Sunday Quilt Inspiration: DOORS and WINDOWS

Our son has a business in which he sells and installs replacement doors and windows.  They, of course, are the type of doors and windows that are beautiful, sturdy and new.  These doors and windows are meant to keep things out of a house.  

Quite often they are installed and never used.  Their purpose is to increase the value of the house, look new and pretty, and save energy.  All good things, sure.  But what about the old door?  What happens to those old windows?

I am one of those people who love the doors and windows that are being replaced more than the new.  I especially love the really, no I mean really old ones.  The wooden ones.  The ones with a pane or two missing.  The ones that have been around for a while and collected several coats of paint.  Those that are grayed and chipped and worn.  Those that have seen and heard and know things.  Those are the ones for me.  

Of course, I can't collect every old door that Adam takes out of a house.  I don't have the time or resources to save them.  Quite often the guys break the glass or have to beat something out of its frame. That's one of the problems of years of painting.  

They become painted into place, stuck for good. Gentle nudging just doesn't cut it when you have a deadline to meet.  It doesn't help that just as often the men toss the window, frame, and everything else into the trailer in an effort to clean and roll.  

Still, there are times that I want to tell Adam to bring the oldest of them home to me.  I don't.  It's not fair to him--the extra time costs money, and the extra work in often inclement weather is just asking too much, even for mom.

So what's a mom to do?  Use the windows and doors as inspiration for crafting ideas.  One of my more recent quilts, "Old Ohio Rose," was inspired to some extent by windows.  I wanted the feel of looking out of windows onto a rose garden. 

The rest of these are pins from my "heart, quilts" Pinterest board.  

What's inspiring you these days?