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      • Nope. We might get a bit squished in there, but we are a determined lot. I don’t think they have to worry to much about another group descending on them, though, so they’re probably safe.

        Plus we all know how much Gordon loves the doors, so we’d just knock persistently until we annoyed them enough to open the doors. So win/win.

  4. I love it — looks like will fit into Rogan’s and Nevada’s home, or the front door of Elara and Hugh’s castle! Are the other doors – the green ones, storm doors?

    • It looks like there’s a little entrance/foyer between the two sets of doors. Or what is sometimes called a “man trap”. It’s useful if you want to leave the outer doors unlocked so packages can be dropped inside but keep the inner doors locked so they can’t get into the house.

    • Hah….that’s exactly what popped into my head when I saw those doors 🙂 Beauty along with the strength to withstand a siege. Might be kinda hard to slam the door in a huff…or do they slam in a satisfactory manner?

  15. Gorgeous doors! Beautiful craftsmanship on the iron doo-hickies.
    Btw, re-reading the Innkeeper series…. just sayin’ ?

  17. Oh my gosh!! I love it. I use to day dream over this type doors when I was a door/window specialist. Beautiful! From the color to the windows to the iron work. Drool worthy.

    • Thank you. We had to custom order them because of the height and the company does nothing but build doors.

  18. I would be happy too. What a beautiful door! Also, I am glad I am not the only one that still uses the word doohickies.

    • The signs says Please don’t know unless you have to because we have dogs and they will bark and we are working. Just leave the packages on the porch.

  23. That is beautiful. My door is solid wood too. Watch out for carpenter bees. I have to keep a heavy coat of finish on mine or they go after it.

  30. I don’t see the shoot for the blow darts or the reservoir for the boiling oil … 🙂 Very smart, though.

  31. Sounds like Gordon and Curran and Hugh have the same protection tendencies. Rather then moats I prefer claymores and gun turrets.

  32. I’m just curious – can you open the windows from the inside to stick your head out and say, “Who rang that bell?!?”

    • If you’re going to do that, then you need a special knock and when they open that window, you have to give the special super secret password, which of course they’ll post here so the Horde knows what it is.

  35. Gordon does not want a moat. Standing water = mosquitos. Texas doesn’t need the help in that regard. The most effective mosquito repellent in Texas is a 12 gauge. A steel fence with pickets is almost as efficacious and looks pretty too.

    • >The most effective mosquito repellent in Texas is a 12 gauge.

      First thing to come to mind was, “Nah, just armor the armadillos”. And now I’m picturing armored armadillos patrolling the grounds. This may have something to do with recently rereading the ferret heist.

    • Gators aren’t practical considering their furbabies.

      And moats are the last thing you want in mosquito country.

  41. Ready for the apocalypse! I like it, as the home invasion stories are pretty scary. The Jayme Closs case is the one that really is scary. I love the design. No wonder you needed a hunk to hang it.

  43. Are the shutters functional? I am assuming that if the front door has the outer doors, then all the windows must have shutters too. Have you had a storm that you went around the house to close them all?
    We’ve just been hit by a storm, causing a 24h power outage and I am sitting here thinking how nice it would have been to have that extra layer of protection.

      • My ex would have found that incredibly satisfying. “Me strong man! Me has protected my castle and my wimin!”

        (I am NOT implying Gordon is like this!)

  45. I like to think it was the sale of Iron and Magic that helped pay for the magnificent door with the iron doohickeys.

  48. That door is amazing. Perfect for you two! Maybe a moat with running water because of Mosquitos/West Nile?
    Unless you have a magic mosquito zapper? I put nothing beyond you two. Well done!

  49. My dad was a construction superintendent, commercial and residential. A rather wealthy couple bought a botanical garden tourist attraction in Ft. Myers, Florida, and hired him to build their dream home. It included a moat, a swimming pool disguised as an indoor fountain to get around building codes and an art gallery with 4 rotating cubes per wall with a painting on each side of the cube. It was the most expensive home in the county and the most difficult job he ever ran, especially the rotating cubes. One of the carpenters attacked using a shovel. Dad thought he had missed the target until he saw the beheaded rattlesnake next to him.

    • Judas gate is a small door in a larger door. … Inset in this gate, is a small door or gate which you can open and step through without the inconvenience of opening the larger double gates. In the painting, Judas is seen stepping through on his way to betray Christ.
      or perhaps… A wicket gate, or simply a wicket, is a pedestrian door or gate, particularly one built into a larger door or into a wall or fence.

