Top 10 Tips About Doors!

Top 10 Tips About Doors!

A door is a hard, flat object a person can open and close so that person can go into a room or other place.

It is found in houses and other buildings. Doors are also found in cars and cages. Yet can you imagine a life without doors?

Doors are a hugely important part of your life, but they get overlooked daily.

How would you get in and out?

Here are the Top 10 Tips About Doors!

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  1. The most ancient doors known date back to ancient Egypt. Doors were simple then and were primarily a slab of wood with hinges.

     

  2. In ancient Rome it was common to put an image of a phallus over the front door for wealth, fertility and wellbeing.

     

  3. The door symbolises hope, opportunity, communication and liberation.

     

  4. A false door is a door that leads to nowhere. In ancient Egypt these doors were known as the doors to the afterlife.

     

  5. If a Roman did his country a great service, he was honoured with a door opening outwards, symbolising his help to the empire.

     

  6. Many church doors are painted red, especially in Philadelphia. This is because of passover and it is a sign of sanctuary and safety.

     

  7. The band called The Doors got their name from a book by Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception.

     

  8. Many doors in Ireland are very colourful. This is because when Queen Victoria died and the Irish were ordered to paint their doors black as a sign of mourning. Instead of that and as a rebellion gesture, they painted the front entrance doors of their houses in many colours.

     

  9. There is a saying in a dream a door may represent a new opening in your waking life. A locked door could mean missed opportunities.

     

  10. Feng shui practices try to balance the natural energies in the house, in order to increase prosperity and wealth. For example, it is said that the pathway to a door should be cleared of obstacles and other items, so that the energies can flow naturally throughout the house, towards the benefit of the homeowner and his family members.
Image: Dublin's doors