Surprise me

An arched window with a scrolled iron grille and green shutters folded back, pots of basil and geraniums on the sill and the grille’s shadow on warm stone.
Room
Size
View

Sunlit Doors

Grille Window

No. 14 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeAn arched window with a scrolled iron grille and green shutters folded back, pots of basil and geraniums on the sill and the grille’s shadow on warm stone.

What it meansIron grilles over ground-floor windows let in air and light while keeping the house private, a familiar detail of old streets in the Levant and North Africa.

Where it worksDetailed and warm, it suits a kitchen, a dining room or a study.

Pin it
2:3 · 7200 × 10800 px4×6 · 8×12 · 12×18 · 16×24 · 20×30 · 24×36 in
3:4 · 5400 × 7200 px6×8 · 9×12 · 12×16 · 18×24 in
4:5 · 7200 × 9000 px4×5 · 8×10 · 16×20 · 24×30 in
11:14 · 3300 × 4200 px11×14 in
A-series · 7023 × 9933 pxA5 · A4 · A3 · A2 · A1

Everything is one ZIP: every shape and size, the phone wallpaper, the SVGs and a printing guide.

← PreviousNext →

More from Sunlit Doors

All 50 prints
A studded garden gate in a high wall at dusk, a lantern glowing beside it and the dark tops of cypresses rising beyond the coping.Lantern GateNo. 15
Broad sandstone steps rising to a doorway, an old olive tree in a stone urn beside them and its silvery shade spread over the wall.Olive StepsNo. 16
A riad courtyard with an orange tree in a raised bed at its centre, a tiled floor and an arcade of horseshoe arches in warm plaster.Orange CourtNo. 17
A stone well with an iron arch and bucket in a flagged courtyard, potted plants along the arcade and the evening shade creeping across the floor.Well CornerNo. 18
A level cobbled lane in early light, passing under a whitewashed arch to a green door, with pots along the walls and jasmine over the parapet.Morning LaneNo. 19
A terrace above a harbour town of white houses, a chair and a table set with tea, jasmine overhead and the sea going gold under a low sun.Harbour TerraceNo. 20
A shallow arched niche in a warm plaster wall holding a clay jug and two cups, with leaf shadow falling across it.Niche and JugNo. 21
Bands of low sun falling between columns across a checked marble floor, with a quiet arcade and a carved door at the far side.Cloister LightNo. 22

You might also like

Tall cobalt shutters almost closed against the midday sun in a white wall, a thin blade of light on the floor.Shutters AjarSummer House · No. 39
Strands of amber, turquoise and black prayer beads hang from gold rails with tassels, and in front a strand of 33 amber and black beads, in three groups with gold dividers, is laid in a loop.Prayer BeadsSouk Crowd · No. 46
A narrow alley between tall walls, looking down its length to a small lit doorway at the far end. Four strings of lanterns cross overhead, growing smaller with distance; lit windows and two wooden doors line the walls, and a strip of indigo sky holds the crescent.The AlleyLantern & Light · No. 12
A pointed window framed in rust fabric looks out on cypresses, dark hills and a crescent; mashrabiya shutters stand open on each side.Moon WindowPatchwork Medina · No. 27
A tall stack of folded flatweave rugs, each edge showing a different stripe, diamond or zigzag, with rolled rugs beside it.Folded RugsSouk · No. 4
A wooden box inlaid with mother-of-pearl stars and borders, its lid centred on an eight-pointed star.Damascene BoxOud & Majlis · No. 16
A study sheet of dome silhouettes from different regions drawn at the same scale on shared baselines.ProfilesDomes · No. 9
The top of a minaret with its open pavilion and ribbed cap rises from below into a deep night sky beside a thin crescent moon.CrescentOld Cairo Nights · No. 15