  55. Gorgeous! I am so jealous! With the speak easy windows I assume a password will be required to gain entry 🙂 Enjoy.

  56. I am loving those doors! There is a guy here in Boise who was trying to sell a castle, complete with porticullis and torches on the battlements.

    • Thanks for the link. Very interesting. Nearby houses are way too close. If this was surrounded by beautiful green acreage, maybe on the upper rise of some rolling hills… and if I won the lottery, I’d seriously consider thinking about buying this castle. 🙂

    • Why, yes, that is the one! I drive by it almost daily. My son and his friends tried to figure out how to buy it.
      And, I love Princess Bride, though I think my family would be more Monty Python and tossing cows over it.

    • There are plenty of castles for sale over here, some for as low as 5M€. A friend of my husband’s has been trying to buy one for years, figuring 20 bedrooms, if he can get even 14 other people to go in with him…

      It’s honestly a shame he’s such an asshat, because otherwise I would totally be in.

  66. That is a great door! I’ve almost sworn off home ownership, but I’d reconsider for a door like that. 🙂

  67. Those are Fabulous doors! I say let Gordon dig a moat. You can call it part of your Texas flood management system.

  71. The first thought that popped into my head when I saw the doors: “it’s Hugh!” 😀

    Lovely doors. Reminds me of the thick English oak that can withstand a siege.

    A moat around the house…hmm…better rethink that for the summer. Mosquitos and West Nile isn’t something you want near. Even marsh mosquitos (probably too far south of those) isn’t something you want biting you.

  73. This is down the street from my house. Yes that’s a drawbridge. Yes, that is a moat, and yes it does have water in it. In the middle of a huge sprawl of 1950’s tract housing.
    #Gordon’sGoals

  75. Fully worthy of Hugh and Elara. Glad you’re having fun! – A.
    P.S. – maybe just a little moat???

  78. So you guys moved into a fortress, installed thick ass doors with iron barred windows, and have about half a dozen animals guarding the place… Is there something the rest of us need to know about?? ?

  80. Thank you for the post and door pictures. Given you now live in Texas I would research BEFORE digging a moat. You know simple stuff your local agricultural extension agent can answer. Oh I forgot, US federal government shutdown. Well, internet research. Water drainage rate, soil type and consistency,, are you on a 10 year…..100 year flood plain, mosquito population and migration, etc. I doubt Gordon could stock piranha as too cold for too long but i love the idea of a moat.

    Unfortunately for me my illegally minded neighbors planted illegal agricultural plants in duck pond so i was saddled with chore of draining and filling in when i moved “home” for eldercare. Same day I put up wildlife cameras, no trespassing signage and installed booby traps in surrounding woods. No leg traps as they are considered illegal here. So I totally love Gordon’s idea of a moat.

    After Pluto, American Staffordshire Terrier, was given to me as puppy by my male parental unit (because someone dumped her out so she was good Sam case) I installed a new front yard fence and dog door with Beware of Dog signage. Not as good as a moat but did limit where was insecure as Pluto secured the front yard and house and my bull secures the pastures and chickens. Garage lost stuff that was captured on camera but never physically recovered. With a moat, maybe they would have drowned. Okay, probably not.

    Nice door. Thanks for sharing.

  81. Beautiful door. Are the other doors for storms? Just curious, we usually only get snow and floods here in PA (big one this weekend).

    It’s good that safety is a priority and a moat would keep the salesmen away.

  82. Now all you need is to modify the doorbell to sound like a 10gauge shotgun has been chambered….or some other large and scary sounding weapon. LOL

    Door mat that warns of self destruction….

    Poof no salesmen. 😉

    Actually I love the doors and am jealous. 😉

    Congrats! #TeamGordon

    • How about the cannon sound from the 1812 overture? That would scare off any would be tresspasser, salesperson, or any delivery person. ?

  83. Not moat but koi pond that just happened to surround the house. The koi will help with the mosquito problem. Gorgeous doors.

  85. They are gorgeous doors. The whole setup reminds me of a gate in the outer wall of a castle in Scotland. Nice.

  88. Those doors are so beautiful ! I wouldn’t care if my hubby wanted a moat I’d just fill it with aquatic plants and surround the moat with a bog garden. It would be cool to have fish in the moat as well then you could fish out your front door!

  89. They’re so beautiful! I had never considered door style to be much of a thing. But they are beautiful and I want them!

  90. What does the sign say?? Is that a little sign on that post off to the side and in front of the beautifull new door? Or am i dreaming?

