Charming and useful!

I too never lock! my daughter’s boyfriend, being responsible, locked the doors when he was the last to leave once. I had to crawl through a basement window lol. The key is very sweet!

Cute! I’d be inclined to get a combination lock but I suppose that wouldn’t be very cute. Practical though. I’d never had one until our contractor installed one when he was doing some projects for us last winter - very handy.

Pretty! Being born and raised outside Detroit, the carryover is that every door in our home is locked. When I moved to Florida, a couple of years after I got my degree, my friends used to think it was hysterically funny that I would still lock my convertible Fiat Spider’s door even when I had the top down! Now though, living here in a small mountain community in Northern New Mexico, my DH, who was born and raised in the Oklahoma countryside, and I argue constantly about locking our doors. I don’t trust him to lock them all, and so this former Michigander sneaks around checking all the doors after he goes to bed every night 😉!

I don’t think we even have a key to our current house; our community is gated and we’ve never locked up unless we were leaving for weeks. Our previous home was out in the countryside on acreage and we never locked that one either because the property was fenced and the driveway was gated. When we sold the house we had to get a locksmith out to make keys for the new owner. If we lived in town and had to lock up I would have to have a numeric keypad installed. We already have enough trouble keeping up with the car keys!

I solved the key issue when my grandson would come over and need to get in. I changed the doorlocks on the front and back doors, and had his birthday selected for the combination. It is such a pleasure to not have to dig for keys (esp since cars don't require you to insert one anymore and the fob just has to be in a wallet or purse).

Can you have a keyless entry system installed? Less aesthetically pleasing, I realize.

Ah, I now see that you cannot change it because the door is historic.

I need to do something like that to keep up with my keys! Very cute!

Growing up I never had a house key. Our house had so many french doors that were basically unlockable or easily jiggled open. It was in a sort of family compound so there wasn't really anyone around except family or our visitors.

When I was laid up with a broken leg in 2024 I didn't lock my front door day or night. It was hard to get around and I didn't want anyone to have to break down my door if I got in a fix.

I do lock it now, or at least try to remember to. Not always successfully.

You just seem to think of everything in such an artistic and useful way.

Love it :)

It’s adorable, and the ribbon is just so. But I’m a little dense tonight. If someone is outside, how does a key on the inside help, however adorable it may be?

Could you have extra keys made, and give one to all family members who might need them? That’s what my parents did after we moved out, so we each had our own key.

Bpath, I think the key is just decorative — not the actual key. It is a ”reminder” in lieu of a post-it note. (Took me a minute, too!)

We have a similar issue with our beach house but we have an attached garage with keypad. So many people now have that combination, we might as well just leave the doors unlocked.

Cute!

And Lynn and Amy are back!

We live in an urban area and have had people skulk around so we have security cams and doors with codes that lock automatically. We have one rarely used door that we can enter via a key if the auto locks decide to go rogue.

@bpath If someone is outside this door (our door), they do not need a key; I don't lock it this door. However, they will need a key to get into the brownstone's vestibule. This reminder does not solve that problem! (see below) This is to remind people once they are there, to bring their keys when they head out for say, dinner, so they can get back in. It also is a reminder to put the keys/fob to the garage back in a bowl by the door, where they always stay (they cannot be duped so there is only one set).

@chinacatpeekin, Yes of course.. Every vehicle has these keys on the keychain, every piece of luggage has a set tucked away too (we are very close to the airport and I joke that our place is just an overpriced lounge.) I keep a set in my briefcase. DH in his backpack. We have done as best we can on that front. Worst case, the management company or our cleaning person can let us in (both have keys). But that is something I'd hate to do outside of working hours.

We could do that for our door, but not the common vestibule. That has a very ornate historic door. So you still need a key. Some brownstones have combination padlocks with keys adorning the balustrades. yeah, no

Very stylish reminder and should make someone pause just long enough to check!

There was almost always someone home when I grew up so never needed a key to get in but doors were always locked at night or if we all were gone. Can't remember if I had a key when I was in HS or college. For my own homes, I've always locked when leaving and at night and DH keys all doors the same so there is only one to keep track of. My first little house pre-DH had 3 different keys till he came into the picture.

The key is a clever solution.

I've had different experiences than some of you. My childhood home was broken into three times and we lived in a middle class suburb. I always lock every door. I even lock the car when it is in the garage. I understand that locking up won't stop a determined thief, but maybe it will stop an opportunistic one.

I agree, locking doors stops opportunistic, amateur thieves

Love the little key reminder. Now if theycan only remember to look at it.

My patents first house, where i lived from ages 3 to 13, was never locked. Maybe at night or when we were on vacation. Once we moved to a larger house on three acres, we had to deal not only with keys but also an alarm system. The house was burgled several times because the back entry could not be seen from the road or by neighbors.

My neighborhood was perfectly safe when we moved in in 1974. No one locked doors and kids and dogs ran in and out. Sadly things have changed and there have been several breakins . Now I lock up even if Im going for a walk around the block. Too many strangers come through now, including food deliveries, Amazon, UPS, gardeners, although I dont think these are the people responsible for crime. The house next to mine was totally ransacked when they were away for Thanksgiving.

Yikes, and wasn't there a fugitive on the run near you, too?

I thought people were going to give me a hard time for my lackadaisical attitude but apparently it is not uncommon in many areas to leave doors unlocked. Obviously, I would not opt for an unlocked life in an urban area. Not long ago, i arrived late at night to our garage near the apartment and someone was in my spot. I ended up having to park on the street that night. I emptied *everything* out of the SUV when I did so. We usually have blankets, hats, fleeces, water, a few tote bags etc.I still recall vividly someone in the neighborhood saying that there car was broken into for a roll of paper towels. So it doesn't need to be "valuable" to put your car at risk.

Only a block from me is a bodega that is sketchy. (A block in the other direction is Michelin restuarant ... welcome to city life). I go out of my way to shop elsewhere, but one day I deigned to stop into the bodega to buy something inert. When I came out, there was an apparently homeless and unwell person in front of me. I avoided eye contact and crossed the street, where i ran straight into ... an apparently homeless and unwell person in front of me. There is often a police car in front of that bodega, which helps, but ... it's a city. One needs to be mindful.

Our town and neighborhood are safe in general, but there always seem to be car thieves listed in the police blog. People don’t lock their cars and it’s an easy way to get, oh, the quarters we stash in the console.

We have had an iphone stolen from our front porch about one minute after Fedex dropped it off. Turned out there was a team of young guys who had a source at Fedex who would tell them about iphone deliveries.

We always lock our doors though we never lock the door from the house to the garage. I'm sure we didn't lock the doors when I was a kid and we lived in the country. Been locking up for so long I can't imagine not doing so.

My neighbor had a house guest who insisted on locking all the doors, and windows.