Urban Textures, 2 December 2021

Peeling paint from the doors of an abandoned house in Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal.

The front door, 2 December 2021

The front door of the large abandoned house in Oliveira do Bairro is a wonderfully ornate structure, now left decaying and rusting. The house must have been wonderful in its heyday, possibly with dinners and lavish parties, for the size of the building and the structure inside (yes, I snuck inside briefly, but don’t tell

Abandoned in Águas Boas, 26 October 2021

There’s a house in Águas Boas that has been abandoned for nigh on twenty years. Derelict on the inside, outside it has a unique hand-made wooden door that just screams, ‘restore me!’

Derelict building in Oliveira do Bairro, 22 April 2021

Close-up’s of the door from an derelict house in Oliveira do Bairro.

Urban Textures, 19 March 2021

We don’t go very far in lockdown, apart from shopping once every other week and the occasional visit to nearby Oliveira do Bairro. But there is still plenty to see nearby, and sometimes it is so familiar that it takes a while to notice it—like this old brick shed with a fabulously rusty door. You

Textures, 1 March 2021

Images of a rusty gate outside a house in Carris, Portugal.