  91. That door! It brings so many memories of my grandfather’s hometown, a really tiny town of 60 people in Spain. We still own a house that was built in the XVI, and the damn door is almost impossible to move. Glad yours is an updated version. But I wouldn’t recommend digging a moat. Last time the town decided to dig something they discovered that the “despeñadero de los ahorcados” (the cliff of the hanged) was literally that. It was horrible and amusing at the same time seeing all those bones and how the old ladies were scheming to have the priest pay for the expenses. So if you’re going to dig be prepared for surprises…

  92. Wow…. I too have door envy! We just replaced ours with steel. They wouldn’t let me have a speak easy because of cold climate ? Haha… yours is simply gorgeous. Enjoy!

  93. Love love love the door! It’s stunning. I wonder if Hugh could break it down 🙂 You should get a small moat with a bridge to walk over! Can’t wait for the next book!!! Re-reading Iron and Magic. I read it, then re-read Magic Triumphs and now looking for clues I might have missed my first read through.
    Love it!

  95. I’ve worked for a guy who has a moat. A HUGE moat all around his property. He seems pretty happy. I personally would need turrets and alligators. You know. Standard home security.

  96. Beautiful doors and ironmongery.
    When you get the moat, perhaps Dina or George could contact the Wizard of Id for suggestions on the care and feeding of Moat Monsters.

  97. He must be related to my husband. He would.like to do the same thing. With a lookout tower and a howitzer.

  102. Beautiful doors! Gordon has good taste in wives and castle like features! I vote for the most Gordon!

  103. Uhm, ok. I now get where the Rogan, Hugh and Curran fortification mania comes from. Lol.
    Beautiful door thou

  107. The doors are fantastic! My Hubby would build a moat around our house if he could and I would let him.

  116. No wonder the doorhanger was a buff guy. Great doors though. I’m for a moat, but only if it has waterlilies. Lots of waterlilies. Ooops, shades of Roland’s water gardens.

  117. Lol yes, those doors are very castlesque….. is that a word? If not, it should be.

    *chants* Moat Moat Moat Moat

  119. After seeing those gorgeous and regal doors, I have to agree with Gordon. Now, I even say go for the moat!!?

    Those really are amazing doors, and they look fantastic! What a stunning entrance they make. I hope you are happy with them as well Ilona. ?

  122. Why does it look like the left side is a bit higher, than the right?
    Sorry, maybe it`s just the picture and I am a bit mental about perfect fittings for a new door, and you new door looks just so GRAND!!!, but it DOES seem a bit out of water…
    Sorry again…
    nonetheless enjoy and start digging…
    greets from Switzerland (cold starry night here…)
    Inga

  123. They are in the south. They don’t want a moat. Moat = water = Mosquitos. Now the dragon sounds great.

    • They just need a moat with moving water. Like an endless pool in a circle. Float around the house in a raft. That would be fun.
      I know a guy who builds dragon couches if you are interested.

  126. I too really wanna know what the little sign says but those are gorgeous doors. Just love em.

    And my Dad would totally go w the moat as well. He’s had to settle for burglar bars on all the doors and windows. Pesky HOA.

  128. They are gorgeous doors. Are they double doors on the outside? I’m also curious about the sign. Peace and blessings to everyone.

  131. Just watch sudden temp changes: that night where it went from a 90F day to 45F within a few hours caused our solid wood door to warp to the point that it popped open in the middle of the night (even with the deadbolt engaged). Our very elderly cat escaped. We eventually found her, but not before she sustained substantial kidney damage. Looks gorgeous.

  132. To quote Sean ‘it’s Nice’’
    My Mom had a very solid door too.it was on her Silver Smithing shop door for many years..then she put it on her work shop house, on our farm.I will get you a photo…..same idea….but….one day when it was on the shop
    robbers came in through the ceiling of the auto parts shop next door, and her Two German Shepard’s Siegfried and Siegrrieda scarred them and delayed them and the Anacortes Cops got them….yeahhhhhh….true story

  134. I don’t know, if I was Gordon I would start treating solicitors like the french guy in Monty Python Holy Grail. Start referencing other movies like who frame roger rabbit ,”What’s the password” . Things like that. There are so many dad joke opportunities. I am envious.

  135. Now THAT’S a gorgeous door! I wouldn’t want stagnant water from a moat though. Texas is way too hot for standing water!

  142. Very gothic/medieval – I heartily approve. Gordon has good taste.
    And +1 for a moat (with of course drawbridge). 😉

    • Have you considered incorporating arrowslits in the external brickwork either side to really give it the “repel all boarders” vibe. 😉 😉

  143. I love the door. Hopefully the overhang will prevent the boiling oil from splashing on the lovely finish when repelling unwanted door to door salespersons.

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