25.4.09
Garage Doors: Outliers
Here are a few designs I really like if for no other reason than they're totally unique.
23.4.09
Garage Doors: Filigree
Often a garage door will sport a jaunty accent inserted in or around the larger pattern, a filigree-like bas-relief with a pattern all its own.
Subtle but sort of unbalanced.
Nicely bookended.
These seem oddly kinetic. Sorry about the rain smear on the windshield!
These seem poised like horses at the starting gate.
Yow! Gone a bit overboard with the filigree. (Don't forget, you can click for an enlargement.)
That's better - scaled back a bit. It's actually more of a "shape within a shape" motif (stay tuned for a forthcoming post on that rich topic!).
In case you missed the recent "bullseye" post, this one also boasts (eensy!) filigree inserts.
Subtle but sort of unbalanced.
Nicely bookended.
These seem oddly kinetic. Sorry about the rain smear on the windshield!
These seem poised like horses at the starting gate.
Yow! Gone a bit overboard with the filigree. (Don't forget, you can click for an enlargement.)
That's better - scaled back a bit. It's actually more of a "shape within a shape" motif (stay tuned for a forthcoming post on that rich topic!).
In case you missed the recent "bullseye" post, this one also boasts (eensy!) filigree inserts.
22.4.09
21.4.09
Garage Doors: Bellevue is for Louvers
A rare but recurring leit motif is louvered inserts, evidently for ventilation (or fake and purely for decoration, I haven't gotten close enough to check!).
Nuttin' but louvers.
Louvers and "Laurel and Hardy" mismatched rectangles.
Louvers and one mondo rectangle.
Flashback to my "quadrilaterals" post: the asymmetrical louver!
Nuttin' but louvers.
Louvers and "Laurel and Hardy" mismatched rectangles.
Louvers and one mondo rectangle.
Flashback to my "quadrilaterals" post: the asymmetrical louver!
19.4.09
Garage Doors: Bullseye!
Maybe it's these vertiginous bullseye patterns that keep me so mesmerized.
The standard rectangular bullseye. The mummified car is a nice touch.
This turquoise ought to have been more fashionable in the Fifties. Note the matching RV!
A dainty little number with scalloped edges.
Another monochrome bullseye but spread across a double door.
This one has subtle bas-relief plaques inset.
This odd fellow seems to have lost his lower portions beneath the driveway!
And here we have the multi-bullseye approach.
The standard rectangular bullseye. The mummified car is a nice touch.
This turquoise ought to have been more fashionable in the Fifties. Note the matching RV!
A dainty little number with scalloped edges.
Another monochrome bullseye but spread across a double door.
This one has subtle bas-relief plaques inset.
This odd fellow seems to have lost his lower portions beneath the driveway!
And here we have the multi-bullseye approach.
18.4.09
Travelin' Man
Check out my beyond-local travelphotoblog, The Eff-Stop for a few shots from my recent peregrination.
Mailboxes: Just Gotta Be Different
I've been off traveling the west coast and will have some photos from California soon, but for now, after a hiatus, here's another episode of Newport Hills mailboxes. These ones proudly defy categorization.
These munchkin mail boxes are placed on a couple of concrete blocks at a total elevation of about 12 inches.
A Home Depot trellis gives these boxes a certain je ne sais quoi.
The Tom Sawyerish picket fence approach.
Perhaps this pointy wrought-iron mini-fence helps keep squirrels out of the junk mail.
Gotta love these slick cubbies for rolled up newspapers -- or torpedoes.
A little gang of misfits.
These munchkin mail boxes are placed on a couple of concrete blocks at a total elevation of about 12 inches.
A Home Depot trellis gives these boxes a certain je ne sais quoi.
The Tom Sawyerish picket fence approach.
Perhaps this pointy wrought-iron mini-fence helps keep squirrels out of the junk mail.
Gotta love these slick cubbies for rolled up newspapers -- or torpedoes.
A little gang of misfits.
1.4.09
Garage Doors: Marching to Factoria
One of the favorite motifs I've seen is that of "marching" shapes, reminiscent of a classy trio of sculpted ducks above a fireplace.
Little marching squares.
Little marching diamonds, slightly out of step.
Little marching rectangles.
Biiiiig marching rectangles.
Marching rectangles on a collision course.
Little marching squares.
Little marching diamonds, slightly out of step.
Little marching rectangles.
Biiiiig marching rectangles.
Marching rectangles on a collision course.
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