Dave and Debbie’s

21st November 2011

By Paul OLeary

We had Sunday lunch at a friends house; not been there before and it was such a lovely place. Properly country pile lovely with 30 acres and highland cattle type of lovely. From one side of the kitchen there is an expansive view of the grounds and on the other side a view of this amazing courtyard. Dave is a property developer and makes stone fireplaces, but these outbuildings have remained undeveloped. As soon as I saw the variety of rickety old barn doors I knew it was perfect for our next accessories photo shoot. It was a dank day but on a sunny autumn day at about 2pm the light should be perfect.

I like the little bird box and the chicken wire in the window

That's great, any old how slats to keep the foxes out

I love totally haphazard joinery

We've just had some gates made to this design, but there's so much more detail when you look closely at an original