How a Front Door Transforms Your Home

I have been a bit absent from my blog of late (more to come on that later!) but I did have the opportunity to write an article for The Fill, a home improvement and maintenance blog, with some curb appeal advice. Your front door is a key component to the exterior look of your home and I enjoyed sharing some of my ideas for making the most of it. Read a snippet below…

Take a stroll down any street in your town. Whether it’s a neighborhood in the city, a cul-de-sac or somewhere in rural America, you’ll find doors of all shapes, sizes, and colors. If you have an eye for details, you might also notice just how much a front door defines the facade of buildings and homes…to keep reading, click here!

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Deb Cohen

My name is Deb Cohen, and I am a lifelong resident of Connecticut, a lover of all things historic and New England, and a realtor who helps buyers and sellers achieve their real estate goals and dreams. When I’m not working, I enjoy life with my husband, our two adult children, and our two rescue pups. Renovating and decorating our historic home, dating to 1800, is another favorite pastime.

Thursday Doors: Greek Revival Home on the Guilford Green

Today I paid my first visit to the Guilford Green in Guilford, CT which is one of Connecticut’s shoreline towns. I met up with another Connecticut blogger from the shoreline area…more to come on that! Of course, I spent time walking the green taking in the historic homes, including the home featured above. This is…

One Street, Two Connecticut Cities and 8 Special Old Homes

One street and two cities, you say? No doubt it’s unusual but in this case it’s true. I recently took a fascinating walking tour of Prospect Avenue with Mary Falvey from Hartford Preservation Alliance and Mary Donohue of Connecticut Explored where I learned a bit of old home and architectural history. The middle of Prospect Avenue…

Homes of Chapel Hill, North Carolina

While visiting The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a few weeks ago, I left the hotel early in the morning to catch a glimpse of the surrounding area. I was treated to one of the prettiest neighborhoods I have seen in a while. These particular homes were all in the Franklin-Rosemary Historic District…

An Easy Formula for Dressing Up Your Front Door

When I began taking photographs of front doors, my original subjects were homes in my West Hartford neighborhood. West Hartford has such a wide variety of interesting architectural styles, and charming streets lined with sidewalks and trees. I had one main criteria for selecting front doors to photograph. The entryway had to have something about it…

Two Bloggers, Two Cameras and One Gorgeous Town

As a fairly new blogger, I can tell you that it is a very solitary existence at first. You sit at your desk trying to figure out how the heck to use WordPress, what photos to choose, what topic to write about. Then you throw it all out there into that world we call the Internet…

Cute & Funny Doormats That Will Make Anyone Smile

Doormat. The word has a bit of a negative connotation, doesn’t it? No one wants to BE a doormat, which means that you allow others to walk all over you. And yet, a doormat is one of the most useful things for a home. We all need one to wipe our feet or to ensure…

9 Comments

Amy says:

May 5, 2016 at 9:03 pm

I love the curb appeal of this house! I was mentally making notes of what I’d like to do my house while reading the article. We are just beginning to find time to start some interior and exterior projects.

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1. Deb says:
  
  May 5, 2016 at 9:05 pm
  
  Fun, Amy! I love getting ideas and mentally filing them away.
  
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Valorie says:

April 10, 2016 at 10:33 am

Lovely homes pictured here, of course, and good ideas. What an honor to be selected for the article! Nice job!

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1. Deb says:
  
  April 24, 2016 at 4:39 pm
  
  Thank you Valorie (a VERY delayed reply!) I have been traveling and buried with work and sadly my blog has taken a back seat but I’m jumping back in!
  
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Jean Reinhardt says:

April 10, 2016 at 8:40 am

I love the shape of the house and, of course, the red door. So inviting.

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Deborah aka CircadianReflections says:

April 9, 2016 at 12:40 pm

I love the cottage at the top of article, unfortunately when I click on the here to take me to the rest of the article I’m being directed to an aboutblank page. 🙁 I don’t know what’s that about.

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1. Deb says:
  
  April 9, 2016 at 2:49 pm
  
  Thanks so much for letting me know! I thought I had checked the link. It should be all set now! Let me know if you still have problems with it 🙂
  
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Judy @ NewEnglandGardenAndThread says:

April 9, 2016 at 7:36 am

I’d like to meet the person who owns the house in this photo so I could applaud their curb appeal skills. Beautiful. 🙂

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1. Deb says:
  
  April 9, 2016 at 1:02 pm
  
  Isn’t it a beauty! So charming.
  
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