London.
I know.
I know.
It’s been a while since I’ve been back to share some scenery from my time in London.
If you’re a regular to my blog, then you know that shortly after I returned from the United Kingdom, my oldest teen graduated from high school. Then the youngest and I traveled to Florida for three weeks. Of course, upon return, much mothering and household responsibilities consumed (and are still consuming) my time.
Here and there I’ve had a chance to catch up on a few blogs. So when I saw that Norm will be taking a two-week break from hosting Thursday Doors, I quickly rounded up one of my sets of doors from London to share.
Doors of London II.
My first set of doors was from Belgravia.
If you missed that series, you can find those here.
After grabbing a bite to eat at the Duke of York Square Food Market in Chelsea (no, I haven’t forgotten that I have a funny story to share from there), we got on the Underground at the Sloane Square station.
Notting Hill.
One of my goals during my brief time in London was to see color.
Colored buildings….colored doors.
Color, color, color!
And I had read that Notting Hill was the place to find it.
Directions.
We took the Underground to Notting Hill Gate station.
Google maps was one of my best friends while touring London. Or touring the U.K. for that matter. I put Portobello Road Market in as our ultimate destination. There are also signs around that say “you are here” and the way to Portobello Road Market, but I still like the comfort of having it on my phone.
It started lightly raining while we were still in Chelsea. We had rain coats but didn’t want to go all the back to the hotel for umbrellas. As such, I didn’t pull out the camera as often as I would have liked. Trust me when I say that Portobello Road has some amazing finds. So many, that even the few that I managed to capture can’t be shared in one post.
Where to begin?
Well, I suppose at the beginning.
Portobello Road.
It was a Saturday, so we knew that we wanted to check out the famous Portobello Road Market.
But first, I had to stop and admire some of the doors along the way.
#12 Portobello Road.
As we rounded the first corner of Portobello Road, the doors and entries were quite fabulous.
#14 Portobello Road.
Located beside #12, #14 was quite fabulous as well.
So many people were stopping to snap a photo of #14 that I thought perhaps somebody famous lived here or that it was showcased in a movie. I didn’t find anything of the sort when I tried to search. While it is quite spectacular and I love the addition of the topiaries, of the two, I was partial to #12.
Which of these two doors do you prefer?
#24 Portobello Road.
Moving along, we come to #24 in its vibrant shade of pink.
I tried to look up shades of pink to be able to offer a name to the color.
Fuchsia? Magenta?
What would YOU call this color?
#28 Portobello Road.
To me, #28 is an interesting combination of color.
I’m partial to the building color. I love pastel pink. It reminds me of the color that I painted Miss Sunshine’s room when I found out that I was going to have a girl. And would you believe that she has never cared for pink! As a toddler, her favorite color was red. It quickly evolved and has remained in the blue family, in shades of aqua and teal.
What do you think of the blue/pink combo of #28?
#44 Portobello Road.
#44 is a pop of bold!
#46 Portobello Road.
Compared to its neighbor, #46 looks almost demure. However, while the door chooses to be understated, you can see that building color does all the speaking.
#58 Portobello Road.
We close out this segment of the Portobello Road series with #58.
I didn’t take the shot of door from directly in front because I wanted to be able to share the plethora of greenery found surrounding it.
Since my maiden name is Lyon, I am also drawn to the door knocker and statue.
#58 opted to have the door in the same shade of eggplant as the building and tone down the darkness by having a cream-colored trim. I think it works nicely.
What do you think?
Which door was your favorite in this series?
Let your light shine!
Amy
