Excerpt: Materials, design and history give voice to a home’s front door

Full article by Jordon Shinn published in "Central Oklahoma Homes," July 2010, Oklahoma City, USA.

Our lives are guided by the opening and closing of doors — from opportunities to obstacles, success to failure; from entryways to backdoors, gateways to chamber doors. A door is a focal point. It makes a statement and gives a first impression. A door has psychological significance and sets the aesthetic tone for its surroundings. It must both blend in and stand out. A door is the first thing people see when they visit, and the last thing they see when they leave...

Knock on wood

From red oak to white oak, walnut to fir, old growth to new growth, pine to birch, door construction has as many options as there are materials. Doors can be paneled, barred, cleaved, carved, finished, scraped, square or arched, and are constructed from wood, plastic, metal, glass, rubber, paper and fiberglass. But Oklahoma doors makers agree: Nothing beats a solid wood door...

Pearly gates

An open door might be a lucky break or a risk to take. A closed door can be a barricade from thieves, or hide us from our enemies. Doors guard dark secrets, or simply cover the kitchen pantry. We remember the doors we have walked through and the ones we haven’t.

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://jordonious.wordpress.com/2021/07/22/narrative-writing-excerpt-4-designing-doors-of-destiny/