{"id":3883,"date":"2016-01-26T23:40:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T23:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2018-01-28T14:35:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T14:35:04","slug":"why-is-the-dutch-door-called-dutch-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/why-is-the-dutch-door-called-dutch-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the Dutch Door called Dutch Door?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dutch door – also known as double-hung\u00a0door, half door or stable door in Great Britain – is a door of which the top half can be opened while the lower half remains shut. These doors have been around since the 17th century, and had an especially large impact on the earlier American colonies.<\/p>\n

In the Netherlands, the door is known as a\u00a0Boerendeur<\/em> (farmer’s door), which is related to its widespread use at farms. The Dutch had settlements\u00a0in New Jersey and New York. Since the early American colonies were mostly rural, the Dutch door spread quickly from these regions. Hence its name!<\/p>\n

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A Dutch Door – some have windows, some do not. (Image by Paul Flint & Company at Flickr.com under license CC BY SA 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

What is the point of such a door? Back in those\u00a0days, before barb wire and screen doors, the Dutch door was a very useful design. It allowed to air the rooms of the house, while keeping critters out of\u00a0the house, and thus also diseases. The farm animals could not enter the house this way, either. \u00a0And the children would also stay close, and would not just run off. Finally, a Dutch door could also make things more secure: a stranger could not just enter the house. And all these advantages came by just cutting the door in half and putting more hinges on it.<\/p>\n

Of course, when screen doors were invented at the end of the 19th century, air could come in, while\u00a0animals and critters could not, even not airborne ones\u00a0that a Dutch door cannot stop. Barb wire allowed to fence in animals, and therefore this use of the Dutch door was obliterate too.<\/p>\n

All the same, the Dutch door seems to stay popular for its nostalgic design and its\u00a0gezellige\u00a0<\/em>atmosphere.\u00a0Oh, and it still keeps the children inside\u00a0better than a screen door, I am sure!<\/p>\n

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The Dutch door – also known as double-hung\u00a0door, half door or stable door in Great Britain – is a door of which the top half can be opened while the lower half remains shut. These doors have been around since the 17th century, and had an especially large impact on the earlier American colonies. In…<\/p>\n

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