A 'porte d'entre' or entry door can set the tone to the whole house.
We found a very run down and damaged door made of 'noyer' (walnut) with hundreds
of years of wear and tear and flaky paint. This wonderful 'porte ancien' is dated from
the 18th Century and was salvaged from an old farm in Cadenet, Provence.
The top of the door has been shaved off, probably to discard rotten bits and over the
years the three iron bars (very decorative with a heart shape at one end ) have ended up on
the wrong side of the door. They are meant to be at the back. What a story this door
could tell of past eras in the 'collines' beyond Aix-en-Provence.
We have commissioned a local artisan to restore the door and look forward to giving
it a new life as the front door of our home in Provence.
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