with landscape designer Lisa Zeder to reimagine the gardens surrounding a Beverly Hills home Appleton renovated for East Coast-based clients. At the entry, an olive tree and planted borders lend color, structure and movement to the approach. (Tour the home)
A STATELY STATEMENT
A set of antique Tibetan doors, installed in a shadow-box frame by general contractor Adam Piser, makes an entry closet look more like a large piece of art. (Tour the home)
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
A barn doors lend character to the home’s entry. (Tour the home)
