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painting exterior brick house in Lake Forest

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Painting Exterior Brick House in Lake Forest

There is nothing that says more about painting exterior brick house in Lake Forest and its occupants than the quality and style of its front door and the fitment of its exterior door frames.

Historically the front door was a drawbridge to your castle where it would be lowered for friends and raised up against enemies. Many modern solid wood front doors emulate these early examples of Gothic iron riveted oak, with the added touch of a small grilled window as a look out and the whole fitted into arched exterior door frames.

The 17th century moved away from fortification to a much more genteel and less aggressive way of living where the aristocracy was out to impress. The Baroque produced heavy squared quite plain front doors juxtaposed against the architectural excesses of their porticos and surrounds to create a show for visitors and a foretaste of the fineness to be enjoyed inside.

The 18th and early 19th centuries saw a huge growth in the merchant and middle classes where the house owners of Britain were emulating the aristocracy and British cities were peppered with brightly colored square Georgian doors set within Neo-classical arches all vying with each other to set themselves apart.

Another explosion in house building during Victoria's reign created the red brick terrace. A fine four paneled painted front door made of solid wood and fitted with polished brass created the entrance through which proud inhabitants would lead their visitors into the best front parlor.

Modern entrance doors are now far more eclectic. Whether Gothic, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian, Art Deco or something more modern; exterior door frames, and entrances will continue to mirror people's aspirations in life.